Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota
Lieutenant Governor of Constitution of South Dakota | |
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Salary | $112,885.76 |
Website | Governor's Website |
The lieutenant governor of South Dakota is the second-ranking member of the executive branch of South Dakota state government and also serves as presiding officer of the South Dakota Senate. The lieutenant governor succeeds to the officer of governor if the office becomes vacant, and may also serve as acting governor if the governor is incapacitated or absent from the state.[1]
Since 1974, the lieutenant governor has been elected on a
Harvey L. Wollman and Walter Dale Miller
, succeeded to the office of governor, but neither won election to a full term.
List of lieutenant governors
- Parties
Democrat (6) Republican (23)
No. | Image | Lt. Governor | Party | From | To | Governor(s) served under |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | James H. Fletcher | Republican
|
1889 | 1891 | Arthur C. Mellette | |
2 | George H. Hoffman | Republican | 1891 | 1893 | Arthur C. Mellette | |
3 | Charles N. Herreid | Republican | 1893 | 1897 | Charles H. Sheldon | |
4 | Daniel T. Hindman | Republican | 1897 | 1899 | Andrew E. Lee | |
5 | John T. Kean | Republican | 1899 | 1901 | Andrew E. Lee | |
6 | George W. Snow | Republican | 1901 | 1905 | Charles N. Herreid | |
7 | John E. McDougall | Republican | 1905 | 1907 | Samuel H. Elrod | |
8 | Howard C. Shober | Republican | 1907 | 1911 | Coe I. Crawford Robert S. Vessey | |
9 | Frank M. Byrne | Republican | 1911 | 1913 | Robert S. Vessey | |
10 | Edward Lincoln Abel | Republican | 1913 | 1915 | Frank M. Byrne | |
11 | Peter Norbeck | Republican | 1915 | 1917 | Frank M. Byrne | |
12 | William H. McMaster | Republican | 1917 | 1921 | Peter Norbeck | |
13 | Carl Gunderson | Republican | 1921 | 1925 | William H. McMaster | |
14 | Alva Clark Forney | Republican | 1925 | 1927 | Carl Gunderson | |
15 | Hyatt E. Covey | Republican | 1927 | 1929 | William J. Bulow | |
16 | Clarence E. Coyne[2] | Republican | 1929 | 1929 | William J. Bulow | |
17 | John T. Grigsby | Democrat
|
1929 | 1931 | William J. Bulow | |
18 | Odell K. Whitney | Republican | 1931 | 1933 | Warren Green | |
19 | Hans Ustrud | Democrat | 1933 | 1935 | Tom Berry | |
20 | Robert Peterson
|
Democrat | 1935 | 1937 | Tom Berry | |
21 | Donald McMurchie | Republican | 1937 | 1941 | Leslie Jensen Harlan J. Bushfield | |
22 | Albert C. Miller | Republican | 1941 | 1945 | Merrill Q. Sharpe
| |
23 | Sioux K. Grigsby | Republican | 1945 | 1949 | Merrill Q. Sharpe
George T. Mickelson | |
24 | Rex A. Terry
|
Republican | 1949 | 1955 | George T. Mickelson Sigurd Anderson | |
25 | L. Roy Houck | Republican | 1955 | 1959 | Joe Foss | |
26 | John F. Lindley | Democrat | 1959 | 1961 | Ralph Herseth | |
27 | Joseph H. Bottum[3]
|
Republican | 1961 | 1962 | Archie M. Gubbrud | |
28 | Nils Boe | Republican | 1963 | 1965 | Archie M. Gubbrud | |
29 | Lem Overpeck | Republican | 1965 | 1969 | Nils Boe | |
30 | James Abdnor | Republican | 1969 | 1971 | Frank Farrar | |
31 | William Dougherty | Democrat | 1971 | 1975 | Richard Kneip
| |
32 | Harvey L. Wollman[4]
|
Democrat | 1975 | 1978 | Richard Kneip
| |
33 | Lowell C. Hansen II | Republican | 1979 | 1987 | Bill Janklow | |
34 | Walter Dale Miller[5] | Republican | 1987 | 1993 | George S. Mickelson | |
35 | Steve T. Kirby | Republican | 1993 | 1995 | Walter Dale Miller | |
36 | Carole Hillard | Republican | 1995 | 2003 | Bill Janklow | |
37 | Dennis Daugaard | Republican | 2003 | 2011 | Mike Rounds | |
38 | Matt Michels | Republican | 2011 | 2019 | Dennis Daugaard | |
39 | Larry Rhoden | Republican | 2019 | Incumbent | Kristi Noem |
See also
- Lieutenant governor (United States) (generally)
Notes
- ^ "Constitution of South Dakota: Article IV §6 — Succession of executive power". South Dakota Legislative Research Council. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
- ^ Clarence E. Coyne died on May 27, 1929, and John T. Grigsby was appointed to fill the vacancy.
- Joseph H. Bottumwas appointed United States Senator on July 9, 1962. No appointment was made to fill the vacancy.
- Harvey L. Wollman succeeded to the office of governor on July 24, 1978 upon the resignation of Governor Richard F. Kneip. No appointment was made to fill the vacancy.
- ^ Walter Dale Miller succeeded to the office of governor on April 19, 1993 after Governor George S. Mickelson was killed in a plane crash. Steve T. Kirby was appointed to fill the vacancy.