No. |
Governor |
Term in office |
Party |
Election |
Lt. Governor[lower-alpha 1] |
1 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Governor_Arthur_C_Mellette.jpg/75px-Governor_Arthur_C_Mellette.jpg) |
|
Arthur C. Mellette (1842–1896) [5] |
November 2, 1889[lower-alpha 2] – January 3, 1893 (did not run) |
Republican |
1889 |
|
James H. Fletcher |
1890 |
George H. Hoffman |
2 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Charles_H._Sheldon.jpg/75px-Charles_H._Sheldon.jpg) |
Charles H. Sheldon (1840–1898) [10] |
January 3, 1893[11] – January 5, 1897 (did not run) |
Republican |
1892 |
Charles N. Herreid |
1894 |
3 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Andrew_E._Lee.jpg/75px-Andrew_E._Lee.jpg) |
|
Andrew E. Lee (1847–1934) [13] |
January 5, 1897[14] – January 8, 1901 (did not run) |
Populist |
1896 |
Daniel T. Hindman[lower-alpha 3] |
1898 |
John T. Kean[lower-alpha 3] |
4 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Charles_N._Herreid.jpg/75px-Charles_N._Herreid.jpg) |
|
Charles N. Herreid (1857–1928) [16] |
January 8, 1901[17] – January 3, 1905 (did not run) |
Republican |
1900 |
George W. Snow |
1902 |
5 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Samuel_H._Elrod_001.jpg/75px-Samuel_H._Elrod_001.jpg) |
Samuel H. Elrod (1856–1935) [19] |
January 3, 1905[20] – January 8, 1907 (did not run) |
Republican |
1904 |
John E. McDougall |
6 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Crawfordcoe.jpg/75px-Crawfordcoe.jpg) |
Coe I. Crawford (1858–1944) [22] |
January 8, 1907[23] – January 5, 1909 (did not run) |
Republican |
1906 |
Howard C. Shober |
7 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/RobertSVessey.jpg/75px-RobertSVessey.jpg) |
Robert S. Vessey (1858–1929) [25] |
January 5, 1909[26] – January 7, 1913 (did not run) |
Republican |
1908 |
1910 |
Frank M. Byrne |
8 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/FrankMByrne.jpg/75px-FrankMByrne.jpg) |
Frank M. Byrne (1858–1927) [28] |
January 7, 1913[29] – January 2, 1917 (did not run) |
Republican |
1912 |
Edward Lincoln Abel |
1914 |
Peter Norbeck |
9 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/PeterNorbeck_R-SD.jpg/75px-PeterNorbeck_R-SD.jpg) |
Peter Norbeck (1870–1936) [31] |
January 2, 1917[32] – January 4, 1921 (did not run) |
Republican |
1916 |
William H. McMaster |
1918 |
10 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/WHMcMaster.jpg/75px-WHMcMaster.jpg) |
William H. McMaster (1877–1968) [34] |
January 4, 1921[35] – January 6, 1925 (did not run) |
Republican |
1920 |
Carl Gunderson |
1922 |
11 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Gundersoncarl.jpg/75px-Gundersoncarl.jpg) |
Carl Gunderson (1864–1933) [37] |
January 6, 1925[38] – January 3, 1927 (lost election) |
Republican |
1924 |
Alva Clark Forney |
12 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/William_John_Bulow.jpg/75px-William_John_Bulow.jpg) |
|
William J. Bulow (1869–1960) [40] |
January 3, 1927[41] – January 6, 1931 (did not run) |
Democratic |
1926 |
Hyatt E. Covey[lower-alpha 3] |
1928 |
Clarence E. Coyne[lower-alpha 3] (died May 27, 1929) |
|
John T. Grigsby |
13 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Warren_Green.jpg/75px-Warren_Green.jpg) |
|
Warren Green (1869–1945) [43] |
January 6, 1931[44] – January 3, 1933 (lost election) |
Republican |
1930 |
|
Odell K. Whitney |
14 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Tom_Berry.jpg/75px-Tom_Berry.jpg) |
|
Tom Berry (1879–1951) [46] |
January 3, 1933[47] – January 5, 1937 (lost election) |
Democratic |
1932 |
|
Hans Ustrud |
1934 |
Robert Peterson |
15 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Leslie_Jensen.jpg/75px-Leslie_Jensen.jpg) |
|
Leslie Jensen (1892–1964) [49] |
January 5, 1937[50] – January 3, 1939 (did not run)[lower-alpha 4] |
Republican |
1936 |
|
Donald McMurchie |
16 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Harlan_J._Bushfield_%28SD%29.png/75px-Harlan_J._Bushfield_%28SD%29.png) |
Harlan J. Bushfield (1882–1948) [52] |
January 3, 1939[53] – January 5, 1943 (did not run)[lower-alpha 5] |
Republican |
1938 |
1940 |
A. C. Miller |
17 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Merrell_Q._Sharpe.jpg/75px-Merrell_Q._Sharpe.jpg) |
Merrell Q. Sharpe (1888–1962) [55] |
January 5, 1943[56] – January 7, 1947 (lost nomination) |
Republican |
1942 |
1944 |
Sioux K. Grigsby |
