| TERM |
NAME |
PARTY |
COMMENT |
| 1889-1893 |
Arthur Calvin Mellette |
Republican |
Born on June 23, 1842 in Henry County, Indiana. Died in Pittsburg, Kansas on May 25,
1896. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Watertown, South Dakota. |
| 1893-1897 |
Charles Henry Sheldon |
Republican |
Born on September 12, 1840 in LeMoille County, Vermont. Died on October 20, 1898. |
| 1897-1901 |
Andrew Ericson Lee |
Populist |
Born on March 18, 1847 near Bergan, Norway. Died on March 19, 1934. Interment at
Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion, South Dakota. |
| 1901-1905 |
Charles Nelson Herreid |
Republican |
Born October 20, 1857. Died on July 6, 1928. |
| 1905-1907 |
Samuel Harrison Elrod |
Republican |
Born on May 1, 1856 near Coatesville, Hendricks County, Indiana. Died on July 13, 1935. |
| 1907-1909 |
Coe Isaac Crawford |
Republican |
Born near Volney, Iowa on January 14, 1858. Died in Yaiikton, South Dakota on April
25, 1944 and interred at Municipal Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa. |
| 1909-1913 |
Robert Scadden Vessey |
Republican |
Born on May 16, 1858 in Wisconsin. Died on October 18, 1929. |
| 1913-1917 |
Frank Michael Byrne |
Republican |
Born in Volney, Iowa on October 23, 1858. Died on December 24, 1927. |
| 1917-1921 |
Peter Norbeck |
Republican |
Born in Clay County, South Dakota on August 27, 1870. Died in Redfield, South Dakota
on December 20, 1936. Interment at Bloomington Church Cemetery near Platte, South
Dakota. |
| 1921-1925 |
William Henry McMaster |
Republican |
Born in Ticonic, Iowa on May 10, 1877. Died in Dixon, Illinois on September 14, 1968.
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Dixon, Illinois. |
| 1925-1927 |
Carl Gunderson |
Republican |
Born in Vermillion, South Dakota on June 20, 1864. Died on February 26, 1933.
Interment at Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion, South Dakota. |
| 1927-1931 |
William John Bulow |
Democrat |
Born near Moscow, Ohio on January 13, 1869. Died in Washington, D.C. on
February 26, 1960. Interment at St. John's Catholic Cemetery, Beresford, South
Dakota. |
| 1931-1933 |
Warren Everett Green |
Republican |
Born on March 10, 1870. Died on April 27, 1945. |
| 1933-1937 |
Thomas Matthew Berry |
Democrat |
Born in Paddock, Nebraska on April 23, 1879. Died in Rapid City, South Dakota on
October 30, 1931. |
| 1937-1939 |
Leslie Jensen |
Republican |
Born on September 15, 1892. Died on December 14, 1964. |
| 1939-1943 |
Harlan John Bushfield |
Republican |
Born in Atlantic, Iowa on August 6, 1882. Died on September 27, 1948 in Miller,
South Dakota. Interment at G.A.R. Cemetery, Miller, South Dakota. |
| 1943-1947 |
Merrell Quentin Sharpe |
Republican |
Born on January 11, 1888. Died on January 22, 1962. |
| 1947-1951 |
George Theodore Mickelson |
Republican |
Born on July 23, 1903. Died on February 28, 1965. |
| 1951-1955 |
Sigurd Anderson |
Republican |
Born in Arendal, Norway on January 22, 1904. Died on December 21, 1990. Interment
in Webster, South Dakota. |
| 1955-1959 |
Joseph Jacob Foss |
Republican |
Born on April 17, 1915 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Died on January 1, 2003 in
Scottsdale, Arizona. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Alrington, Virginia. |
| 1959-1961 |
Ralph E. Herseth |
Democrat |
Born on July 2, 1909. Died on January 24, 1969. Interment at Houghton Cemetery,
Houghton, South Dakota. |
| 1961-1965 |
Archie M. Gubbrud |
Republican |
Born on December 31, 1910. Died in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on April 26, 1987. |
| 1965-1969 |
Nils Andreas Boe |
Republican |
Born in Baltic, South Dakota on September 10, 1913. Died on July 30, 1992. |
| 1969-1971 |
Frank Leroy Farrar |
Republican |
Born in Britton, South Dakota on April 2, 1929. |
| 1971-1978 |
Richard Francis Kneip |
Democrat |
Born in Elkton, South Dakota on January 7, 1933. Richard F. Kneip resigned July 24,
1978, to become Ambassador to Singapore. Died on March 9, 1987. Interment at
St. Michael Cemetery, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. |
| 1978-1979 |
Harvey L. Wollman |
Democrat |
Born on May 14, 1935. |
| 1979-1987 |
William John Janklow |
Republican |
Born in Chicago, Illinois on September 13, 1939. |
| 1987-1993 |
George Speaker Mickelson |
Republican |
Born in Mobridge, South Dakota on January 31, 1941. Died in a plane crash on
April 20, 1993. |
| 1993-1995 |
Walter Dale Miller |
Republican |
Born in Viewfield, South Dakota on October 5, 1925. Became governor upon death of
George Speaker Mickelson. |
| 1995-2003 |
William John Janklow |
Republican |
Born in Chicago, Illinois on September 13, 1939. |
| 1995-2011 |
Marion Michael "Mike" Rounds |
Republican |
Born in Huron, South Dakota, on October 24, 1954. |
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ADDITIONAL LINKS:
South Dakota State Historical Society:
List of former territorial and state governors.
State of South Dakota:
Portraits of South Dakota's previous governors hanging in the east and west wings of the first floor of the South Dakota Capitol.
broken links to us. We really appreciate it. |
Source: Political Graveyard, (http://www.politicalgraveyard.com), August 27, 2004 |
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