Governor of South Dakota
Governor History35
Larry RhodenRepublican • Jan 2025 – Present
Kristi L. NoemRepublican • Jan 2023 – Dec 2025
Kristi L. NoemRepublican • Jan 2019 – Dec 2023
Dennis DaugaardRepublican • Jan 2011 – Dec 2019
Mike RoundsRepublican • Jan 2003 – Dec 2011
William J. JanklowRepublican • Jan 1995 – Dec 2003
Walter D. MillerRepublican • Jan 1993 – Dec 1995
George S. MickelsonRepublican • Jan 1987 – Dec 1993
William J. JanklowRepublican • Jan 1979 – Dec 1987
Harvey WollmanDemocratic • Jan 1978 – Dec 1979
Richard Francis KneipDemocratic • Jan 1971 – Dec 1978
Frank Leroy FarrarRepublican • Jan 1969 – Dec 1971
Nils Andreas BoeRepublican • Jan 1965 – Dec 1969
Archie GubbrudRepublican • Jan 1961 – Dec 1965
Ralph E. HersethDemocratic • Jan 1959 – Dec 1961
Joseph Jacob FossRepublican • Jan 1955 – Dec 1959
Sigurd AndersonRepublican • Jan 1951 – Dec 1955
George T. MickelsonRepublican • Jan 1947 – Dec 1951
Merrell Quentin SharpeRepublican • Jan 1943 – Dec 1947
Harlan John BushfieldRepublican • Jan 1939 – Dec 1943
Leslie JensenRepublican • Jan 1937 – Dec 1939
Thomas Matthew BerryDemocratic • Jan 1933 – Dec 1937
Warren Everett GreenRepublican • Jan 1931 – Dec 1933
William John BulowDemocratic • Jan 1927 – Dec 1931
Carl GundersonRepublican • Jan 1925 – Dec 1927
William Henry McMasterRepublican • Jan 1921 – Dec 1925
Peter NorbeckRepublican • Jan 1917 – Dec 1921
Frank M. ByrneRepublican • Jan 1913 – Dec 1917
Robert Scadden VesseyRepublican • Jan 1909 – Dec 1913
Coe Isaac CrawfordRepublican • Jan 1907 – Dec 1909
Samuel Harrison ElrodRepublican • Jan 1905 – Dec 1907
Charles N. HerreidRepublican • Jan 1901 – Dec 1905
Andrew Ericson LeePeople's Party (1st), Fusion Party (2nd) • Jan 1897 – Dec 1901
Charles Henry SheldonRepublican • Jan 1893 – Dec 1897
Arthur Calvin MelletteRepublican • Jan 1889 – Dec 1893