The governor of Dakota Territory was the head of government of Dakota Territory, a territory of the United States from March 2, 1861, to November 2, 1889, when it was split into the states of North Dakota and South Dakota.
Eleven people were appointed governor of Dakota Territory by the President of the United States during its existence, though one, John F. Potter, declined the post.
A provisional government formed in January 1859 and elected Wilmot Brookings as territorial governor, but the federal government refused to acknowledge the provisional government as official.
| Governor | Term in office | Appointing President | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | data-sort-value="Jayne, William" | William Jayne [1] | – March 1, 1863 | |||
| 2 | data-sort-value="Edmunds, Newton" | Newton Edmunds [2] | – August 4, 1866 | |||
| 3 | data-sort-value="Faulk, Andrew" | Andrew Jackson Faulk [3] | – May 10, 1869 | |||
| 4 | data-sort-value="Burbank, John" | John A. Burbank [4] | – January 1, 1874 | |||
| 5 | data-sort-value="Pennington, John" | John L. Pennington [5] | – March 12, 1878 | |||
| 6 | data-sort-value="Howard, William" | William Alanson Howard [6] | – April 10, 1880 | |||
| 7 | data-sort-value="Ordway, Nehemiah" | Nehemiah G. Ordway [7] | – July 2, 1884 | |||
| 8 | data-sort-value="Pierce, Gilbert" | Gilbert A. Pierce [8] | – February 3, 1887 | |||
| 9 | data-sort-value="Church, Louis" | Louis K. Church [9] | – March 13, 1889 | |||
| 10 | data-sort-value="Mellette, Arthur" | Arthur C. Mellette [10] | – November 2, 1889 |