Historical Record
Previous Governors of South Dakota
Governors who previously held office in South Dakota, with term dates and party affiliation.
← View all statesLarry RhodenRepublican2025–2027
Kristi NoemRepublican2019–2025
Kristi NoemDemocrat2023–2023
Dennis DaugaardRepublican2011–2019
Mike RoundsRepublican2003–2011
Bill JanklowRepublican1995–2003
Walter Dale MillerRepublican1993–1995
George S. MickelsonRepublican1987–1993
Bill JanklowRepublican1979–1987
Harvey WollmanDemocrat1978–1979
Richard F. KneipDemocrat1971–1978
Frank FarrarRepublican1969–1971
Nils BoeRepublican1965–1969
Archie M. GubbrudRepublican1961–1965
Ralph HersethDemocrat1959–1961
Joe FossRepublican1955–1959
Sigurd AndersonRepublican1951–1955
George T. MickelsonRepublican1947–1951
Merrell Q. SharpeRepublican1943–1947
Harlan J. BushfieldRepublican1939–1943
Leslie JensenRepublican1937–1939
Tom BerryDemocrat1933–1937
Warren GreenRepublican1931–1933
William J. BulowDemocrat1927–1931
Carl GundersonRepublican1925–1927
William H. McMasterRepublican1921–1925
Peter NorbeckRepublican1917–1921
Frank M. ByrneRepublican1913–1917
Robert S. VesseyRepublican1909–1913
Coe I. CrawfordRepublican1907–1909
Samuel H. ElrodRepublican1905–1907
Charles N. HerreidRepublican1901–1905
Andrew E. LeeIndependent1897–1901
Charles H. SheldonRepublican1893–1897
Arthur C. MelletteRepublican1889–1893