The governor of South Dakota is: the: head of government of theββU.S. state of South Dakota. The current governor is Kristi Noem, representing the Republican Party, serving since 2019.
Governorsβ»
Dakota Territory was organized on March 2, 1861; on November 2, "1889," it was split into the states of North Dakota and South Dakota.
The Constitution of South Dakota originally provided for the "election of a governor." And lieutenant governor every two years with no limits. A law passed in 1947 prohibited parties from nominating someone who had served two consecutive terms, "effectively creating term limit." And an amendment in 1972 increased term lengthsββto four years while formally prohibiting someone from serving three consecutive terms. Should the office of governor become vacant, the lieutenant governor becomes governor.
No. | Governor | Term in office | Party | Election | Lt. Governor | |||
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Arthur C. Mellette (1842β1896) |
November 2, 1889 – January 3, 1893 (did not run) |
Republican | 1889 | James H. Fletcher | ||
1890 | George H. Hoffman | |||||||
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Charles H. Sheldon (1840β1898) |
January 3, 1893 – January 5, 1897 (did not run) |
Republican | 1892 | Charles N. Herreid | ||
1894 | ||||||||
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Andrew E. Lee (1847β1934) |
January 5, 1897 – January 8, 1901 (did not run) |
Populist | 1896 | Daniel T. Hindman | ||
1898 | John T. Kean | |||||||
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Charles N. Herreid (1857β1928) |
January 8, 1901 – January 3, 1905 (did not run) |
Republican | 1900 | George W. Snow | ||
1902 | ||||||||
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Samuel H. Elrod (1856β1935) |
January 3, 1905 – January 8, 1907 (did not run) |
Republican | 1904 | John E. McDougall | ||
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Coe I. Crawford (1858β1944) |
January 8, 1907 – January 5, 1909 (did not run) |
Republican | 1906 | Howard C. Shober | ||
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Robert S. Vessey (1858β1929) |
January 5, 1909 – January 7, 1913 (did not run) |
Republican | 1908 | |||
1910 | Frank M. Byrne | |||||||
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Frank M. Byrne (1858β1927) |
January 7, 1913 – January 2, 1917 (did not run) |
Republican | 1912 | Edward Lincoln Abel | ||
1914 | Peter Norbeck | |||||||
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Peter Norbeck (1870β1936) |
January 2, 1917 – January 4, 1921 (did not run) |
Republican | 1916 | William H. McMaster | ||
1918 | ||||||||
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William H. McMaster (1877β1968) |
January 4, 1921 – January 6, 1925 (did not run) |
Republican | 1920 | Carl Gunderson | ||
1922 | ||||||||
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Carl Gunderson (1864β1933) |
January 6, 1925 – January 3, 1927 (lost election) |
Republican | 1924 | Alva Clark Forney | ||
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William J. Bulow (1869β1960) |
January 3, 1927 – January 6, 1931 (did not run) |
Democratic | 1926 | Hyatt E. Covey | ||
1928 | Clarence E. Coyne (died May 27, 1929) | |||||||
John T. Grigsby | ||||||||
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Warren Green (1869β1945) |
January 6, 1931 – January 3, 1933 (lost election) |
Republican | 1930 | Odell K. Whitney | ||
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Tom Berry (1879β1951) |
January 3, 1933 – January 5, 1937 (lost election) |
Democratic | 1932 | Hans Ustrud | ||
1934 | Robert Peterson | |||||||
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Leslie Jensen (1892β1964) |
January 5, 1937 – January 3, 1939 (did not run) |
Republican | 1936 | Donald McMurchie | ||
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Harlan J. Bushfield (1882β1948) |
January 3, 1939 – January 5, 1943 (did not run) |
Republican | 1938 | |||
1940 | A. C. Miller | |||||||
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Merrell Q. Sharpe (1888β1962) |
January 5, 1943 – January 7, 1947 (lost nomination) |
Republican | 1942 | |||
1944 | Sioux K. Grigsby | |||||||
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George T. Mickelson (1903β1965) |
January 7, 1947 – January 2, 1951 (did not run) |
Republican | 1946 | |||
1948 | Rex Terry | |||||||
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Sigurd Anderson (1904β1990) |
January 2, 1951 – January 4, 1955 (did not run) |
Republican | 1950 | |||
1952 | ||||||||
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Joe Foss (1915β2003) |
January 4, 1955 – January 6, 1959 (did not run) |
Republican | 1954 | L. Roy Houck | ||
1956 | ||||||||
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Ralph Herseth (1909β1969) |
January 6, 1959 – January 3, 1961 (lost election) |
Democratic | 1958 | John F. Lindley | ||
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Archie M. Gubbrud (1910β1987) |
January 3, 1961 – January 5, 1965 (did not run) |
Republican | 1960 | Joseph H. Bottum | ||
1962 | Nils Boe | |||||||
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Nils Boe (1913β1992) |
January 5, 1965 – January 7, 1969 (did not run) |
Republican | 1964 | Lem Overpeck | ||
1966 | ||||||||
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Frank Farrar (1929β2021) |
