Political party strength in South Dakota

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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of South Dakota:

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's candidate received the state's electoral votes.

YearExecutive offices [1] State Legislature Pub. Util. Comm. United States Congress Electoral votes
Governor Lt. Governor Sec. of State Atty. Gen. Auditor TreasurerComm. of Lands State Senate State House U.S. Senator (Class II) U.S. Senator (Class III) U.S. House
1889 Arthur C. Mellette (R) [lower-alpha 1] James H. Fletcher (R)Amund O. Ringsrud (R) Robert Dollard (R)L. C. Taylor (R)Wilbur F. Smith (R)Osner H. Parker (R)37R, 4D, 4I106R, 13D, 2Pop, 2I, 1Fus3NP Richard F. Pettigrew (R) Gideon C. Moody (R)2R
1890
1891 George H. Hoffman (R)W. W. Taylor (R) Thomas H. Ruth (R)22R, 10I, 8D, 3Pop, 2?58D, 33I, 20R, 10Pop, 1Fus [lower-alpha 2] James H. Kyle (I)
1892 Harrison/
Reid (R)Red x.svg
1893 Charles H. Sheldon (R) Charles N. Herreid (R)Thomas Thorson (R) Coe I. Crawford (R)J. E. Hipple (R)35R, 4D, 3I, 1Pop69R, 8I, 4D, 2Pop James H. Kyle (Pop)
1894
1895Kirk G. Phillips (R)John L. Lockhart (R)35R, 3D, 3Pop, 3Fus, 1I69R, 11Pop, 2D, 2I3R
1896 Richard F. Pettigrew (SvR)2 – Bryan/
Sewall (D/SvR)Red x.svg
2 – Bryan/
Watson (Pop)Red x.svg
1897 Andrew E. Lee (Pop)Daniel T. Hindman (R)William H. Roddle (R) Melvin Grigsby (Pop)J. E. Mayhew (R)20R, 15Fus, 6Pop, 2D39R, 18Fus, 17Pop, 9D, 1I3Pop2Pop
1898
1899 Andrew E. Lee (Fus) [lower-alpha 3] John T. Kean (R) John L. Pyle (R) [lower-alpha 4] James D. Reeves (R)John Schamber (R)David Eastman (R)31R, 6Fus, 4D, 4Pop61R, 15Fus, 9D, 2Pop2Pop, 1R2R
1900 McKinley/
Roosevelt (R)Green check.svg
1901 James H. Kyle (R) [lower-alpha 4]
Charles N. Herreid (R)George W. Snow (R)O. C. Berg (R)41R, 2Fus, 1D, 1Pop79R, 7D, 1Fus2R, 1Pop Robert J. Gamble (R) Alfred B. Kittredge (R)
1902 Adolphus W. Burtt (R)
1903 Philo Hall (R)J. F. Halladay (R)C. B. Collins (R)C. J. Bach (R)41R, 3D, 1Fus77R, 8D, 2Fus3R
1904 Roosevelt/
Fairbanks (R)Green check.svg
1905 Samuel H. Elrod (R)John E. McDougall (R)David D. Wipf (R)42R, 2Pop, 1D86R, 2D, 1Fus
1906
1907 Coe I. Crawford (R)Howard C. Shober (R) S. Wesley Clark (R)John Hirning (R)C. H. Cassill (R)O. C. Dokken (R)35R, 8D, 1Pop, 1Fus80R, 9D
1908 Taft/
Sherman (R)Green check.svg
1909 Robert S. Vessey (R)Samuel C. Polley (R)George G. Johnson (R)38R, 6D, 1Pop92R, 9D, 1Pop, 1I Coe I. Crawford (R)
1910
1911 Frank M. Byrne (R) Royal C. Johnson (R)Henry B. Anderson (R)F. F. Brinkler (R)32R, 11D, 1Pop, 1I97R, 5D, 1Pop, 1I
1912 Roosevelt/
Johnson (Prog)Red x.svg
1913 Frank M. Byrne (R)Edward Lincoln Abel (R)Frank Galsner(R)A. W. Ewert (R)34R, 11D89R, 13D, 1I Thomas Sterling (R)3R
1914
1915 Peter Norbeck (R)Frank M. Rood (R)Clarence C. Caldwell (R)J. E. Handlin (R)Fred Hepperle (R)84R, 19D Edwin S. Johnson (D)2R, 1D
1916 Hughes/
Fairbanks (R)Red x.svg
1917 Peter Norbeck (R) William H. McMaster (R)G. H. Helgerson (R)N. E. Knight (R)35R, 10D89R, 14D
1918
1919C. A. Burkhart (R) [lower-alpha 4] Byron S. Payne (R)Jay Reeves (R)43R, 2D88R, 11D, 3I, 1?
