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South Dakota: U.S. Senators


U.S. Senators from South Dakota, 1889-2004 (May be incomplete!)
Gideon C. Moody 1889-91 Richard F. Pettigrew 1889-1901 James H. Kyle 1891-1901 Robert J. Gamble 1901-13 A. B. Kittredge 1901-09 Coe I. Crawford 1909-15 Thomas Sterling 1913-25 Edwin S. Johnson 1915-21 Peter Norbeck 1921-36 William H. McMaster 1925-31 William J. Bulow 1931-43 Herbert Emery Hitchcock 1936-38 Gladys Pyle 1938-39 J. Chandler Gurney 1939-51 Harlan J. Bushfield 1943-48 Vera Cahalan Bushfield 1948 Karl E. Mundt 1948-73 Francis Case 1951-62 Joseph Henry Bottum 1962-63 George McGovern 1963-81 James Abourezk 1973-79 Larry Pressler 1979-97 James Abdnor 1981-87 Thomas A. Daschle 1987- Tim Johnson 1997-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1901 Jul 1: James H. Kyle, died in office.
  • 1914 Nov 3: Edwin S. Johnson (Dem), elected; Charles H. Burke (Rep), defeated; E. P. Johnson (Socialist), defeated; O. W. Butterfield (Prohibition), defeated; Henry L. Loucks (Ind), defeated.
  • 1918 Nov 5: Thomas Sterling (Rep), elected; W. T. Rinehart (Dem), defeated; Orville V. Rafferty (Ind), defeated.
  • 1920 Nov 2: Peter Norbeck (Rep), elected; Tom Ayres (Nonpartisan), defeated; U. S. G. Cherry (Dem), defeated; Richard Olsen Richards (Ind), defeated; L. J. Manbeck (Ind), defeated.
  • 1924 Nov 4: William H. McMaster (Rep), elected; U. S. G. Cherry (Dem), defeated; Tom Ayres (Farmer-Labor), defeated; George Egan (Ind), defeated; Charles H. Dillon (Ind), defeated; Henry L. Loucks (Ind), defeated; Don Livingston (Ind), defeated.
  • 1930 Nov 4: William J. Bulow (Dem), elected; William H. McMaster (Rep), defeated.
  • 1936 Dec 20: Peter Norbeck, died in office.
  • 1938 Nov 8: Gladys Pyle (Rep), elected; John T. McCullen, Sr. (Dem), defeated.
  • 1938 Nov 8: J. Chandler Gurney (Rep), elected; Tom Berry (Dem), defeated.
  • 1942 Nov 3: Harlan J. Bushfield (Rep), elected; Tom Berry (Dem), defeated.
  • 1948 Sep 27: Harlan J. Bushfield, died in office.
  • 1950 Nov 7: Francis Case (Rep), elected; John A. Engel (Dem), defeated.
  • 1962: Francis Case, died in office.
  • 1966 Nov 8: Karl E. Mundt (Rep), elected; Donn H. Wright (Dem), defeated.
  • 1968 Nov 5: George McGovern (Dem), elected; Archie M. Gubbrud (Rep), defeated.
  • 1972 Nov 7: James Abourezk (Dem), elected; Robert W. Hirsch (Rep), defeated.
  • 1974 Nov 5: George McGovern (Dem), elected; Leo K. Thorsness (Rep), defeated.
  • 1978 Nov 7: Larry Pressler (Rep), elected; Don Barnett (Dem), defeated.
  • 1980 Nov 4: James Abdnor (Rep), elected; George McGovern (Dem), defeated; Wayne Peterson (Ind), defeated.
  • 1986 Nov 4: Thomas A. Daschle (Dem), elected; James Abdnor (Rep), defeated.
  • 1990 Nov 6: Larry Pressler (Rep), elected; Ted Muenster (Dem), defeated; Dean L. Sinclair (Ind), defeated.
  • 1992 Nov 3: Thomas A. Daschle (Dem), elected; Charlene Haar (Rep), defeated; Gus Hercules (Libertarian), defeated; Kent Hyde (Ind), defeated.
  • 1996 Nov 5: Tim Johnson (Dem), elected; Larry Pressler (Rep), defeated.
  • 1998 Nov 3: Thomas A. Daschle (Dem), elected; Ron Schmidt (Rep), defeated; Byron Dale (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2002: John R. Thune (Rep), defeated.

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