List of Governors of South Dakota

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This is a list of Governors of South Dakota:


# Name Term Party Life City elected from
1 Arthur C. Mellette1 1889–1893 Republican 1842–1896 Watertown
2 Charles H. Sheldon 1893–1897 Republican 1840–1898 Pierpont
3 Andrew E. Lee 1897–1901 Populist 1847–1934 Vermillion
4 Charles N. Herreid 1901–1905 Republican 1857–1928 Eureka
5 Samuel H. Elrod 1905–1907 Republican 1856–1935 Clark
6 Coe I. Crawford 1907–1909 Republican 1858–1944 Huron
7 Robert S. Vessey 1909–1913 Republican 1858–1929 Wessington Springs
8 Frank M. Byrne 1913–1917 Republican 1858–1927 Faulkton
9 Peter Norbeck 1917–1921 Republican 1870–1936 Redfield
10 William H. McMaster 1921–1925 Republican 1877–1968 Yankton
11 Carl Gunderson 1925–1927 Republican 1864–1933 Mitchell
12 William J. Bulow 1927–1931 Democratic 1869–1960 Beresford
13 Warren Green 1931–1933 Republican 1870–1945 Hazel
14 Tom Berry 1933–1937 Democratic 1879–1951 Belvidere
15 Leslie Jensen 1937–1939 Republican 1892–1964 Hot Springs
16 Harlan J. Bushfield 1939–1943 Republican 1882–1948 Miller
17 M. Q. Sharpe 1943–1947 Republican 1883–1962 Kennebec
18 George T. Mickelson 1947–1951 Republican 1903–1965 Selby
19 Sigurd Anderson 1951–1955 Republican 1904–1990 Webster
20 Joe Foss 1955–1959 Republican 1915–2003 Sioux Falls
21 Ralph Herseth 1959–1961 Democratic 1909–1969 Houghton
22 Archie Gubbrud 1961–1965 Republican 1910–1987 Alcester
23 Nils Boe 1965–1969 Republican 1913–1992 Sioux Falls
24 Frank Farrar 1969–1971 Republican 1929— Britton
25 Richard F. Kneip2 1971–1978 Democratic 1933–1987 Salem
26 Harvey Wollman 1978–1979 Democratic 1935— Hitchcock
27 William J. Janklow 1979–1987 Republican 1939— Flandreau
28 George S. Mickelson3 1987–1993 Republican 1941–1993 Brookings
29 Walter Dale Miller 1993–1995 Republican 1925— New Underwood
30 William J. Janklow 1995–2003 Republican 1939— Brandon
31 M. Michael Rounds 2003— Republican 1954— Pierre
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Notes

1Mellette was the final governor of the Dakota Territory prior to his election as the first Governor of South Dakota.
2Kneip resigned to become Ambassador to Singapore on July 24, 1978.
3Mickelson was killed in a plane crash on April 19, 1993.de:Liste der Gouverneure von South Dakota fr:Liste des gouverneurs du Dakota du Sud