1920 Harding/
Coolidge (R)Green check.svg
1921 William H. McMaster (R) Carl Gunderson (R)W. S. O'Brein (R)44R, 1D95R, 4D, 4I Peter Norbeck (R)3R
1922 Clarence E. Coyne (R)
1923Buell F. Jones (R)Edward A. Jones (R)34R, 9D, 2I84R, 12D, 5I, 1Fus
1924 Coolidge/
Dawes (R)Green check.svg
1925 Carl Gunderson (R) Alva Clark Forney (R)James L. Driscoll (R)O. P. J. Englstorm (R)35R, 9D, 1FL85R, 15D, 2I, 1Fus William H. McMaster (R)
1926
1927 William J. Bulow (D) Hyatt E. Covey (R) Gladys Pyle (R)A. J. Moodie (R)29R, 16D77R, 25D, 1?
1928 Hoover/
Curtis (R)Green check.svg
1929Clarence E. Coyne (R) [lower-alpha 4] Merrell Q. Sharpe (R)William M. Dunn (R)33R, 12D82R, 21D
John T. Grigsby (D) [lower-alpha 5]
1930
1931 Warren Green (R)Odell K. Whitney (R)Elizabeth Coyne (R)A. C. Goodhope (R)31R, 14D79R, 24D William J. Bulow (D)
1932 Roosevelt/
Garner (D)Green check.svg
1933 Tom Berry (D)Hans Ustrud (D)Myrtle Morrison (D) D. Walter Conway (D)George O'Neill (D)Frank G. Stewart (D)Ben Strool (D)30D, 15R69D, 34R2R, 1D2D
1934
1935 Robert Peterson (D)32D, 13R63D, 40R2D, 1R
1936
1937 Leslie Jensen (R) Donald McMurchie (R) Goldie Wells (D) Clair Roddewig (D) Raymond A. Kelly (D) W. H. Hinselman (D)23R, 22D66R, 37D2R, 1D Herbert E. Hitchcock (D)1D, 1R
1938 Gladys Pyle (R)
1939 Harlan J. Bushfield (R) Olive A. Ringsrud (R) Leo A. Temmey (R) W. W. Warner (R) W. G. Douglas (R) Earl A. Hammerquest (R)30R, 5D62R, 13D3R Chan Gurney (R)2R
1940 Willkie/
McNary (R)Red x.svg
1941 A. C. Miller (R)31R, 4D65R, 10D
1942John N. Thompson (R)
1943 Merrell Q. Sharpe (R) L. M. Larsen (R) George T. Mickelson (R)E. V. Youngquist (R) [lower-alpha 4] John A. Lunden (R)69R, 6D Harlan J. Bushfield (R) [lower-alpha 4]
1944 Dewey/
Bricker (R)Red x.svg
1945 Sioux K. Grigsby (R) Steve E. Anderson (R)Hazel Dean (R)35R72R, 3D
1946
1947 George T. Mickelson (R) Annamae Riff (R) Sigurd Anderson (R)Clarence E. Buehler (R)71R, 4D
1948 Dewey/
Warren (R)Red x.svg
Vera C. Bushfield (R) [lower-alpha 5]
1949 Rex Terry (R)Bernard Linn (R)27R, 8D64R, 11D Karl Mundt (R) [lower-alpha 6]
1950 James O. Gilkerson (R)
1951 Sigurd Anderson (R) Geraldine Ostroot (R) Ralph A. Dunham (R)Theodore Mehlaf (R)29R, 6D66R, 9D Francis Case (R)
1952 Lawrence E. Mayes (R) Eisenhower/
Nixon (R)Green check.svg
195335R73R, 2D
1954
1955 Joe Foss (R) L. Roy Houck (R) Phil Saunders (R)Ed Elkins (R)29R, 6D57R, 18D
1956 Fay A. Allbee (R)
1957 Clara Halls (R)18R, 17D48R, 27D1D, 1R
1958 Oscar Brosz (R)
1959 Ralph Herseth (D) John F. Lindley (D) Selma Sandness (D) Parnell J. Donahue (D) Harriet Horning (D)Al Hamre (R)20D, 15R43R, 32D
1960 Nixon/
Lodge (R)Red x.svg
1961 Archie M. Gubbrud (R) Joe Bottum (R) [lower-alpha 7] Essie Wiedenman (R) A. C. Miller (R) Betty Lou Casey (R)23R, 12D57R, 18D2R
1962
vacant Joe Bottum (R)
1963 Nils Boe (R) Frank Farrar (R) Al Hamre (R)Lloyd Jorgenson (R)26R, 9D58R, 17D George McGovern (D)
1964 Johnson/
Humphrey (D)Green check.svg
1965 Nils Boe (R) Lem Overpeck (R) Alma Larson (R)19R, 15D, 1I45R, 30D
1966
1967 Lloyd Jorgenson (R)Al Hamre (R)29R, 6D64R, 11D
1968 Nixon/
Agnew (R)Green check.svg
