State of South Dakota

South Dakota Legislature

Constitutional Offices

Legislators Who Held Constitutional Offices

Name Address Year Party Comments
Sheldon, Charles H. Pierpont 1893 - 1897 Republican  
Crawford, Coe Isaac Pierre 1907 - 1909 Republican  
Vessey, Robert S. Wessington Springs 1909 - 1913 Republican  
Byrne, Frank M. Faulkton 1913 - 1917 Republican  
Norbeck, Peter Redfield 1917 - 1921 Republican  
McMaster, William Henry Yankton 1921 - 1925 Republican  
Gunderson, Carl Vermillion 1925 - 1927 Republican  
Bulow, William John Beresford 1927 - 1931 Democrat  
Green, Warren   1931 - 1933    
Berry, Tom M. Belvidere 1933 - 1937 Democrat  
Mickelson, George T. Selby 1947 - 1951 Republican  
Foss, Joseph J.   1955 - 1959    
Herseth, Ralph E.   1959 - 1961    
Gubbrud, Archie M. Alcester 1961 - 1965 Republican  
Boe, Nils A. Sioux Falls 1965 - 1969 Republican  
Kneip, Richard F. Salem 1971 - 1978 Democrat (Resigned to become Ambassador to Singapore)
Wollman, Harvey Hitchcock 1978 Democrat  
Mickelson, George S. Brookings 1987 - 1993 Republican (Died in office April 19, 1993)
Miller, Walter Dale New Underwood 1993 - 1994 Republican  
Rounds, M. Michael Pierre 2003 - Republican  
Daugaard, Dennis M. Garretson 2011-2014 Republican  
Hoffman, George Harrison Bangor 1891 - 1893 Republican  
Hindman, Daniel T. Britton 1897 - 1899 Republican  
Snow, George W.   1901 - 1905    
McDougall, John Edmund Britton 1905 - 1907 Republican  
Shober, Howard C. Highmore 1907 - 1911 Republican  
Byrne, Frank M. Faulkton 1911 - 1913 Republican  
Abel, Edward Lincoln Bridgewater 1913 - 1915 Republican  
Norbeck, Peter Redfield 1915 - 1916 Republican  
McMaster, William Henry Yankton 1917 - 1921 Republican  
Gunderson, Carl Vermillion 1921 - 1925 Republican  
Forney, Alva Clark Oelrichs 1925 - 1927 Republican  
Covey, Hyatt E. Hamill 1927 - 1929 Republican  
Whitney, Odell K. Philip 1931 - 1933 Republican  
Peterson, Robert D. Centerville 1935 - 1937 Democrat  
Miller, A. C. Kennebec 1941 - 1945 Republican  
Grigsby, Sioux Kingsbury Sioux Falls 1945 - 1949 Republican  
Terry, Rex Ft. Pierre 1949 - 1955 Republican  
Houck, L. R. 'Roy' Gettysburg 1955 - 1959 Republican  
Lindley, John F. Chamberlain 1959 - 1961 Democrat  
Boe, Nils A. Sioux Falls 1963 - 1965 Republican  
Overpeck, Lem Belle Fourche 1965 - 1969 Republican  
Abdnor, James Kennebec 1969 - 1971 Republican  
Wollman, Harvey Hitchcock 1975 - 1978 Democrat (Became Governor July 24, 1978, due to resignation of Richard F. Kneip)
Hansen, Lowell C., II Sioux Falls 1979 - 1986 Republican  
Miller, Walter Dale New Underwood 1987 - 1993 Republican (Became Governor April 20, 1993, due to death of George S. Mickelson)
Hillard, Carole Rapid City 1995 - 2002 Republican  
Daugaard, Dennis M. Garretson 2003 - 2010 Republican  
Michels, Matthew J.W. Yankton 2011-2014 Republican  
Rood, Frank M. Ash Creek 1915 - 1919 Republican  
Burkhart, Charles A. Dixon 1919 - 1922 Republican  
Pyle, Gladys Huron 1927 - 1931 Republican  
