Political party strength in South Dakota explained

The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of South Dakota:

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's candidate received the state's electoral votes.

YearExecutive offices[1] State LegislaturePub. Util. Comm.United States CongressElectoral votes
class=unsortableGovernorclass=unsortableLt. Governorclass=unsortableSec. of Stateclass=unsortableAtty. Gen.class=unsortableAuditorclass=unsortableTreasurerclass=unsortableComm. of Landsclass=unsortableState Senateclass=unsortableState Houseclass=unsortableU.S. Senator (Class II)class=unsortableU.S. Senator (Class III)class=unsortableU.S. House
1889Arthur C. Mellette (R)James H. Fletcher (R)Amund O. Ringsrud (R)Robert Dollard (R)L. C. Taylor (R)Wilbur F. Smith (R)Osner H. Parker (R)37R, 4D, 4I106R, 13D, 2Pop, 2I, 1Fus3NPRichard F. Pettigrew (R)Gideon C. Moody (R)2R
1890
1891George H. Hoffman (R)W. W. Taylor (R)Thomas H. Ruth (R)22R, 10I, 8D, 3Pop, 2?58D, 33I, 20R, 10Pop, 1FusJames H. Kyle (I)
1892Harrison/
Reid (R)
1893Charles H. Sheldon (R)Charles N. Herreid (R)Thomas Thorson (R)Coe I. Crawford (R)J. E. Hipple (R)35R, 4D, 3I, 1Pop69R, 8I, 4D, 2PopJames H. Kyle (Pop)
1894
1895Kirk G. Phillips (R)John L. Lockhart (R)35R, 3D, 3Pop, 3Fus, 1I69R, 11Pop, 2D, 2I3R
1896Richard F. Pettigrew (SvR)2 – Bryan/
Sewall (D/SvR)
2 – Bryan/
Watson (Pop)
1897Andrew E. Lee (Pop)Daniel T. Hindman (R)William H. Roddle (R)Melvin Grigsby (Pop)J. E. Mayhew (R)20R, 15Fus, 6Pop, 2D39R, 18Fus, 17Pop, 9D, 1I3Pop2Pop
1898
1899Andrew E. Lee (Fus)John T. Kean (R)John L. Pyle (R)James D. Reeves (R)John Schamber (R)David Eastman (R)31R, 6Fus, 4D, 4Pop61R, 15Fus, 9D, 2Pop2Pop, 1R2R
1900McKinley/
Roosevelt (R)
1901James H. Kyle (R)
Charles N. Herreid (R)George W. Snow (R)O. C. Berg (R)41R, 2Fus, 1D, 1Pop79R, 7D, 1Fus2R, 1PopRobert J. Gamble (R)Alfred B. Kittredge (R)
1902Adolphus W. Burtt (R)
1903Philo Hall (R)J. F. Halladay (R)C. B. Collins (R)C. J. Bach (R)41R, 3D, 1Fus77R, 8D, 2Fus3R
1904Roosevelt/
Fairbanks (R)
1905Samuel H. Elrod (R)John E. McDougall (R)David D. Wipf (R)42R, 2Pop, 1D86R, 2D, 1Fus
1906
1907Coe I. Crawford (R)Howard C. Shober (R)S. Wesley Clark (R)John Hirning (R)C. H. Cassill (R)O. C. Dokken (R)35R, 8D, 1Pop, 1Fus80R, 9D
1908Taft/
Sherman (R)
1909Robert S. Vessey (R)Samuel C. Polley (R)George G. Johnson (R)38R, 6D, 1Pop92R, 9D, 1Pop, 1ICoe I. Crawford (R)
1910
1911Frank M. Byrne (R)Royal C. Johnson (R)Henry B. Anderson (R)F. F. Brinkler (R)32R, 11D, 1Pop, 1I97R, 5D, 1Pop, 1I
1912Roosevelt/
Johnson (Prog)
1913Frank M. Byrne (R)Edward Lincoln Abel (R)Frank Galsner(R)A. W. Ewert (R)34R, 11D89R, 13D, 1IThomas Sterling (R)3R
1914
1915Peter Norbeck (R)Frank M. Rood (R)Clarence C. Caldwell (R)J. E. Handlin (R)Fred Hepperle (R)84R, 19DEdwin S. Johnson (D)2R, 1D
1916Hughes/
Fairbanks (R)
1917Peter Norbeck (R)William H. McMaster (R)G. H. Helgerson (R)N. E. Knight (R)35R, 10D89R, 14D
1918
1919C. A. Burkhart (R)Byron S. Payne (R)Jay Reeves (R)43R, 2D88R, 11D, 3I, 1?
