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- ↑ Frank L. Boyce. Died in office December 19, 1896.
- ↑ Martin E. Rudolph. Died in office March 28, 1903.
- ↑ R. H. McCaughey. Died in office July 16, 1906.
- ↑ Gilbert Thoreson. Died in office May 8, 1910
- ↑ James W. Cone. Died in office October 10, 1913
- ↑ Walter E. Van Demark. Died in office January 12, 1916.
- ↑ Lewis John Larson. Died in office July 18, 1933
- ↑ William Wallace Moyes. Died in office in 1930.
- ↑ Martin Ingval Larsen. Died in office September 24, 1930.
- ↑ Earl P. Flowers. Died in office August 23, 1934.
- ↑ James Edwin Williams was elected to the Senate in 1933, but was unable to serve due to illness.
- ↑ Mike Feeney. Died in office February 19, 1937.
- ↑ Jessie E. Sanders. First woman elected to the South Dakota Senate.
- ↑ L. A. Johnson. Resigned in 1957.
- ↑ Charles S. Reed. Died in office February 9, 1947
- ↑ Merton E. Neubauer. Died in office August 15, 1946.
- ↑ V. D. Tidball. Died in office in 1946.
- ↑ John Longstaff. Died in office June 3, 1946.
- ↑ C. F. Manson. Elected to the Senate in 1947, but unable to serve due to illness.
- ↑ Chester E. Solomonson. Died in office r 1952.
- ↑ Joe E. Lehmann. Elected to the Senate in 1961, but failed to qualify. Wilbur Foss appointed to fill the vacancy.
- ↑ Donald J. Stransky. Resigned in 1961.
- ↑ Hagen Kelsey. Resigned in 1963.
- ↑ Carroll Fullerton. Died in office October 1, 1961.
- ↑ F.B. "Bob" Roberts. Appointed January 7, 1957 to fill the vacancy of L. A. Johnson.
- ↑ Wilbur Foss. Appointed January 23, 1961 to fill the vacancy of Joe E. Lehmann. Served during the 38th Session of the Senate, and resigned in 1963.
- ↑ Lars Gjesdal. Appointed July 12, 1961 to fill the vacancy of Donald J. Stransky.
- ↑ Frank L. Hafner. Appointed November 6, 1961 to fill the vacancy of Carroll Fullerton.
- ↑ Rayburn R. Rueb. Appointed September 24, 1963 to fill the vacancy of Wilbur Foss. Served during the 39th Session of the Senate.
- ↑ Herbert A. Willoughby. Appointed July 13, 1963 to fill the vacancy of Hagen Kelsey.
- ↑ Walter Vincent Nordstrom. Died in office May 29, 1967.
- ↑ Robert William Hirsch. Resigned December 1969.
- ↑ Clell D. Elwood. Resigned March 1967. Kenneth A. Trask was appointed to serve during the 43rd Session.
- ↑ Henry T. Quinn. Appointed August 1, 1967 to fill the vacancy of Walter Vincent Nordstrom.
- ↑ William R. Ripp. Appointed December 11, 1969 to fill the vacancy of Robert William Hirsch.
- ↑ Kenneth A. Trask. Appointed March 23, 1967 to fill vacancy of Clell Elwood.
- ↑ Eldon L. Smith. Died in office. Killed in the Rapid City flood of June 9, 1972.
- ↑ Franklin Jay Wallahan. Resigned the summer of 1972.
- ↑ Jacob Kunstle. Appointed July 18, 1972 to fill the vacancy of Eldon L. Smith.
- ↑ Grace Mickelson. Appointed August 25, 1972 to fill the vacancy of Franklin Wallahan.
- ↑ Michael J. O'Connor. Resigned April 1977.
- ↑ This individual is the grandfather of Billie H Sutton, legislator starting in 2011
- ↑ Mary A. McClure. Resigned April 10, 1989 to become Special Assistant for Intergovernmental Affairs for President George H. W. Bush.
- ↑ Marilynn Kelm. Resigned November 1975.
- ↑ Jess Tjeerdsma. Died in office August 20, 1977.
