The governor of South Dakota is the head of government of the U.S. state of South Dakota. The current governor is Kristi Noem, representing the Republican Party, serving since 2019.
Dakota Territory was organized on March 2, 1861; [1] on November 2, 1889, it was split into the states of North Dakota and South Dakota. [2]
The Constitution of South Dakota originally provided for the election of a governor and lieutenant governor every two years with no limits. A law passed in 1947 prohibited parties from nominating someone who had served two consecutive terms, effectively creating a term limit, and an amendment in 1972 increased term lengths to four years while formally prohibiting someone from serving three consecutive terms. Should the office of governor become vacant, the lieutenant governor becomes governor. [3]
No. | Governor | Term in office | Party | Election | Lt. Governor [lower-alpha 1] | |||
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1 | ![]() | Arthur C. Mellette (1842–1896) [4] [5] | November 2, 1889 [lower-alpha 2] – January 3, 1893 (did not run) [4] | Republican [8] | 1889 | James H. Fletcher | ||
1890 | George H. Hoffman | |||||||
2 | ![]() | Charles H. Sheldon (1840–1898) [9] [10] | January 3, 1893 [11] – January 5, 1897 (did not run) | Republican [8] | 1892 | Charles N. Herreid | ||
1894 | ||||||||
3 | ![]() | Andrew E. Lee (1847–1934) [12] [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 | ![]() | Charles N. Herreid (1857–1928) [15] [16] | January 8, 1901 [17] – January 3, 1905 (did not run) [15] | Republican [8] | 1900 | George W. Snow | ||
1902 | ||||||||
5 | ![]() | Samuel H. Elrod (1856–1935) [18] [19] | January 3, 1905 [20] – January 8, 1907 (did not run) [18] | Republican [8] | 1904 | John E. McDougall | ||
6 | ![]() | Coe I. Crawford (1858–1944) [21] [22] | January 8, 1907 [23] – January 5, 1909 (did not run) | Republican [8] | 1906 | Howard C. Shober | ||
7 | ![]() | Robert S. Vessey (1858–1929) [24] [25] | January 5, 1909 [26] – January 7, 1913 (did not run) | Republican [8] | 1908 | |||
1910 | Frank M. Byrne | |||||||
8 | ![]() | Frank M. Byrne (1858–1927) [27] [28] | January 7, 1913 [29] – January 2, 1917 (did not run) | Republican [8] | 1912 | Edward Lincoln Abel | ||
1914 | Peter Norbeck | |||||||
9 | ![]() | Peter Norbeck (1870–1936) [30] [31] | January 2, 1917 [32] – January 4, 1921 (did not run) [30] | Republican [8] | 1916 | William H. McMaster | ||
1918 | ||||||||
10 | ![]() | William H. McMaster (1877–1968) [33] [34] | January 4, 1921 [35] – January 6, 1925 (did not run) [33] | Republican [8] | 1920 | Carl Gunderson | ||
1922 | ||||||||
11 | ![]() | Carl Gunderson (1864–1933) [36] [37] | January 6, 1925 [38] – January 3, 1927 (lost election) | Republican [8] | 1924 | Alva Clark Forney | ||
12 | ![]() | William J. Bulow (1869–1960) [39] [40] | January 3, 1927 [41] – January 6, 1931 (did not run) | Democratic [8] | 1926 | Hyatt E. Covey [lower-alpha 3] | ||
1928 | Clarence E. Coyne [lower-alpha 3] (died May 27, 1929) | |||||||
John T. Grigsby | ||||||||
13 | ![]() | Warren Green (1869–1945) [42] [43] | January 6, 1931 [44] – January 3, 1933 (lost election) | Republican [8] | 1930 | Odell K. Whitney | ||
14 | ![]() | Tom Berry (1879–1951) [45] [46] | January 3, 1933 [47] – January 5, 1937 (lost election) | Democratic [8] | 1932 | Hans Ustrud | ||
1934 | Robert Peterson | |||||||
15 | ![]() | Leslie Jensen (1892–1964) [48] [49] | January 5, 1937 [50] – January 3, 1939 (did not run) [lower-alpha 4] | Republican [8] | 1936 | Donald McMurchie | ||
16 | ![]() | Harlan J. Bushfield (1882–1948) [51] [52] | January 3, 1939 [53] – January 5, 1943 (did not run) [lower-alpha 5] | Republican [8] | 1938 | |||
1940 | A. C. Miller | |||||||
17 | ![]() | Merrell Q. Sharpe (1888–1962) [54] [55] | January 5, 1943 [56] – January 7, 1947 (lost nomination) [54] | Republican [8] | 1942 | |||
1944 | Sioux K. Grigsby | |||||||
18 | ![]() | George T. Mickelson (1903–1965) [57] [58] | January 7, 1947 [59] – January 2, 1951 (did not run) [57] | Republican [8] | 1946 | |||
1948 | Rex Terry | |||||||
19 | ![]() | Sigurd Anderson (1904–1990) [60] [61] | January 2, 1951 [62] – January 4, 1955 (did not run) | Republican [8] | 1950 | |||
1952 | ||||||||
20 | ![]() | Joe Foss (1915–2003) [63] [64] | January 4, 1955 [65] – January 6, 1959 (did not run) [lower-alpha 6] | Republican [8] | 1954 | L. Roy Houck | ||
1956 | ||||||||
21 | ![]() | Ralph Herseth (1909–1969) [66] [67] | January 6, 1959 [68] – January 3, 1961 (lost election) | Democratic [8] | 1958 | John F. Lindley [lower-alpha 3] | ||
22 | ![]() | Archie M. Gubbrud (1910–1987) [69] [70] | January 3, 1961 [71] – January 5, 1965 (did not run) | Republican [8] | 1960 | Joseph H. Bottum | ||
1962 | Nils Boe | |||||||
23 | ![]() | Nils Boe (1913–1992) [72] [73] | January 5, 1965 [74] – January 7, 1969 (did not run) | Republican [8] | 1964 | Lem Overpeck | ||
1966 | ||||||||
24 | ![]() | Frank Farrar (1929–2021) [75] [76] | January 7, 1969 [77] – January 5, 1971 (lost election) | Republican [8] | 1968 | James Abdnor | ||
25 | ![]() | Richard F. Kneip (1933–1987) [78] [79] | January 5, 1971 [80] – July 24, 1978 (resigned) [lower-alpha 7] | Democratic [8] | 1970 | William Dougherty | ||
1972 | ||||||||
1974 | Harvey Wollman | |||||||
26 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | George S. Mickelson (1941–1993) [86] | January 10, 1987 [87] – April 19, 1993 (died in office) | Republican [86] | 1986 | Walter Dale Miller | ||
1990 | ||||||||
29 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | Bill Janklow (1939–2012) [83] | January 7, 1995 [90] – January 7, 2003 (term-limited) [lower-alpha 9] | Republican [83] | 1994 | Carole Hillard | ||
1998 | ||||||||
31 | | Mike Rounds (b. 1954) [91] | January 7, 2003 [92] – January 8, 2011 (term-limited) [lower-alpha 9] | Republican [91] | 2002 | Dennis Daugaard | ||
2006 | ||||||||
32 | ![]() | Dennis Daugaard (b. 1953) [93] | January 8, 2011 [94] – January 5, 2019 (term-limited) [lower-alpha 9] | Republican [93] | 2010 | Matt Michels | ||
2014 | ||||||||
33 | ![]() | Kristi Noem (b. 1971) [95] | January 5, 2019 [96] – Incumbent [lower-alpha 10] | Republican [95] | 2018 | Larry Rhoden | ||
2022 |
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