| Governor's Name | State | Time in Office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gov. Dennis Daugaard | South Dakota |
2011 - 2019 |
Republican |
| Gov. Mike Rounds | South Dakota |
2003 - 2011 |
Republican |
| Gov. William J. Janklow | South Dakota |
1995 - 2003 1979 - 1987 |
Republican |
| Gov. Walter D. Miller | South Dakota |
1993 - 1995 |
Republican |
| Gov. George S. Mickelson | South Dakota |
1987 - 1993 |
Republican |
| Gov. Harvey Wollman | South Dakota |
1978 - 1979 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Richard Francis Kneip | South Dakota |
1971 - 1978 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Frank Leroy Farrar | South Dakota |
1969 - 1971 |
Republican |
| Gov. Nils Andreas Boe | South Dakota |
1965 - 1969 |
Republican |
| Gov. Archie Gubbrud | South Dakota |
1961 - 1965 |
Republican |
| Gov. Ralph E. Herseth | South Dakota |
1959 - 1961 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Joseph Jacob Foss | South Dakota |
1955 - 1959 |
Republican |
| Gov. Sigurd Anderson | South Dakota |
1951 - 1955 |
Republican |
| Gov. George T. Mickelson | South Dakota |
1947 - 1951 |
Republican |
| Gov. Merrell Quentin Sharpe | South Dakota |
1943 - 1947 |
Republican |
| Gov. Harlan John Bushfield | South Dakota |
1939 - 1943 |
Republican |
| Gov. Leslie Jensen | South Dakota |
1937 - 1939 |
Republican |
| Gov. Thomas Matthew Berry | South Dakota |
1933 - 1937 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Warren Everett Green | South Dakota |
1931 - 1933 |
Republican |
| Gov. William John Bulow | South Dakota |
1927 - 1931 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Carl Gunderson | South Dakota |
1925 - 1927 |
Republican |
| Gov. William Henry McMaster | South Dakota |
1921 - 1925 |
Republican |
| Gov. Peter Norbeck | South Dakota |
1917 - 1921 |
Republican |
| Gov. Frank M. Byrne | South Dakota |
1913 - 1917 |
Republican |
| Gov. Robert Scadden Vessey | South Dakota |
1909 - 1913 |
Republican |
| Gov. Coe Isaac Crawford | South Dakota |
1907 - 1909 |
Republican |
| Gov. Samuel Harrison Elrod | South Dakota |
1905 - 1907 |
Republican |
| Gov. Charles N. Herreid | South Dakota |
1901 - 1905 |
Republican |
| Gov. Andrew Ericson Lee | South Dakota |
1897 - 1901 |
People's Party (1st), Fusion Party (2nd) |
| Gov. Charles Henry Sheldon | South Dakota |
1893 - 1897 |
Republican |
| Gov. Arthur Calvin Mellette | South Dakota |
1889 - 1893 |
Republican |
