List of Governors of South Dakota

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This is a list of Governors of South Dakota

#	Name	Term	Party	Life	City elected from	Notes
1	Arthur C. Mellette	March 22, 1889–January 3, 1893	Republican	1842–1896	Watertown	^[1]
2	Charles H. Sheldon	January 3, 1893–January 1, 1897	Republican	1840–1898	Pierpont
3	Andrew E. Lee	January 1, 1897–January 8, 1901	Populist	1847–1934	Vermillion
4	Charles N. Herreid	January 8, 1901–January 3, 1905	Republican	1857–1928	Eureka
5	Samuel H. Elrod	January 3, 1905–January 8, 1907	Republican	1856–1935	Clark
6	Coe I. Crawford	January 8, 1907–January 5, 1909	Republican	1858–1944	Huron
7	Robert S. Vessey	January 5, 1909–January 7, 1913	Republican	1858–1929	Wessington Springs
8	Frank M. Byrne	January 7, 1913–January 2, 1917	Republican	1858–1927	Faulkton
9	Peter Norbeck	January 2, 1917–January 4, 1921	Republican	1870–1936	Redfield
10	William H. McMaster	January 4, 1921–January 6, 1925	Republican	1877–1968	Yankton
11	Carl Gunderson	January 6, 1925–January 4, 1927	Republican	1864–1933	Mitchell
12	William J. Bulow	January 4, 1927–January 6, 1931	Democratic	1869–1960	Beresford
13	Warren Green	January 6, 1931–January 3, 1933	Republican	1870–1945	Hazel
14	Tom Berry	January 3, 1933–January 5, 1937	Democratic	1879–1951	Belvidere
15	Leslie Jensen	January 5, 1937–January 3, 1939	Republican	1892–1964	Hot Springs
16	Harlan J. Bushfield	January 3, 1939–January 5, 1943	Republican	1882–1948	Miller
17	Merrill Q. Sharpe	January 5, 1943–January 7, 1947	Republican	1883–1962	Kennebec
18	George T. Mickelson	January 7, 1947–January 2, 1951	Republican	1903–1965	Selby
19	Sigurd Anderson	January 2, 1951–January 4, 1955	Republican	1904–1990	Webster
20	Joe Foss	January 4, 1955–January 6, 1959	Republican	1915–2003	Sioux Falls
21	Ralph Herseth	January 6, 1959–January 3, 1961	Democratic	1909–1969	Houghton
22	Archie M. Gubbrud	January 3, 1961–January 5, 1965	Republican	1910–1987	Alcester
23	Nils Boe	January 5, 1965–January 7, 1969	Republican	1913–1992	Sioux Falls
24	Frank Farrar	January 7, 1969–January 5, 1971	Republican	1929—	Britton
25	Richard F. Kneip	January 5, 1971–July 24, 1978	Democratic	1933–1987	Salem	^[2]
26	Harvey L. Wollman	July 24, 1978–January 1, 1979	Democratic	1935—	Hitchcock
27	William J. Janklow	January 1, 1979–January 6, 1987	Republican	1939—	Flandreau
28	George S. Mickelson	January 6, 1987–April 19, 1993	Republican	1941–1993	Brookings	^[3]
29	Walter Dale Miller	April 19, 1993–January 7, 1995	Republican	1925—	New Underwood
30	William J. Janklow	January 5, 1995–January 7, 2003	Republican	1939—	Brandon
31	M. Michael Rounds	January 7, 2003—	Republican	1954—	Pierre

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^ Mellette was the final governor of the Dakota Territory prior to his election as the first Governor of South Dakota.
^ Kneip resigned to become Ambassador to Singapore on July 24, 1978; he was succeeded by Harvey L. Wollman.
^ Mickelson was killed in a plane crash on April 19, 1993; he was succeeded by Walter Dale Miller.

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