Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota


The Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota is the lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of South Dakota.
The officeholder 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.
The lieutenant governor is elected on a ticket with the governor. Seven lieutenant governors have gone on to be elected governor in their own right: Charles N. Herreid, Frank M. Byrne, Peter Norbeck, William H. McMaster, Carl Gunderson, Nils Boe and Dennis Daugaard. Two others, Harvey L. Wollman and Walter Dale Miller, succeeded to the office of governor when it became vacant, but neither won re-election.
Carole Hillard became the first woman to serve as lieutenant governor when she was elected in 1994.

List of lieutenant governors

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#Lt. GovernorPartyFromToGovernor served under
1James H. FletcherRepublican18891891Arthur C. Mellette
2George H. HoffmanRepublican18911893Charles H. Sheldon
3Charles N. HerreidRepublican18931897Andrew E. Lee
4Daniel T. HindmanRepublican18971899Andrew E. Lee
5John T. KeanRepublican18991901Andrew E. Lee
6George W. SnowRepublican19011905Charles N. Herreid
7John E. McDougallRepublican19051907Samuel H. Elrod
8Howard C. ShoberRepublican19071911Coe I. Crawford
Robert S. Vessey
9Frank M. ByrneRepublican19111913Robert S. Vessey
10Edward Lincoln AbelRepublican19131915Frank M. Byrne
11Peter NorbeckRepublican19151917Frank M. Byrne
12William H. McMasterRepublican19171921Peter Norbeck
13Carl GundersonRepublican19211925William H. McMaster
14Alva Clark ForneyRepublican19251927Carl Gunderson
15Hyatt E. CoveyRepublican19271929William J. Bulow
16Clarence E. CoyneRepublican19291929William J. Bulow
17John T. GrigsbyDemocrat19291931William J. Bulow
18Odell K. WhitneyRepublican19311933Warren Green
19Hans UstrudDemocrat19331935Tom Berry
20Robert PetersonDemocrat19351937Tom Berry
21Donald McMurchieRepublican19371941Leslie Jensen
Harlan J. Bushfield
22Albert C. MillerRepublican19411945Harlan J. Bushfield
Merrill Q. Sharpe
23Sioux K. GrigsbyRepublican19451949Merrill Q. Sharpe
George T. Mickelson
24Rex A. TerryRepublican19491955George T. Mickelson
Sigurd Anderson
25L. Roy HouckRepublican19551959Joe Foss
26John F. LindleyDemocrat19591961Ralph Herseth
27Joseph H. BottumRepublican19611962Archie M. Gubbrud
28Nils BoeRepublican19631965Archie M. Gubbrud
29Lem OverpeckRepublican19651969Nils Boe
30James AbdnorRepublican19691971Frank Farrar
31William DoughertyDemocrat19711975Richard Kneip
32Harvey L. WollmanDemocrat19751978Richard Kneip
33Lowell C. Hansen IIRepublican19791987Bill Janklow
34Walter Dale MillerRepublican19871993George S. Mickelson
35Steve T. KirbyRepublican19931995Walter Dale Miller
36Carole HillardRepublican19952003Bill Janklow
37Dennis DaugaardRepublican20032011Mike Rounds
38Matt MichelsRepublican20112019Dennis Daugaard
39Larry RhodenRepublican2019IncumbentKristi Noem

Living former Lieutenant Governors of South Dakota

, five former lieutenant governors of South Dakota were alive, the oldest being Harvey L. Wollman. The most recent death of a former lieutenant governor of South Dakota was that of Walter Dale Miller, on September 28, 2015. The most recent serving lieutenant governor of South Dakota to die was Carole Hillard, on October 25, 2007.
Lt. GovernorLt. Gubernatorial termDate of birth
Harvey L. Wollman1975-1978
Lowell C. Hansen II1979-1987
Steve T. Kirby1993-1995
Dennis Daugaard2003-2011
Matt Michels2011–2019