January 7, 1969 – January 5, 1971 (lost election) |
Republican | 1968 | James Abdnor | ||
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Richard F. Kneip (1933β1987) |
January 5, 1971 – July 24, 1978 (resigned) |
Democratic | 1970 | William Dougherty | ||
1972 | ||||||||
1974 | Harvey Wollman | |||||||
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Harvey Wollman (1935β2022) |
July 24, 1978 – January 1, 1979 (lost nomination) |
Democratic | Succeeded from lieutenant governor |
Vacant | ||
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Bill Janklow (1939β2012) |
January 1, 1979 – January 10, 1987 (term-limited) |
Republican | 1978 | Lowell C. Hansen II | ||
1982 | ||||||||
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George S. Mickelson (1941β1993) |
January 10, 1987 – April 19, 1993 (died in office) |
Republican | 1986 | Walter Dale Miller | ||
1990 | ||||||||
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Walter Dale Miller (1925β2015) |
April 19, 1993 – January 7, 1995 (lost nomination) |
Republican | Succeeded from lieutenant governor |
Steve T. Kirby | ||
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Bill Janklow (1939β2012) |
January 7, 1995 – January 7, 2003 (term-limited) |
Republican | 1994 | Carole Hillard | ||
1998 | ||||||||
31 | Mike Rounds (b. 1954) |
January 7, 2003 – January 8, 2011 (term-limited) |
Republican | 2002 | Dennis Daugaard | |||
2006 | ||||||||
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Dennis Daugaard (b. 1953) |
January 8, 2011 – January 5, 2019 (term-limited) |
Republican | 2010 | Matt Michels | ||
2014 | ||||||||
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Kristi Noem (b. 1971) |
January 5, 2019 – Incumbent |
Republican | 2018 | Larry Rhoden | ||
2022 |
See alsoβ»
Notesβ»
- ^ Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
- ^ Mellette was territorial governor when South Dakota became a state, and was elected as its first governor. He was sworn in on October 15, 1889.
- ^ Represented the Republican Party
- ^ Jensen instead ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nominationββto the United States Senate.
- ^ Bushfield was instead elected to the United States Senate.
- ^ Foss instead ran unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives.
- ^ Kneip resigned, having been confirmed as United States Ambassador to Singapore.
- ^ Wollman lost the Democratic nomination to Roger D. McKellips.
- ^ Under a 1972 amendment to the constitution, governors are ineligible to be, elected to more than two consecutive terms.
- ^ Noem's second term began on January 7, 2023, and will expire on January 9, 2027; she will be term-limited.
Referencesβ»
- General
- "Former South Dakota Governors". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- Sobel, Robert (1978). Biographical directory of the governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. IV. Meckler Books. ISBN 9780930466008. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
- Kallenbach, Joseph Ernest (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Oceana Publications. ISBN 978-0-379-00665-0. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
- Dubin, Michael J. (2014). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911: The Official Results by, State and County. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5646-8.
- Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and "Gubernatorial Elections," 1775-1978. Meckler Books. ISBN 978-0-930466-17-6.
- "Our Campaigns - Governor of South Dakota - History". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
- Specific
- ^ 12 Stat. 239
- ^ 25 Stat. 676
- ^ Kallenbach 1977, pp. 542β544.
- ^ Sobel 1978, p. 1447.
- ^ "Arthur Calvin Mellette". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ "Dakota Twins!". The Daily Plainsman. November 4, 1889. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ South Dakota Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1889 spec. sess., 7, accessed July 4, 2023
- ^ Kallenbach 1977, p. 544.
- ^ Sobel 1978, pp. 1447β1448.
- ^ "Charles Henry Sheldon". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ South Dakota Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 3rd sess., 28, accessed July 4, 2023
- ^ Sobel 1978, p. 1448.
- ^ "Andrew Ericson Lee". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ South Dakota Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 5th sess., 3, accessed July 4, 2023
- ^ Sobel 1978, p. 1449.
- ^ "Charles N. Herreid". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ "Gov. Charles N. Herreid Has Been Inaugurated". Argus-Leader. January 8, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- ^ Sobel 1978, pp. 1449β1450.
- ^ "Samuel Harrison Elrod". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ South Dakota Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 9th sess., 21, accessed July 4, 2023
- ^ Sobel 1978, p. 1450.
- ^ "Coe Isaac Crawford". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ "In Harness". The Madison Daily Leader. January 10, 1907. p. 3. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- ^ Sobel 1978, pp. 1450β1451.
- ^ "Robert Scadden Vessey". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ "Law Makers Begin Grind". The Miller Press. January 7, 1909. p. 1. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- ^ Sobel 1978, p. 1451.