1920Harding/
Coolidge (R)
1921William H. McMaster (R)Carl Gunderson (R)W. S. O'Brein (R)44R, 1D95R, 4D, 4IPeter Norbeck (R)3R
1922Clarence E. Coyne (R)
1923Buell F. Jones (R)Edward A. Jones (R)34R, 9D, 2I84R, 12D, 5I, 1Fus
1924Coolidge/
Dawes (R)
1925Carl Gunderson (R)Alva Clark Forney (R)James L. Driscoll (R)O. P. J. Englstorm (R)35R, 9D, 1FL85R, 15D, 2I, 1FusWilliam H. McMaster (R)
1926
1927William J. Bulow (D)Hyatt E. Covey (R)Gladys Pyle (R)A. J. Moodie (R)29R, 16D77R, 25D, 1?
1928Hoover/
Curtis (R)
1929Clarence E. Coyne (R)Merrell Q. Sharpe (R)William M. Dunn (R)33R, 12D82R, 21D
John T. Grigsby (D)
1930
1931Warren Green (R)Odell K. Whitney (R)Elizabeth Coyne (R)A. C. Goodhope (R)31R, 14D79R, 24DWilliam J. Bulow (D)
1932Roosevelt/
Garner (D)
1933Tom Berry (D)Hans Ustrud (D)Myrtle Morrison (D)D. Walter Conway (D)George O'Neill (D)Frank G. Stewart (D)Ben Strool (D)30D, 15R69D, 34R2R, 1D2D
1934
1935Robert Peterson (D)32D, 13R63D, 40R2D, 1R
1936
1937Leslie Jensen (R)Donald McMurchie (R)Goldie Wells (D)Clair Roddewig (D)Raymond A. Kelly (D)W. H. Hinselman (D)23R, 22D66R, 37D2R, 1DHerbert E. Hitchcock (D)1D, 1R
1938Gladys Pyle (R)
1939Harlan J. Bushfield (R)Olive A. Ringsrud (R)Leo A. Temmey (R)W. W. Warner (R)W. G. Douglas (R)Earl A. Hammerquest (R)30R, 5D62R, 13D3RChan Gurney (R)2R
1940Willkie/
McNary (R)
1941A. C. Miller (R)31R, 4D65R, 10D
1942John N. Thompson (R)
1943Merrell Q. Sharpe (R)L. M. Larsen (R)George T. Mickelson (R)E. V. Youngquist (R)John A. Lunden (R)69R, 6DHarlan J. Bushfield (R)
1944Dewey/
Bricker (R)
1945Sioux K. Grigsby (R)Steve E. Anderson (R)Hazel Dean (R)35R72R, 3D
1946
1947George T. Mickelson (R)Annamae Riff (R)Sigurd Anderson (R)Clarence E. Buehler (R)71R, 4D
1948Dewey/
Warren (R)
Vera C. Bushfield (R)
1949Rex Terry (R)Bernard Linn (R)27R, 8D64R, 11DKarl Mundt (R)
1950James O. Gilkerson (R)
1951Sigurd Anderson (R)Geraldine Ostroot (R)Ralph A. Dunham (R)Theodore Mehlaf (R)29R, 6D66R, 9DFrancis Case (R)
1952Lawrence E. Mayes (R)Eisenhower/
Nixon (R)
195335R73R, 2D
1954
1955Joe Foss (R)L. Roy Houck (R)Phil Saunders (R)Ed Elkins (R)29R, 6D57R, 18D
1956Fay A. Allbee (R)
1957Clara Halls (R)18R, 17D48R, 27D1D, 1R
1958Oscar Brosz (R)
1959Ralph Herseth (D)John F. Lindley (D)Selma Sandness (D)Parnell J. Donahue (D)Harriet Horning (D)Al Hamre (R)20D, 15R43R, 32D
1960Nixon/
Lodge (R)
1961Archie M. Gubbrud (R)Joe Bottum (R)Essie Wiedenman (R)A. C. Miller (R)Betty Lou Casey (R)23R, 12D57R, 18D2R
1962
vacantJoe Bottum (R)
1963Nils Boe (R)Frank Farrar (R)Al Hamre (R)Lloyd Jorgenson (R)26R, 9D58R, 17DGeorge McGovern (D)
1964Johnson/
