The Political Graveyard: South Dakota: Governors

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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 Merrell Quentin 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.

"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."
Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872

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