Larsen, Mrs. L. M. Wessington Springs 1943 - 1947 Republican  
Kundert, Alice E. Mound City 1979 - 1987 Republican  
Gant, Jason M. Sioux Falls 2011-2014 Republican  
Rice, George Flandreau 1885 - 1886 Republican  
Rice, George Flandreau 1885 - 1886 Republican  
Nickeus, Johnson C. Jamestown, ND 1889    
Dollard, Robert Scotland 1889 - 1893 Republican  
Dollard, Robert Scotland 1889 - 1893 Republican  
Crawford, Coe Isaac Pierre 1893 - 1897 Republican  
Grigsby, Melvin Sioux Falls 1897 - 1899 Republican  
Burtt, Albert W. Huron 1902 - 1903 Republican (Appointed in 1902)
Hall, Philo Brookings 1903 - 1907 Republican  
Mickelson, George T. Selby 1943 - 1947 Republican  
Mydland, Gordon J. Brookings 1969 - 1973 Republican  
Gore, I. T. Elk Point 1864 - 1866    
Shriner, William Vermillion 1870 - 1872    
Jones, A. Sheridan Olivet 1874 - 1876    
Reeves, Jay Edward Groton 1899 - 1903 Republican  
Hamre, Albert O. Willow Lake 1963 - 1967 Republican  
Kundert, Alice E. Mound City 1969 - 1979 Republican  
Taylor, J. O. Brule Creek 1863 - 1864    
Armstrong, Moses K. Yankton 1865 - 1868 Democrat  
Clementson, John Elk Point 1875 - 1877    
Lawler, John D. Mitchell 1887 - 1888    
Schamber, John Freeman 1899 - 1903 Republican  
Cassill, Charles H. Canton 1907 - 1909 Republican  
Ewert, Adolph W. Pierre 1913 - 1917 Republican  
Helgerson, Gustav H. Mt. Vernon 1917 - 1921 Republican  
Douglas, W. G. Willow Lake 1939 - 1942 Republican (Resigned August 20, 1942)
Youngquist, E. V. Carter 1943 - 1945 Republican (Died in office July 8, 1945)
Elkins, Ed T. Watertown 1955 - 1959 Republican  
Hamre, Albert O. Willow Lake 1959 - 1963 Republican  
Hamre, Albert O. Willow Lake 1967 - 1969 Republican (Served office more than once)
Strand, Neal A. Canton 1969 - 1973 Republican  
Harding, G. Homer Pierre 1991 - 1994 Republican  
Bach, Christen Jacobson Hurley 1903 - 1907 Republican  
Hepperle, Fred Eureka 1913 - 1917 Republican (Appointed on February 26, 1913)
Knight, Nickolas E. Castlewood 1917 - 1925    
Engstrom, Ole Peter John Summit 1925 - 1933 Republican  
Hammerquist, Earl N.   1939 - 1943    
Lunden, John A. Brookings 1943 - 1949 Republican  
Gerken, John J. 'Jack' Hill City 1979 - 1983 Republican  
Cheney, F. Julian   1983   (Died in office January 16, 1983)
Gerken, John J. 'Jack' Hill City 1984 Republican (Appointed on July 25, 1984; Resigned November 8, 1984)
Cotton, Sheldon E. Volga 1985 - 1986 Republican  
LaMoure, Judson Pembina, ND 1889    
King, John H. Watertown 1889 - 1892 Democrat  
Phillips, Frank P. Watertown 1891 - 1893    
Johnston, George A.   1893 - 1896    
LeCocq, Frank, Jr. Harrison 1901 - 1907 Republican  
Rice, George Flandreau 1907 - 1913 Republican  
Rice, George Flandreau 1907 - 1913 Republican  
Stofferahn, Kenneth D. Humboldt 1979 - 1997 Democrat  
Burg, James A. Wessington Springs 1987 - 2004 Democrat  
Nelson, Pamela A. Sioux Falls 1997 - Democrat  
Hanson, Gary W. Sioux Falls 2003 - Republican  
Fiegen, Kristie K. Sioux Falls 2011 Republican