US GOVERNMENT OFFICE

27-May-1861	2-Nov-1863	William Jayne	Republican
2-Nov-1863	5-Sep-1866	Newton Edmunds	Republican
5-Sep-1866	10-May-1869	Andrew Jackson Faulk	Republican
10-May-1869	1-Jan-1874	John Albyne Burbank	Republican
1-Jan-1874	13-Apr-1878	John Lee Pennington	Republican
13-Apr-1878	10-Apr-1880	William Alanson Howard	Republican
10-Apr-1880	24-Jun-1880	George H. Hand	acting, Republican
24-Jun-1880	25-Jul-1884	Nehemiah George Ordway	Republican
25-Jul-1884	17-Feb-1886	Gilbert Ashville Pierce	Republican
17-Feb-1887	22-Mar-1889	Louis Kussuth Church	Democrat
22-Mar-1889	3-Jan-1893	Arthur Calvin Mellette	Republican
3-Jan-1893	1-Jan-1897	Charles Henry Sheldon	Republican
1-Jan-1897	8-Jan-1901	Andrew Ericson Lee	Democrat
8-Jan-1901	3-Jan-1905	Charles Nelson Herreid	Republican
3-Jan-1905	9-Jan-1907	Samuel Harrison Elrod	Republican
8-Jan-1907	5-Jan-1909	Coe Isaac Crawford	Republican
5-Jan-1909	7-Jan-1913	Robert Scadden Vessey	Republican
7-Jan-1913	2-Jan-1917	Frank Michael Byrne	Republican
2-Jan-1917	4-Jan-1921	Peter Norbeck	Republican
4-Jan-1921	6-Jan-1925	William Henry McMaster	Republican
6-Jan-1925	4-Jan-1927	Carl Gunderson	Republican
4-Jan-1927	6-Jan-1931	William Bulow	Democrat
6-Jan-1931	3-Jan-1933	Warren Everett Green	Republican
3-Jan-1933	5-Jan-1937	Thomas Berry	Democrat
5-Jan-1937	3-Jan-1939	Leslie Jensen	Republican
3-Jan-1939	5-Jan-1943	Harlan J. Bushfield	Republican
5-Jan-1943	7-Jan-1947	Merrell Q. Sharpe	Republican
7-Jan-1947	2-Jan-1951	George T. Mickelson	Republican
2-Jan-1951	4-Jan-1955	Sigurd Anderson	Republican
4-Jan-1955	6-Jan-1959	Joe Foss	Republican
6-Jan-1959	3-Jan-1961	Ralph E. Herseth	Democrat
3-Jan-1961	5-Jan-1965	Archie M. Gubbrud	Republican
5-Jan-1965	7-Jan-1969	Nils A. Boe	Republican
7-Jan-1969	5-Jan-1971	Frank L. Farrar	Republican
5-Jan-1971	24-Jul-1978	Richard F. Kneip	Democrat
24-Jul-1978	1-Jan-1979	Harvey L. Wollman	Democrat
1-Jan-1979	6-Jan-1987	Bill Janklow	1st time, Republican
6-Jan-1987	19-Apr-1993	George S. Mickelson	Republican
20-Apr-1993	7-Jan-1995	Walter Dale Miller	Republican
7-Jan-1995	7-Jan-2003	Bill Janklow	2nd time, Republican
7-Jan-2003	8-Jan-2011	Mike Rounds	Republican
8-Jan-2011	--	Dennis Daugaard	Republican

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