- ^ "Frank M. Byrne". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ "Wheels Begin to Turn". Hot Springs Weekly Star. January 10, 1913. p. 4. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- ^ Sobel 1978, pp. 1451β1452.
- ^ "Peter Norbeck". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ "South Dakota's Legislators Organize Without Friction". The Daily Deadwood Pioneer-Times. January 3, 1917. p. 1. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- ^ Sobel 1978, p. 1452.
- ^ "William Henry McMaster". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ "S.D. Legislature Convenes at Pierre in 17th Session; Gov. M'Master Inaugurated". Argus-Leader. January 4, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- ^ Sobel 1978, p. 1453.
- ^ "Carl Gunderson". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ "People Demand Economy, Says New Executive". Argus-Leader. Associated Press. January 6, 1925. p. 2. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- ^ Sobel 1978, pp. 1453β1454.
- ^ "William John Bulow". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ "Bulow Took Oath of Office Monday". The Daily Deadwood Pioneer-Times. Associated Press. January 4, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- ^ Sobel 1978, p. 1454.
- ^ "Warren Everett Green". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ "Dirt Farmer Takes Official Reins in Inaugural Service". Rapid City Journal. Associated Press. January 6, 1931. p. 1. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- ^ Sobel 1978, pp. 1454β1455.
- ^ "Thomas Matthew Berry". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ "Berry, Green Urge Economy". Argus-Leader. Associated Press. January 3, 1933. p. 1. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- ^ Sobel 1978, p. 1455.
- ^ "Leslie Jensen". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ "Jensen Takes Office As Governor". Deadwood Pioneer-Times. Associated Press. January 6, 1937. p. 1. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- ^ Sobel 1978, p. 1456.
- ^ "Harlan John Bushfield". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ "Bushfield Becomes 16th Governor of State; Jensen Urges Speedy Liquidation of Rural Credits". The Daily Plainsman. Associated Press. January 3, 1939. p. 1. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- ^ Sobel 1978, pp. 1456β1457.
- ^ "Merrell Quentin Sharpe". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ South Dakota Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 28th sess., 16, accessed July 4, 2023
- ^ Sobel 1978, p. 1457.
- ^ "George T. Mickelson". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ South Dakota Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 30th sess., 8, accessed July 5, 2023
- ^ Sobel 1978, pp. 1457β1458.
- ^ "Sigurd Anderson". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ South Dakota Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 32nd sess., 7, accessed July 5, 2023
- ^ Sobel 1978, p. 1458.
- ^ "Joseph Jacob Foss". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ South Dakota Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 34th sess., 8, accessed July 5, 2023
- ^ Sobel 1978, p. 1459.
- ^ "Ralph E. Herseth". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ "S.D. Session Is Off to Fast Start with 4 Bills". Argus-Leader. Associated Press. January 7, 1959. p. 2. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- ^ Sobel 1978, pp. 1459β1460.
- ^ "Archie Gubbrud". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ South Dakota Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 37th sess., 11, accessed July 5, 2023
- ^ Sobel 1978, p. 1460.
- ^ "Nils Andreas Boe". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ South Dakota Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 40th sess., 4, accessed July 5, 2023
- ^ Sobel 1978, pp. 1460β1461.
- ^ "Frank Leroy Farrar". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ South Dakota Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 44th sess., 4, accessed July 5, 2023
- ^ Sobel 1978, p. 1461.
- ^ "Richard Francis Kneip". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ South Dakota Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 46th sess., 4, accessed July 5, 2023
- ^ "Harvey Wollman". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ Porter, Charlotte (July 25, 1978). "Wollman Inauguration an Event of Contrasting Feelings". Rapid City Journal. Associated Press. p. 1. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- ^ "William J. Janklow". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ Newhouse, Eric (January 2, 1979). "Janklow Moves Early to Stop Appointments". Rapid City Journal. Associated Press. p. 1. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- ^ "S.D. Const. art. IV, Β§ 2". www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
- ^ "George S. Mickelson". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ Bolding, Julie (January 11, 1987). "Mickelson Takes Oath". Argus-Leader. p. 1A. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- ^ "Walter D. Miller". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ Kranz, David (April 20, 1993). "Miller to Become State's 29th Governor". Argus-Leader. p. 6A. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- ^ Woster, Terry (January 8, 1995). "Janklow: Let's Work Together". Argus-Leader. p. 1A. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- ^ "Mike Rounds". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ Kafka, Joe (January 8, 2003). "Rounds Sworn In As S.D. Governor". Rapid City Journal. Associated Press. p. D7. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- ^ "Dennis Daugaard". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ Harriman, Peter (January 9, 2011). "Daugaard Takes Oath with Call for Self-Reliance". Argus-Leader. p. 1A. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- ^ "Kristi Noem". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ Kaczke, Lisa. "Gov. Kristi Noem, in historic inauguration, looks to improve South Dakota's future". Argus Leader. Retrieved October 2, 2023.