1861-1863 William A. Jayne
1863-1866 Newton Edmonds
1866-1869 Andrew Jackson Faulk
1869-1873 John A. Burbank
1874-1878 John L. Pennington
1878-1880 William A. Howard
1880-1884 Nehemiah G. Ordway
1889-1891 Gilbert A. Pierce
1887-1889 Louis K. Church
1889-1889 Arthur C. Mellette
State Governors
1889-1893 Arthur C. Mellette
1893-1897 Charles H. Sheldon
1897-1901 Andrew E. Lee
1901-1905 Charles N. Herreid
1905-1907 Samuel H. Elrod
1907-1909 Coe I. Crawford
1909-1913 Robert S. Vessey
1913-1917 Frank M. Byrne
1917-1921 Peter Norbeck
1921-1925 William H. McMaster
1925-1927 Carl Gunderson
1927-1931 William J. Bulow
1931-1933 Warren E. Green
1933-1937 Tom Berry
1937-1939 Leslie Jensen
1939-1943 Harlan J. Bushfield
1943-1947 Merrell Q. Sharpe
1947-1951 George T. Mickelson
1951-1955 Sigurd Anderson
1955-1959 Joseph J. Foss
1959-1961 Ralph E. Herseth
1961-1965 Archie M. Gubbrud
1965-1969 NilsA.Boe
1969-1971 Frank L. Farrar
1971-1978 RichardF.Kneip
1978-1978 Harvey Wollman
1979-1987 William J. Janklow
1987~1993 George S. Mickelson
1993-1995 Walter Dale Miller
1995-2003 William J. Janklow
2003-2011 M. Michael Rounds
2011 now Dennis Daugaard
Reference
South Dakota State Historical Society, Former Governors
