The Political Graveyard: South Dakota: Lieutenant Governors

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South Dakota: Lieutenant Governors

Lieutenant Governors of South Dakota, 1889-2011 (May be incomplete!)
James H. Fletcher 1889-91 George H. Hoffman 1891-93 Charles N. Herreid 1893-97 D. T. Hindman 1897-99 John T. Kean 1899-1901 George W. Snow 1901-05 John E. McDougall 1905-07 Howard C. Shober 1907-11 Frank M. Byrne 1911-13 E. L. Abel 1913-15 Peter Norbeck 1915-17 William H. McMaster 1917-21 Carl Gunderson 1921-25 A. Clark Forney 1925-27 H. E. Covey 1927-29 Clarence E. Coyne 1929 John T. Grigsby 1929-31 O. K. Whitney 1931-33 Hans Ustrud 1933-35 Robert Peterson 1935-37 Donald McMurchie 1937-41 A. C. Miller 1941-45 Sioux K. Grigsby 1945-49 Rex A. Terry 1949-55 L. Roy Houck 1955-59 John F. Lindley 1959-61 Joe H. Bottum 1961-63 Nils A. Boe 1963-65 Lem Overpeck 1965-69 James Abdnor 1969-71 William Dougherty 1971-75 Harvey L. Wollman 1975-78 Lowell C. Hansen II 1979-87 Ruth Meiers 1985-87 Walter D. Miller 1987-93 Steve T. Kirby 1993- Dennis Daugaard 2003-11

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1889 Oct 1: James H. Fletcher (Rep), elected; Anson W. Pratt (Dem), defeated.

1892 Nov 8: Charles N. Herreid (Rep), elected; M. M. Price (Ind), defeated; Sam A. Ramsey (Dem), defeated.

1894 Nov 6: Charles N. Herreid (Rep), elected; S. H. Bronson (Ind), defeated; B. M. Tunley (Dem), defeated; Knute Lewis (Prohibition), defeated.

1910: Frank M. Byrne, elected.

1920 Nov 2: Carl Gunderson (Rep), elected; C. W. Best (Nonpartisan), defeated; Eric J. Ellefson (Dem), defeated.

1922 Nov 7: Carl Gunderson (Rep), elected; F. W. Bilger (Dem), defeated; R. T. Eastman (Nonpartisan), defeated.

1924: A. Clark Forney (Rep), elected.

1928 Nov 6: Clarence E. Coyne (Rep), elected; John T. Grigsby (Dem), defeated; Elsa G. Anderson (Farmer-Labor), defeated.

1929 May 27: Clarence E. Coyne, died in office.

1930 Nov 4: O. K. Whitney (Rep), elected; Jorgen J. Boe (Dem), defeated; Mrs. O. H. Olson (Ind), defeated; Oscar Luttio (Ind), defeated.

1948: Rexford M. Sheild (Rep), defeated.

1952 Nov 4: Rex A. Terry (Rep), elected; Chester Gullickson (Dem), defeated.

1954 Nov 2: L. Roy Houck (Rep), elected; James M. Magness (Dem), defeated.

1987: Ruth Meiers, died in office.

1994 Nov 8: Carole Hillard (Rep), elected; Jim Abbott (Dem), defeated; Brian C. Liss (Libertarian), defeated.

2010 Nov 2: Matt Michels (Rep), elected; Ben Arndt (Dem), defeated.

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