South Dakota State Treasurer

The South Dakota State Treasurer is one of the constitutional offices of the State of South Dakota . The incumbent is elected by the electorate of South Dakota for a four-year term. A person may serve as State Treasurer for a maximum of two consecutive terms since the 1992 election. A term coincides with the term of the South Dakota Governor .

The current incumbent is Richard Sattgast , who took up his post in January 2011.

Duties and duties

The responsibilities of the South Dakota State Treasurer are described in Chapters 1-10, Section 1 of the South Dakota Codified Laws . They are:

• record and secure all public funds that are paid into the state treasury
• pay out the same as legally stipulated
• perform other duties as required by law.

vacancy

Under the South Dakota Codified Laws , the position of South Dakota State Treasurer becomes vacant if any of the following occurs:

• Death,
• Resignation,
• removed from the post,
• criteria not met, which are required by law,
• is no longer a resident of the state,
• a conviction of a suspect criminal offense or any misdemeanor which constitutes a violation of the official oath is present or
• a confirmed breach of contract regarding an official loan by a court.

If there is a vacancy with the South Dakota State Treasurer after May 1 of an even year, the South Dakota Governor will appoint a replacement for the remainder of the State Treasurer's term. However, if the vacancy is available before May 1st in an even-numbered year, the post must be filled by means of an election. An exception is the year in which the term of office normally ends. A person who has been elected State Treasurer to fill a vacancy takes up his post immediately after the election.

Dakota Territory *

#	Treasurer	Term of office
1	GG Irish	1861-1863
2	JO Taylor	1863-1864
3	MK Armstrong	1865-1868
4th	TK Hovey	1869-1870
5	EA Sherman	1871-1874
6th	John Clementson	1875-1877
7th	WH McVay	1878-1883
8th	JW Raymond	1883-1887
9	JD Lawler	1887-1888
10	Joseph Bailey	1889

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

State of South Dakota

#	State Treasurer	Term of office	Party affiliation
1	Wilbur F. Smith	1889-1891	republican
2	WW Taylor	1891-1895	republican
3	Kirk G. Philips	1895-1899	republican
4th	John Schamber	1899-1903	republican
5	CB Collins	1903-1907	republican
6th	CH Cassill	1907-1909	republican
7th	George G. Johnson	1909-1913	republican
8th	AW Ewert	1913-1917	republican
9	GH Helgerson	1917-1921	republican
10	WS O'Brien	1921-1923	republican
11	James L. Driscoll	1923-1927	republican
12	AJ Moodie	1927-1931	republican
13	AC Goodhope	1931-1933	republican
14th	Frank G. Siewert	1933-1937	democrat
15th	WH Hinselman	1937-1939	democrat
16	WG Douglas	1939-1942	republican
17th	John N. Thompson	1942-1943	republican
18th	EV Youngquist	1943-1945	republican
19th	Hazel Dean	1945-1947	republican
20th	CE Buehler	1947-1951	republican
21st	Theodore Mehlhaf	1951-1955	republican
22nd	Ed T. Elkins	1955-1959	republican
23	Al Hamre	1959-1963	republican
24	Lloyd Jorgenson	1963-1967	republican
25th	Al Hamre	1967-1969	republican
26th	Neal beach	1969-1973	republican
27	David people	1973-1990	republican
28	Janis Y. Kelley	1990-1991	republican
29	G. Homer Harding	1991-1994	republican
30th	Richard D. Butler	1995-2003	democrat
31	Vernon L. Larson	2003-2011	republican
32	Richard Sattgast	since 2011	republican

literature

• Chapter 4 - 2007 South Dakota Legislative Manual Executive Branch , p. 94f (PDF document)

Web links

• Website of South Dakota State Treasurer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ South Dakota Constitution, Article 4, Section 7
2. ↑ South Dakota Codified Laws, "Title 3, Chapter 4, Section 1"
3. ↑ South Dakota Codified Laws, "Title 3, Chapter 4, Section 3"
4. ↑ South Dakota Codified Laws, "Title 3, Chapter 4, Section 6"