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South Dakota: Governors


Governors of South Dakota, 1889-2007 (May be incomplete!)
Arthur Calvin Mellette 1889-93 Charles Henry Sheldon 1893-97 Andrew E. Lee 1897-1901 Charles N. Herreid 1901-05 Samuel Harrison Elrod 1905-07 Coe I. Crawford 1907-09 Robert Scadden Vessey 1909-13 Frank M. Byrne 1913-17 Peter Norbeck 1917-21 William H. McMaster 1921-25 Carl Gunderson 1925-27 William J. Bulow 1927-31 Warren Everett Green 1931-33 Tom Berry 1933-37 Leslie Jensen 1937-39 Harlan J. Bushfield 1939-43 M. Q. Sharpe 1943-47 George Theodore Mickelson 1947-51 Sigurd Anderson 1951-55 Joe Foss 1955-59 Ralph E. Herseth 1959-61 Archie M. Gubbrud 1961-65 Nils Andreas Boe 1965-69 Frank L. Farrar 1969-71 Richard F. Kneip 1971-78 Harvey L. Wollman 1978-79 William J. Janklow 1979-87 George Speaker Mickelson 1987-93 Walter D. Miller 1993- William J. Janklow 1995-2002 Mike Rounds 2003-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1889: P. F. McClure, defeated.
  • 1890: Maris Taylor, defeated; Henry L. Loucks (Populist), defeated.
  • 1892: A. L. Van Osdel, defeated; Peter Couchman, defeated.
  • 1894: Isaac Howe, defeated; James A. Ward, defeated.
  • 1896: Amund O. Ringsrud (Rep), defeated.
  • 1898: Kirk G. Phillips, defeated.
  • 1900: Burre H. Lien, defeated.
  • 1902: John W. Martin, defeated.
  • 1904: Louis N. Crill, defeated.
  • 1906: John A. Stransky, defeated.
  • 1908: Andrew E. Lee, defeated.
  • 1910: Chauncey L. Wood, defeated.
  • 1912: Edwin S. Johnson, defeated.
  • 1914: Richard Olsen Richards, defeated; James W. McCarter (Dem), defeated.
  • 1920 Nov 2: W. W. Howes (Dem), defeated.
  • 1922: Louis N. Crill (Dem), defeated.
  • 1924: Richard Olsen Richards (Ind), defeated.
  • 1929: Buell F. Jones (Rep), defeated.
  • 1930: Gladys Pyle, defeated for nomination.
  • 1940: Lewis W. Bicknell, defeated.
  • 1942: Leo A. Temmey, defeated; Lewis W. Bicknell, defeated.
  • 1993 Apr 19: George Speaker Mickelson, died in office.
  • 1994 Jun 7: Jim Beddow (Dem), nominated; Carroll V. Allen (Dem), defeated in primary; Jim Burg (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1994 Jun 7: William J. Janklow (Rep), nominated; Walter D. Miller (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1994 Nov 8: William J. Janklow (Rep), elected; Jim Beddow (Dem), defeated; Nathan A. Barton (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2002: Mike Rounds (Rep), elected.
  • 2006: Mike Rounds (Rep), elected.

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