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South Dakota: State Treasurers

South Dakota State Treasurers, 1889-2010 (May be incomplete!)
Wilbur F. Smith 1889-91 William W. Taylor 1891-95 Kirk G. Phillips 1895-99 John Schamber 1899-1903 C. B. Collins 1903-07 Charles H. Cassill 1907-09 George G. Johnson 1909-13 Adolph W. Ewert 1913-17 Gus H. Helgerson 1917-21 William S. O'Brien 1921-23 James L. Driscoll 1923-27 A. J. Moodie 1927-31 A. C. Goodhope 1931-33 Frank G. Siewert 1933-37 W. H. Hinselman 1937-39 W. G. Douglas 1939-42 John N. Thompson 1942-43 E. V. Youngquist 1943-45 Hazel Dean 1945-47 C. E. Buehler 1947-51 Theodore Mehlhaf 1951-55 Ed T. Elkins 1955-59 Al Hamre 1959-63 Lloyd Jorgenson 1963-67 Al Hamre 1967-69 Neal Strand 1969-73 David Volk 1973-91 G. Homer Harding 1991-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1889 Oct 1: Wilbur F. Smith (Rep), elected; Austin D. Hill (Dem), defeated.
  • 1892 Nov 8: William W. Taylor (Rep), elected; P. O. Peterson (Ind), defeated; George H. Culver (Dem), defeated.
  • 1920 Nov 2: William S. O'Brien (Rep), elected; J. L. Fritz (Nonpartisan), defeated; F. E. Duba (Dem), defeated.
  • 1922: Walter P. Wohlheter, defeated.
  • 1923 Sep 1: James L. Driscoll, appointed.
  • 1924: James L. Driscoll (Rep), elected.
  • 1928 Nov 6: A. J. Moodie (Rep), elected; G. B. McMahon (Dem), defeated; James E. Pickles (Farmer-Labor), defeated.
  • 1945 Jul 8: E. V. Youngquist, died in office.
  • 1952 Nov 4: Theodore Mehlhaf (Rep), elected; Emma Meistrik (Dem), defeated.
  • 1954 Nov 2: Ed T. Elkins (Rep), elected; Otto Ronning (Dem), defeated.
  • 1994 Nov 8: Dick Butler (Dem), elected; G. Homer Harding (Rep), defeated.
  • 2010 Nov 2: Rich Sattgast (Rep), elected; Tom Katus (Dem), defeated.
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