List of Governors of South Dakota

• Arthur C. Mellette Republican 1889-1893
• Charles H. Sheldon Republican 1893-1897
• Andrew E. Lee Populist 1897-1901
• Charles N. Herreid Republican 1901-1905
• Samuel H. Elrod Republican 1905-1907
• Coe I. Crawford Republican 1907-1909
• Robert S. Vessey Republican 1909-1913
• Frank M. Byrne Republican 1913-1917
• Peter Norbeck Republican 1917-1921
• W. H. McMaster Republican 1921-1925
• Carl Gunderson Republican 1925-1927
• W. J. Bulow Democratic 1927-1931
• Warren Green Republican 1931-1933
• Thomas Berry Democratic 1933-1937
• Leslie Jensen Republican 1937-1939
• Harlan J. Bushfield Republican 1939-1943
• M. Q. Sharpe Republican 1943-1947
• George T. Mickelson Republican 1947-1951
• Sigurd Anderson Republican 1951-1955
• Joe Foss Republican 1955-1959
• Ralph Herseth Democratic 1959-1961
• Archie Gubbrud Republican 1961-1965
• Nils Boe Republican 1965-1969
• Frank L. Farrar Republican 1969-1971
• Richard F. Kneip Democratic 1971-1978
• Harvey L. Wollman Democratic 1978-1979
• William J. Janklow Republican 1979-1987
• George S. Mickelson Republican 1987-1993
• Walter Dale Miller Republican 1993-1995
• William J. Janklow Republican 1995-2003
• Mike Rounds Republican 2003-