State of South Dakota

South Dakota Legislature

Historical Listing Tenure 15 - 19 Years

South Dakota Historical Listing Tenure 15 - 19 Years

Name Birthdate Deathdate Years Remarks
Barnett, Joseph H. 11-03-1931 5-01-1985 19 - Speaker Pro tempore 1971-1972 - Minority Leader 1973-1974 - Speaker of the House 1975-1976 - LRC Executive Board member 1975-1976 - Majority Leader 1979-1985 - Died in office May 1, 1985.
Bliss, Ellen E. 1-03-1905 3-23-1984 16 - LRC Executive Board member 1963-1966 - Elected in 1968, resigned January 23, 1969.
Bones, Walter I., Jr. 1-20-1927 11-22-1995 16  
Brown, Paul E. 4-07-1913 11-23-1995 16 - Speaker Pro tempore 1961-1962 - LRC Executive Board member 1961-1964 - Speaker of the House 1963-1964 - LRC Executive Board Chairman 1963-1964
Burg, George O., Sr. 2-21-1898 6-22-1975 16  
Burgess, Carl T. 4-22-1911 9-05-1994 16 - Appointed to the House in 1957. - Speaker of the House 1961-1962 - LRC Executive Board member 1961-1964
Christianson, T. Loren 7-13-1926   18  
Cutler, Steve K. 6-02-1948   16 - Majority Whip 1987-1988 - Speaker Pro tempore 1991-1992 - Speaker of the House 1993-1994 - LRC Executive Board member 1993-1994 - Assistant Majority Leader 1995-1998 - Majority Leader 1999-2000
Edelen, Mary B. 12-09-1944   18 - LRC Executive Board member 1975-1976 and 1979-1980
Elkins, Ed T. 3-01-1891 10-24-1966 16 - President Pro tempore 1951-1952 - LRC Executive Board Chairman 1951-1952 - State Treasurer 1955-1959
Furchner, Carl Henry 3-09-1898 11-02-1979 18 - LRC Executive Board member 1955-1958
Gabriel, Larry E. 10-10-1946   16 - LRC Executive Board member 1985-1988 - Majority Whip 1988-1992 - Majority Leader 1993-1998
Gross, Benny J. 2-12-1919 3-11-2011 18  
Ham, Donald J. 5-30-1934 12-07-1993 16 - Assistant Majority Leader 1979-1982 - Speaker Pro tempore 1983-1984 - Speaker of the House 1985-1986 - LRC Executive Board member 1985-1992 - Majority Whip 1987-1990 - LRC Executive Board Vice Chairman 1989-1990
Harding, G. Homer 12-07-1925   18 - Minority Leader 1975-1976 - Majority Leader 1977-1988 - LRC Executive Board member 1979-1984 - State Treasurer 1991-1994
Hermann, William C. 7-10-1874   18  
Hillgren, Ralph O. 2-07-1897 5-25-1974 18  
Hunt, Roger W. 2-23-1938   18 - Speaker Pro tempore 1997-1998 - Speaker of the House 1999-2000 - LRC Executive Board member 1999-2000
Jelbert, James D. 4-06-1917 11-1-2006 18 - LRC Executive Board member 1959-1960 and 1967-1968 - Speaker Pro tempore 1965-1966 - Speaker of the House 1967-1968
Jones, Arthur W. 4-24-1904 3-18-1985 18 - LRC Executive Board member 1957-1960
Jones, Curtis H. 3-02-1934 1-20-2010 16 - LRC Executive Board member 1973-1974
Knudsen, Henry I. 6-12-1899 3-05-1983 18  
Kocer, Albert J. 7-10-1930   18  
Koetzle, Gilbert 'Gil' 5-22-1952 1-10-2013 16 - Minority Whip 1997-2000 - LRC Executive Board member 2003-2008
Koskan, John M. 9-27-1955   16 - Majority Whip 2003-2004 - Assistant Majority Leader 2005-2006
Lammers, Jerome B. 5-29-1937   16 - LRC Executive Board member 1979-1986 - LRC Executive Board Chairman 1979-1980 - Speaker Pro tempore 1981-1982 - Speaker of the House 1983-1984 - Majority Whip 1986 - Majority Leader 1987-1992
Lange, Gerald F. 2-19-1928   18 - LRC Executive Board member 1999-2004
Larson, Lewis John 2-06-1874 7-18-1933 15 - President Pro tempore 1933 - Died in office July 18, 1933.
Lucas, Larry James 1-10-1951   18 - Assistant Minority Leader 1997-2000 - LRC Executive Board member 2009-2014
McClure, Mary A. 4-21-1939   15 - LRC Executive Board member 1977-1989 - President Pro tempore 1979-1989 - LRC Executive Board Vice Chairman 1983-1984 - LRC Executive Board Chairman 1985-1986 - Resigned April 10, 1989, to become Special Assistant for Intergovernmental Affairs for President Bush
McKellips, Roger D. 1-26-1923   16 - Assistant Minority Leader 1981-1982 - Minority Leader 1983-1992 - Majority Leader 1993-1994
McNenny, Kenneth G. 12-10-1935   18 - LRC Executive Board member 1995-2000 - LRC Executive Board Vice Chair 1997-1998 - Majority Whip 1997-2000 - LRC Executive Board Chair 1999-2000
Miner, Doris P. 3-13-1936   16 - LRC Executive Board member 1979-1984 - Assistant Minority Leader 1987-1990
Moodie, Alex Arthur 12-09-1860 10-02-1945 16  
Moore, Garry A. 5-14-1949   18 - Minority Whip 1993-1996 - Assistant Minority Leader 2001-2002 - Minority Leader 2003-2006
Olsen, Martin V. 11-04-1876   18  
Olson, Alfred 5-22-1884   18  
Olson, Edwin W., Jr. 8-01-1947   16 - LRC Executive Board member 1989-1994 and 2003-2006 - LRC Executive Board Vice Chair 1993-1994 and 2003-2004 - Majority Whip 1993-1994 - LRC Executive Board Chair 2005-2006
Olson, Maurice A. 4-08-1926 11-11-2004 16 - LRC Executive Board member 1973-1976
Petersen, Lyndell Hans 7-04-1931   18 - LRC Executive Board member 1983-1988 and 1991-1994 - LRC Executive Board Chairman 1993-1994
Peterson, Mancel W. 5-18-1890   18 - President Pro tempore 1935-1936
Shanard, George H. 7-30-1926 8-3-2012 18 - Assistant Majority Leader 1977-1988 - LRC Executive Board member 1985-1990 - LRC Executive Board Vice Chairman 1987-1988 - LRC Executive Board Chairman 1989-1990 - Majority Leader 1989-1992
Sieh, Harold 12-29-1912 9-09-1986 16 - LRC Executive Board member 1975-1976 - Died in office September 9, 1986.
Simons, Leonard M. 1-22-1874   16 - Secretary of the Senate 1905-1910 - President Pro tempore 1929-1932 and 1937-1938
Stoick, James L. 3-14-1919 10-16-2004 18 - Assistant Majority Leader 1989-1992
Stokes, Hugh H. 10-13-1881 9-20-1970 18 - Speaker Pro tempore 1949-1950 - Speaker of the House 1951-1952 - LRC Executive Board member 1951-1952
Symens, Paul N. 7-15-1943   16 - Assistant Minority Leader 1991-1992 and 2003-2004 - Assistant Majority Leader 1993-1994 - LRC Executive Board member 1997-1998
Valandra, Paul J. 6-06-1953   16  
Volesky, Ron J. 7-13-1954   16 - Majority Whip 1983-1986