Last Updated on April 23, 2022 by Team FinderWheel
Are you looking for the Governors of South Dakota? Here is the list of all the Governors of South Dakota from beginning to present with their tenure and respective political party name.
South Dakota Governors List
Here is a list of governors of the US state of Governors of South Dakota by Party Name and Tenure Periods.
| Sr. No. | Governor Name |
Term Start | Term End | Party |
| 1 | Arthur C. Mellette | 22 March 1889 | 3 January 1893 | Republican |
| 2 | Charles H. Sheldon | 3 January 1893 | 1 January 1897 | Republican |
| 3 | Andrew E. Lee | 1 January 1897 | 08-Jan-01 | Populist |
| 4 | Charles N. Herreid | 08-Jan-01 | 03-Jan-05 | Republican |
| 5 | Samuel H. Elrod | 03-Jan-05 | 08-Jan-07 | Republican |
| 6 | Coe I. Crawford | 08-Jan-07 | 05-Jan-09 | Republican |
| 7 | Robert S. Vessey | 05-Jan-09 | 07-Jan-13 | Republican |
| 8 | Frank M. Byrne | 07-Jan-13 | 02-Jan-17 | Republican |
| 9 | Peter Norbeck | 02-Jan-17 | 04-Jan-21 | Republican |
| 10 | William H. McMaster | 04-Jan-21 | 06-Jan-25 | Republican |
| 11 | Carl Gunderson | 06-Jan-25 | 04-Jan-27 | Republican |
| 12 | William J. Bulow | 04-Jan-27 | 06-Jan-31 | Democratic |
| 13 | Warren Green | 06-Jan-31 | 03-Jan-33 | Republican |
| 14 | Tom Berry | 03-Jan-33 | 05-Jan-37 | Democratic |
| 15 | Leslie Jensen | 05-Jan-37 | 03-Jan-39 | Republican |
| 16 | Harlan J. Bushfield | 03-Jan-39 | 05-Jan-43 | Republican |
| 17 | Merrill Q. Sharpe | 05-Jan-43 | 07-Jan-47 | Republican |
| 18 | George T. Mickelson | 07-Jan-47 | 02-Jan-51 | Republican |
| 19 | Sigurd Anderson | 02-Jan-51 | 04-Jan-55 | Republican |
| 20 | Joe Foss | 04-Jan-55 | 06-Jan-59 | Republican |
| 21 | Ralph Herseth | 06-Jan-59 | 03-Jan-61 | Democratic |
| 22 | Archie M. Gubbrud | 03-Jan-61 | 05-Jan-65 | Republican |
| 23 | Nils Boe | 05-Jan-65 | 07-Jan-69 | Republican |
| 24 | Frank Farrar | 07-Jan-69 | 05-Jan-71 | Republican |
| 25 | Richard F. Kneip | 05-Jan-71 | 24-Jul-78 | Democratic |
| 26 | Harvey L. Wollman | 24-Jul-78 | 01-Jan-79 | Democratic |
| 27 | William J. Janklow | 01-Jan-79 | 06-Jan-87 | Republican |
| 28 | George S. Mickelson | 06-Jan-87 | 19-Apr-93 | Republican |
| 29 | Walter Dale Miller | 19-Apr-93 | 07-Jan-95 | Republican |
| 30 | William J. Janklow | 07-Jan-95 | 07-Jan-03 | Republican |
| 31 | M. Michael Rounds | 07-Jan-03 | 08-Jan-11 | Republican |
| 32 | Dennis Daugaard | 08-Jan-11 | 05-Jan-19 | Republican |
| 33 | Kristi Noem | 05-Jan-19 | Incumbent | Republican |
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US States Governors List
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