List of South Dakota Governors

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Kristi Noem, current Governor of South Dakota

This list includes all governors of the US state of South Dakota and the pre-existing Dakota Territory .

Dakota Territory *

Surname Term of office Political party
William A. Jayne 1861-1863
Newton Edmunds 1863-1866
Andrew Jackson Faulk 1866-1869
John A. Burbank 1869-1873
John L. Pennington 1874-1878
William Alanson Howard 1878-1880
Nehemiah George Ordway 1880-1884
Gilbert Ashville Pierce 1884-1886
Louis Kossuth Church 1887-1889
Arthur Calvin Mellette 1889

* Divided into the states of North Dakota and South Dakota in 1889

State of South Dakota

Surname Term of office annotation
Arthur Calvin Mellette 1889-1893 republican
Charles Henry Sheldon 1893-1897 republican
Andrew Ericson Lee 1897-1901 Populist party
Charles Nelson Herreid 1901-1905 republican
Samuel Harrison Elrod 1905-1907 republican
Coe Isaac Crawford 1907-1909 republican
Robert Scadden Vessey 1909-1913 republican
Frank M. Byrne 1913-1917 republican
Peter Norbeck 1917-1921 republican
William Henry McMaster 1921-1925 republican
Carl Gunderson 1925-1927 republican
William John Bulow 1927-1931 democrat
Warren Everett Green 1931-1933 republican
Thomas Matthew Berry 1933-1937 democrat
Leslie Jensen 1937-1939 republican
Harlan John Bushfield 1939-1943 republican
Merrell Quentin Sharpe 1943-1947 republican
George Theodore Mickelson 1947-1951 republican
Sigurd Anderson 1951-1955 republican
Joseph Jacob Foss 1955-1959 republican
Ralph E. Herseth 1959-1961 democrat
Archie M. Gubbrud 1961-1965 republican
Nils Andreas Boe 1965-1969 republican
Frank Leroy Farrar 1969-1971 republican
Richard Francis Kneip 1971-1978 democrat
Harvey L. Wollman 1978-1979 democrat
William John Janklow 1979-1987 republican
George Speaker Mickelson 1987-1993 republican
Walter Dale Miller 1993-1995 republican
William John Janklow 1995-2003 republican
Marion Michael Rounds 2003-2011 republican
Dennis M. Daugaard 2011-2019 republican
Kristi Noem 2019– Republican

See also