List of South Dakota state legislatures

The legislature of the U.S. state of South Dakota has convened many times since statehood became effective on November 2, 1889.

Legislatures

Number[1]	Name	Start date	End date[1]	Last election
1	1st South Dakota Legislature [Wikidata]	October 15, 1889[2]	March 7, 1890[3]	1 October, 1889[2]
2			1891
3			1893
4			1895
5			1897
6			1899
7 [4]			1901
8			1903
9			1905
10			1907
11			1909
12			1911
13			1913
14			1915
15			1917
16			1919
17			1921
18			1923
19			1925
20			1927
21			1929
22			1931
23			1933
24			1935
25			1937
26			1939
27			1941
28			1943
29			1945
30			1947
31			1949
32			1951
33			1953
34			1955
35			1957
36			1959
37			1961
38			1963
39			1964
40			1965
41			1966
42			1967
43			1968
44			1969
45			1970
46			1971	November 3, 1970 [5]
47			1972
48			1973	November 7, 1972 [6]
49			1974
50			1975
51			1976
52			1977
53			1978
54			1979
55			1980
56			1981
57			1982
58			1983
59			1984
60			1985
61			1986
62			1987
63			1988
64			1989
65			1990
66			1991
67			1992
68			1993
69			1994
70			1995
71			1996
72			1997
73			1998
74			1999
75			2000
76			2001
77			2002
78			2003
79			2004
80			2005
81			2006
82			2007
83			2008
84			2009
85			2010
86			2011
87			2012
88			2013
89			2014
90			2015
91			2016
92			2017
93			2018
94			2019
95			2020
96			2021	November 2020: House, Senate
97			2022
98			2023	November 2022: House, Senate
99		January 9, 2024[7]	March 26, 2024[7]
100				November 5, 2024:[7] House, Senate

See also

• List of speakers of the South Dakota House of Representatives
• List of governors of South Dakota
• Constitution of South Dakota
• Politics of South Dakota
• Elections in South Dakota
• South Dakota State Capitol
• Timeline of South Dakota
• Lists of United States state legislative sessions

References

1. Session Laws of South Dakota, South Dakota State Library, retrieved 2024-08-03
2. Frank Leslie Ransom (1917), The Sunshine State: a History of South Dakota, Mitchell, S. D: Educator School Supply Co., p. 99 – via HathiTrust
3. "South Dakota: Legislative Session". Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1890. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1891 – via HathiTrust.
4. Official directory and rules...Seventh session of the Legislature of South Dakota, 1901-1902, hdl:2027/nyp.33433069240343 – via HathiTrust
5. Members of the State Senate and House of Representatives, South Dakota Legislature, annual session of 1971 and 1972, hdl:2027/ien.35556038855300 – via HathiTrust
6. Members of the State Senate and House of Representatives, South Dakota Legislature, annual session of 1973 and 1974, hdl:2027/uc1.c040629686 – via HathiTrust
7. "South Dakota State Legislature", ballotpedia.org, retrieved 2024-08-03

External links

• South Dakota Legislative Research Council:
  • Archived Sessions of the South Dakota Legislature
  • Historical Listing of legislators
• South Dakota State Library. Legislative Manuals (Blue Books), 1903-present
• Digital Public Library of America. Assorted materials related to South Dakota Legislature
• "Guide to Law Online: U.S. South Dakota: Legislative", guides.loc.gov, Washington DC: Library of Congress