18 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/George_T._Mickelson.jpg/75px-George_T._Mickelson.jpg) |
George T. Mickelson (1903–1965) [58] |
January 7, 1947[59] – January 2, 1951 (did not run) |
Republican |
1946 |
1948 |
Rex Terry |
19 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Sigurd_Anderson.jpg/75px-Sigurd_Anderson.jpg) |
Sigurd Anderson (1904–1990) [61] |
January 2, 1951[62] – January 4, 1955 (did not run) |
Republican |
1950 |
1952 |
20 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Joe_Foss_official_portrait_as_Governor.jpg/75px-Joe_Foss_official_portrait_as_Governor.jpg) |
Joe Foss (1915–2003) [64] |
January 4, 1955[65] – January 6, 1959 (did not run)[lower-alpha 6] |
Republican |
1954 |
L. Roy Houck |
1956 |
21 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Ralph_Herseth.jpg/75px-Ralph_Herseth.jpg) |
|
Ralph Herseth (1909–1969) [67] |
January 6, 1959[68] – January 3, 1961 (lost election) |
Democratic |
1958 |
John F. Lindley[lower-alpha 3] |
22 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Archie_M._Gubbrud_1962_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Archie_M._Gubbrud_1962_%28cropped%29.jpg) |
|
Archie M. Gubbrud (1910–1987) [70] |
January 3, 1961[71] – January 5, 1965 (did not run) |
Republican |
1960 |
Joseph H. Bottum |
1962 |
Nils Boe |
23 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Nils_Boe.jpg/75px-Nils_Boe.jpg) |
Nils Boe (1913–1992) [73] |
January 5, 1965[74] – January 7, 1969 (did not run) |
Republican |
1964 |
Lem Overpeck |
1966 |
24 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Frank_Farrar.png/75px-Frank_Farrar.png) |
Frank Farrar (1929–2021) [76] |
January 7, 1969[77] – January 5, 1971 (lost election) |
Republican |
1968 |
James Abdnor |
25 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Dick_Kneip.jpg/75px-Dick_Kneip.jpg) |
|
Richard F. Kneip (1933–1987) [79] |
January 5, 1971[80] – July 24, 1978 (resigned)[lower-alpha 7] |
Democratic |
1970 |
|
William Dougherty |
1972 |
1974 |
Harvey Wollman |
26 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Harvey_Wollman.png/75px-Harvey_Wollman.png) |
Harvey Wollman (1935–2022) [81] |
July 24, 1978[82] – January 1, 1979 (lost nomination)[lower-alpha 8] |
Democratic[81] |
Succeeded from lieutenant governor |
Vacant |
27 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/William_Janklow_%28South_Dakota_Governor%29.jpg/75px-William_Janklow_%28South_Dakota_Governor%29.jpg) |
|
Bill Janklow (1939–2012) [83] |
January 1, 1979[84] – January 10, 1987 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 9] |
Republican[83] |
1978 |
|
Lowell C. Hansen II |
1982 |
28 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/George_S._Mickelson_%28cropped%29.jpeg/75px-George_S._Mickelson_%28cropped%29.jpeg) |
George S. Mickelson (1941–1993) [86] |
January 10, 1987[87] – April 19, 1993 (died in office) |
Republican[86] |
1986 |
Walter Dale Miller |
1990 |
29 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Walter_Miller.png/75px-Walter_Miller.png) |
Walter Dale Miller (1925–2015) [88] |
April 19, 1993[89] – January 7, 1995 (lost nomination) |
Republican[88] |
Succeeded from lieutenant governor |
Steve T. Kirby |
30 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/William_Janklow_%28South_Dakota_Governor%29.jpg/75px-William_Janklow_%28South_Dakota_Governor%29.jpg) |
Bill Janklow (1939–2012) [83] |
January 7, 1995[90] – January 7, 2003 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 9] |
Republican[83] |
1994 |
Carole Hillard |
1998 |
31 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Mike_Rounds_official_photo.JPG/75px-Mike_Rounds_official_photo.JPG) |
Mike Rounds (b. 1954) [91] |
January 7, 2003[92] – January 8, 2011 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 9] |
Republican[91] |
2002 |
Dennis Daugaard |
2006 |
32 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Dennis_Daugaard_in_2017.jpg/75px-Dennis_Daugaard_in_2017.jpg) |
Dennis Daugaard (b. 1953) [93] |
January 8, 2011[94] – January 5, 2019 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 9] |
Republican[93] |
2010 |
Matt Michels |
2014 |
33 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Noem_Portrait_2_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Noem_Portrait_2_%28cropped%29.jpg) |
Kristi Noem (b. 1971) [95] |
January 5, 2019[96] – Incumbent[lower-alpha 10] |
Republican[95] |
2018 |
Larry Rhoden |
2022 |