List of United States Senators from South Dakota

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The List of United States Senators from South Dakota leads all individuals who ever for this state of the US Senate have listened to the Senate classes sorted. One class shows when this senator will be re-elected. The class 2 senators were last re-elected in November 2014; the class 3 senators were elected in 2016.

2nd grade

Mike Rounds
John Thune

South Dakota, a US state since November 2, 1889, has had twelve class 2 senators in Congress to date .

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
Richard Franklin Pettigrew 1889-1901 republican July 23, 1848-5. October 1926
Robert Jackson Gamble 1901-1913 republican February 7, 1851-22. September 1924
Thomas Sterling 1913-1925 republican February 21, 1851-26. August 1930
William Henry McMaster 1925-1931 republican May 10, 1877-14. September 1968
William John Bulow 1931-1943 democrat January 13, 1869–26. February 1960
Harlan John Bushfield 1943-1948 republican August 6, 1882-27. September 1948
Vera Cahalan Bushfield 1948 republican August 9, 1889–16. April 1976
Karl Earl Mundt 1948-1973 republican June 3, 1900-16. August 1974
James George Abouretsk 1973-1979 democrat * February 24, 1931
Larry Lee Pressler 1979-1997 republican * March 29, 1942
Timothy Peter Johnson 1997-2015 democrat * December 28, 1946
Marion Michael Rounds since 2015 republican * October 24, 1954

Class 3

To date, South Dakota has 15 class 3 senators .

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
Gideon Curtis Moody 1889-1891 republican October 16, 1832-17. March 1904
James Henderson Kyle 1891-1901 Populist Republican since 1901 February 24, 1854–1. July 1901
Alfred Beard Kittredge 1901-1909 republican March 28, 1861–4. May 1911
Coe Isaac Crawford 1909-1915 republican January 14, 1858-25. April 1944
Edwin Stockton Johnson 1915-1921 democrat February 26, 1857-19. July 1933
Peter Norbeck 1921-1936 republican August 27, 1870-20. December 1936
Herbert Emery Hitchcock 1936-1938 democrat August 22, 1867–17. February 1958
Gladys Pyle 1938-1939 republican October 4, 1890-14. March 1989
John Chandler Gurney 1939-1951 republican May 21, 1896-9. March 1985
Francis Higbee Case 1951-1962 republican December 9, 1896-22. June 1962
Joseph Henry Bottum 1962-1963 republican August 7, 1903-4. July 1984
George Stanley McGovern 1963-1981 democrat July 19, 1922-21. October 2012
James Abdnor 1981-1987 republican February 13, 1923-16. May 2012
Thomas Andrew Daschle 1987-2005 democrat * December 9, 1947
John Randolph Thune since 2005 republican * January 7, 1961

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