Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota

Official in the U.S state of South Dakota

Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota

Seal of South Dakota

Incumbent
Larry Rhoden

since January 5, 2019

Style| The Honorable
Term length| 4 years, renewable once, same election with The governor's Ticket
Inaugural holder| James H. Fletcher, 1889
Formation| Constitution of South Dakota
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 governorship 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 ticket with the governor. Seven lieutenant governors have gone on to be elected governor in their own right: Charles N. Herreid (1900 & 1902), Frank M. Byrne (1912 & 1914), Peter Norbeck (1916 & 1918), William H. McMaster (1920 & 1922), Carl Gunderson (1924), Nils Boe (1964 & 1966) and Dennis Daugaard (2010 & 2014). Two others, 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

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Parties

Democrat (6) Republican (23)

No. | Image  | Lt. Governor  | Party  | From  | To  | Governor(s) served under

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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  | Harlan J. Bushfield
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

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* Lieutenant governor (United States) (generally)

## Notes

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1. ^ "Constitution of South Dakota: Article IV §6 — Succession of executive power". South Dakota Legislative Research Council. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
2. ^ Clarence E. Coyne died on May 27, 1929, and John T. Grigsby was appointed to fill the vacancy.
3. ^ Joseph H. Bottum was appointed United States Senator on July 9, 1962. No appointment was made to fill the vacancy.
4. ^ 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.
5. ^ 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.

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Governors and lieutenant governors of South Dakota

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* Mellette
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* Gunderson
* Bulow
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* Gubbrud
* Boe
* Farrar
* Kneip
* Wollman
* Janklow
* G.S. Mickelson
* Miller
* Janklow
* Rounds
* Daugaard
* Noem

Lieutenant
governors|

* Fletcher
* Hoffman
* Herreid
* Hindman
* Kean
* Snow
* McDougall
* Shober
* Byrne
* Abel
* Norbeck
* McMaster
* Gunderson
* Forney
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* Coyne
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* Whitney
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* Peterson
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* Terry
* Houck
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* Bottum
* Boe
* Overpeck
* Abdnor
* Dougherty
* Wollman
* Hansen
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* Kirby
* Hillard
* Daugaard
* Michels
* Rhoden

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Lieutenant governors in the United States

Vice President of the United States: ▌Kamala Harris (D)

▌Ainsworth (R)

▌Dahlstrom (R)

▌Fontes (D)1

▌Rutledge (R)

▌Kounalakis (D)

▌Primavera (D)

▌Bysiewicz (D)

▌Hall-Long (D)

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▌Toland (D)

▌Coleman (D)

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▌Jackson (D)2

▌A. Miller (D)

▌Driscoll (D)

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▌Flanagan (DFL)

▌Hosemann (R)

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▌Bradley (R)2

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▌Robinson (R)

▌T. Miller (R)

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▌Pinnell (R)

▌Read (D)4

▌Davis (D)

▌Matos (D)

▌Evette (R)

▌Rhoden (R)

▌McNally (R)2

▌Patrick (R)

▌Henderson (R)

▌Zuckerman (P)

▌Sears (R)

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▌Blair (R)2

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▌Gray (R)1

Federal districts:

▌Mendelson (D)3

Territories:

▌Ale (D)

▌Tenorio (D)

▌Apatang (I)

▌Marrero (PNP)1

▌Roach (D)

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* ▌Vermont Progressive: 1 (1 state)
* ▌New Progressive: 1 (1 territory)
* ▌Independent: 1 (1 territory)
* ▌Vacant: 1 (1 state)

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