- ↑ Robert W. Kelly. Resigned in 1976. Harold Mortimer-(D) was appointed for the remainder of the 51st Session.
- ↑ Elaine L. McCart. Appointed November 19, 1975 to fill the vacancy of Marilynn Kelm.
- ↑ Robert K. Williams. Resigned November 15, 1983. E. C. Pieplow, who served from 1967 to 1976, was appointed November 28, 1983 to fill the vacancy for the 59th Session.
- ↑ Jerome Mayer. Appointed May 13, 1977 to fill the vacancy of Michael J. O'Connor.
- ↑ Robert "Bob" Lyons. Appointed October 7, 1977 to fill the vacancy of Jess Tjeerdsma.
- ↑ David S. Laustsen. Resigned August 11, 1987.
- ↑ Jack Manke. Died in office August 12, 1985.
- ↑ William R. Taylor. Appointed August 11, 1987 to fill the vacancy of David S. Laustsen.
- ↑ James W. Emery. Appointed December 18, 1985 to fill the vacancy of Jack Manke.
- ↑ Scott N. Heidepriem. Appointed April 27, 1989 to fill the vacancy of Mary A. McClure.
- ↑ Richard B. Negstad. Died in office January 11, 1997.
- ↑ Leslie J. Kleven. Died in office April 19, 1995.
- ↑ Jim D. Thompson. Served during the 70th, 71st, and 72nd Sessions. Resigned December 31, 1997.
- ↑ Kermit Staggers. Served during the 70th through 76th Sessions. Resigned May 20, 2002.
- ↑ Arnold M. Brown. Appointed January 22, 1997 to fill the vacancy of Richard B. Negstad.
- ↑ Dave Munson. Served during the 72nd through 76th Sessions. Resigned May 12, 2002.
- ↑ Dick Hainje. Resigned November 12, 2001. Appointed by President George W. Bush as Regional Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for Region VII.
- ↑ Marguerite Kleven. Appointed June 9, 1995 to fill the vacancy of her husband Leslie J. Kleven.
- ↑ Donald "Don" Brosz. Appointed January 1, 1998 to fill the vacancy of Jim D. Thompson.
- ↑ Larry Diedrich. Resigned January 26, 2004 to run for the U.S. House of Representatives. Al Kurtenbach-(R) was appointed January 27, 2004 for the remainder of the 79th Session.
- ↑ Dan Sutton. Resigned November 14, 2006. Re-elected to the 82nd and 83rd Sessions November 7, 2006.
- ↑ Rebekah A. Cradduck. Appointed December 4, 2001 to fill the vacancy of Dick Hainje.
- ↑ Dick M. Kelly. Appointed July 1, 2002 to fill the vacancy of Kermit Staggers.
- ↑ Richard E. "Dick" Hagen. Died in office September 22, 2002. Elected to the Senate posthumously.
- ↑ Gene G. Abdallah. Appointed July 1, 2002 to fill the vacancy of Dave Munson.
- ↑ Mike Jaspers. Appointed January 7, 2003 to fill the vacancy of Mitch Richter, who was elected in 2003 but never served.
- ↑ Michael LaPointe. Appointed January 7, 2003 to fill the vacancy of Dick Hagen.
- ↑ J. P. Duniphan. Defeated in 2006 Republican Primary by Dennis Schmidt-(R).
- ↑ Stan Adelstein. Defeated in 2006 Republican Primary by Elli Schwiesow-(R).
- ↑ Scott N. Heidepriem. Previously served 1990–1992 as a Republican from the 5th District.
- ↑ Switched from the Democratic to the Republican Party in 2008. Switched back in 2010.
- ↑ Appointed by Governor Dennis Daugaard to replace Cooper Garnos after 2011 session.
- ↑ Appointed by Governor Dennis Daugaard to replace Russel Olson after 2013 session.
- ↑ Appointed by Governor Dennis Daugaard to replace J. Mark Johnston after 2013 session.
- ↑ Appointed by Governator Dennis Daugaard to replace Stan Adelstein after 2013 session.
