List of Governors of South Dakota

Governors of South Dakota

• Arthur C. Mellette Republican 1889–1893
• Charles H. Sheldon Republican 1893–1897
• Andrew E. Lee Populist 1897–1901
• Charles N. Herreid Republican 1901–1905
• Samuel H. Elrod Republican 1905–1907
• Coe I. Crawford Republican 1907–1909
• Robert S. Vessey Republican 1909–1913
• Frank M. Byrne Republican 1913–1917
• Peter Norbeck Republican 1917–1921
• W. H. McMaster Republican 1921–1925
• Carl Gunderson Republican 1925–1927
• W. J. Bulow Democratic 1927–1931
• Warren Green Republican 1931–1933
• Thomas Berry Democratic 1933–1937
• Leslie Jensen Republican 1937–1939
• Harlan J. Bushfield Republican 1939–1943
• M. Q. Sharpe Republican 1943–1947
• George T. Mickelson Republican 1947–1951
• Sigurd Anderson Republican 1951–1955
• Joe Foss Republican 1955–1959
• Ralph Herseth Democratic 1959–1961
• Archie Gubbrud Republican 1961–1965
• Nils Boe Republican 1965–1969
• Frank L. Farrar Republican 1969–1971
• Richard F. Kneip Democratic 1971–1978
• Harvey L. Wollman Democratic 1978–1979
• William J. Janklow Republican 1979–1987
• George S. Mickelson Republican 1987–1993
• Walter Dale Miller Republican 1993–1995
• William J. Janklow Republican 1995–2003
• Mike Rounds Republican 2003-