1969 Frank Farrar (R) James Abdnor (R) Gordon Mydland (R) Alice Kundert (R)Neal Strand (R)27R, 8D59R, 16D
1970
1971 Richard F. Kneip (D) [lower-alpha 8] William Dougherty (D) Ralph Ginn (R) [lower-alpha 4] 24R, 11D45R, 30D2R, 1D2D
1972
1973 Lorna Herseth (D) Kermit A. Sande (D)David Volk (R)George Kane (D) [lower-alpha 5] 18D, 17R35R, 35D [lower-alpha 9] 2D, 1R James Abourezk (D)1D, 1R
1974
1975 Harvey Wollman (D) [lower-alpha 10] Bill Janklow (R)19D, 16R37R, 33D3D2R
1976 Ford/
Dole (R)Red x.svg
197724R, 11D48R, 22D2D, 1R
1978 Harvey Wollman (D) [lower-alpha 10] vacant [lower-alpha 10]
1979 Bill Janklow (R) Lowell C. Hansen II (R) Alice Kundert (R) Mark V. Meierhenry (R) Vern Larson (R)John J. Gerken (R) Larry Pressler (R)1D, 1R
1980 Reagan/
Bush (R)Green check.svg
198125R, 10D49R, 21D2R, 1D James Abdnor (R)
1982
1983F. Julian Cheney (R)26R, 9D52R, 18D2D, 1R Tom Daschle (D)
1984David Volk (R)
1985John J. Gerken (R)25R, 10D57R, 13D
1986
1987 George S. Mickelson (R) [lower-alpha 4] Walter Dale Miller (R) Joyce Hazeltine (R) Roger Tellinghuisen (R)Timothy Amdahl (R)24R, 11D48R, 22D3D Tom Daschle (D) Tim Johnson (D)
1988 Bush/
Quayle (R)Green check.svg
198920R, 15D46R, 24D2D, 1R
1990
1991 Mark Barnett (R)G. Homer Harding (R)Curt Johnson (D)18R, 17D45R, 25D
1992 Bush/
Quayle (R)Red x.svg
1993 Walter Dale Miller (R) [lower-alpha 11] Steve T. Kirby (R) [lower-alpha 5] 20D, 15R41R, 29D
1994
1995 Bill Janklow (R) Carole Hillard (R)Dick Butler (D)19R, 16D45R, 24D, 1I
1996 Dole/
Kemp (R)Red x.svg
199722R, 13D47R, 23D Tim Johnson (D) John Thune (R)
1998
199952R, 18D
2000 Bush/
Cheney (R)Green check.svg
200124R, 11D50R, 20D
2002
2003 Mike Rounds (R) Dennis Daugaard (R) Chris Nelson (R) Larry Long (R) Rich Sattgast (R)Vern Larson (R)Bryce Healy (D)26R, 9D49R, 21D2R, 1D Bill Janklow (R) [lower-alpha 12]
2004 Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D) [lower-alpha 13]
200525R, 10D51R, 19D3R John Thune (R)
2006
2007Jarrod Johnson (R)20R, 15D50R, 20D2R, 1D
2008 McCain/
Palin (R)Red x.svg
200921R, 14D46R, 24D
2010 Marty Jackley (R)
2011 Dennis Daugaard (R) Matt Michels (R) Jason Gant (R) Steve Barnett (R) Rich Sattgast (R)30R, 5D50R, 19D, 1I3R Kristi Noem (R)
2012 Romney/
Ryan (R)Red x.svg
2013Vern Larson (R)28R, 7D53R, 17D
2014
2015 Shantel Krebs (R)Ryan Brunner (R) [lower-alpha 14] 27R, 8D58R, 12D Mike Rounds (R)
2016 Trump/
Pence (R)Green check.svg
201729R, 6D60R, 10D
2018
2019 Kristi Noem (R) Larry Rhoden (R) Steve Barnett (R) Jason Ravnsborg (R) [lower-alpha 15] Rich Sattgast (R) Josh Haeder (R)30R, 5D59R, 11D Dusty Johnson (R)
2020 Trump/
Pence (R)Red x.svg
202132R, 3D62R, 8D
2022Jarrod Johnson (R) [lower-alpha 5]
Mark Vargo (R) [lower-alpha 5]
2023 Monae Johnson (R) Marty Jackley (R) Brock Greenfield (R)31R, 4D63R, 7D
2024[ to be determined ]
Year Governor Lt. Governor Sec. of State Atty. Gen. Auditor TreasurerComm. of Lands State Senate State House Pub. Util. Comm. U.S. Senator (Class II) U.S. Senator (Class III) U.S. House Electoral votes
Executive offices State Legislature United States Congress
Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials
Alaskan Independence (AKIP)
American (Know Nothing) (KN)
American Labor (AL)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J)
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Covenant (Cov)
Democratic (D)
Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' Rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Pro-Administration (PA)
Free Soil (FS)
Fusion (Fus)
Greenback (GB)
Independence (IPM)
Independent Democrat (ID)
Independent Republican (IR)
Jacksonian (J)
Liberal (Lib)
Libertarian (L)
National Union (NU)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Democratic–Nonpartisan
League (D-NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O)
Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Silver (Sv)
Silver Republican (SvR)
Socialist (Soc)
Union (U)
Unconditional Union (UU)
Vermont Progressive (VP)
Whig (W)
Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)
  1. Arthur C. Mellette had served as the final governor of Dakota Territory prior to his election as the first governor of the State of South Dakota.
  2. A Independent Republican Speaker, Charles X. Seward, was elected with the support of Democrats, Independents, Populists, and members of the Farmers' Alliance who ran as Independents. This alliance, with the Farmers' Alliance and the Populists being predominant, ran and organized the chamber. [2]
  3. Andrew E. Lee won re-election on the Fusion ticket in 1898. In 1898, the Fusion Party was a coalition of Democrats/
    Populists; in 1900 it consisted of Democrats, Populists and Silver Republicans.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Died in office.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appointed to fill a vacancy.
  6. Appointed after having already been elected to a full term.
  7. Resigned when appointed to a seat in the U.S. Senate.
  8. Richard F. Kneip was the last South Dakota governor to serve a two-year term (1971-73 and 1973-75), and the first elected to a four-year term (in the 1974 election).
  9. A Democrat, Gene N. LeBrun, was elected Speaker, and the Democrats organized and ran the House. [3]
  10. 1 2 3 On July 24, 1978, Governor Kneip resigned to become United States Ambassador to Singapore. Lieutenant Governor Harvey L. Wollman succeeded to the office of governor on that date and served until January 1, 1979. The office of Lieutenant Governor remained vacant for the remainder of the term.
  11. Assumed office following the death or resignation of predecessor.
  12. Resigned.
  13. First elected in special election.
  14. Resigned to be a senior policy advisor in Governor Noem's office.
  15. Jason Ravnsborg was impeached by the South Dakota House of Representatives on April 12, 2022, and was suspended from his duties pending the trial in the South Dakota Senate.

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References

  1. Legislative Manual – South Dakota (PDF). 2019.
  2. Robinson, Doane (1904). History of South Dakota. B. F. Bowen. p. 343. ISBN   978-0-598-27657-5.
  3. p. 110, 112