Humphrey (D)
1965Nils Boe (R)Lem Overpeck (R)Alma Larson (R)19R, 15D, 1I45R, 30D
1966
1967Lloyd Jorgenson (R)Al Hamre (R)29R, 6D64R, 11D
1968Nixon/
Agnew (R)
1969Frank Farrar (R)James Abdnor (R)Gordon Mydland (R)Alice Kundert (R)Neal Strand (R)27R, 8D59R, 16D
1970
1971Richard F. Kneip (D)William Dougherty (D)Ralph Ginn (R) 24R, 11D45R, 30D2R, 1D2D
1972
1973Lorna Herseth (D)Kermit A. Sande (D)David Volk (R)George Kane (D)18D, 17R35R, 35D2D, 1RJames Abourezk (D)1D, 1R
1974
1975Harvey Wollman (D)Bill Janklow (R)19D, 16R37R, 33D3D2R
1976Ford/
Dole (R)
197724R, 11D48R, 22D2D, 1R
1978Harvey Wollman (D)vacant
1979Bill Janklow (R)Lowell C. Hansen II (R)Alice Kundert (R)Mark V. Meierhenry (R)Vern Larson (R)John J. Gerken (R)Larry Pressler (R)1D, 1R
1980Reagan/
Bush (R)
198125R, 10D49R, 21D2R, 1DJames Abdnor (R)
1982
1983F. Julian Cheney (R)26R, 9D52R, 18D2D, 1RTom Daschle (D)
1984David Volk (R)
1985John J. Gerken (R)25R, 10D57R, 13D
1986
1987George S. Mickelson (R)Walter Dale Miller (R)Joyce Hazeltine (R)Roger Tellinghuisen (R)Timothy Amdahl (R)24R, 11D48R, 22D3DTom Daschle (D)Tim Johnson (D)
1988Bush/
Quayle (R)
198920R, 15D46R, 24D2D, 1R
1990
1991Mark Barnett (R)G. Homer Harding (R)Curt Johnson (D)18R, 17D45R, 25D
1992Bush/
Quayle (R)
1993Walter Dale Miller (R)Steve T. Kirby (R)20D, 15R41R, 29D
1994
1995Bill Janklow (R)Carole Hillard (R)Dick Butler (D)19R, 16D45R, 24D, 1I
1996Dole/
Kemp (R)
199722R, 13D47R, 23DTim Johnson (D)John Thune (R)
1998
199952R, 18D
2000Bush/
Cheney (R)
200124R, 11D50R, 20D
2002
2003Mike Rounds (R)Dennis Daugaard (R)Chris Nelson (R)Larry Long (R)Rich Sattgast (R)Vern Larson (R)Bryce Healy (D)26R, 9D49R, 21D2R, 1DBill Janklow (R)
2004Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D)
200525R, 10D51R, 19D3RJohn Thune (R)
2006
2007Jarrod Johnson (R)20R, 15D50R, 20D2R, 1D
2008McCain/
Palin (R)
200921R, 14D46R, 24D
2010Marty Jackley (R)
2011Dennis Daugaard (R)Matt Michels (R)Jason Gant (R)Steve Barnett (R)Rich Sattgast (R)30R, 5D50R, 19D, 1I3RKristi Noem (R)
2012Romney/
Ryan (R)
2013Vern Larson (R)28R, 7D53R, 17D
2014
2015Shantel Krebs (R)Ryan Brunner (R)27R, 8D58R, 12DMike Rounds (R)
2016Trump/
Pence (R)
201729R, 6D60R, 10D
2018
2019Kristi Noem (R)Larry Rhoden (R)Steve Barnett (R)Jason Ravnsborg (R)Rich Sattgast (R)Josh Haeder (R)30R, 5D59R, 11DDusty Johnson (R)
2020Trump/
Pence (R)
202132R, 3D62R, 8D
2022Jarrod Johnson (R)
Mark Vargo (R)
2023Monae Johnson (R)Marty Jackley (R)Brock Greenfield (R)31R, 4D63R, 7D
2024
YearGovernorLt. GovernorSec. of StateAtty. Gen.AuditorTreasurerComm. of LandsState SenateState HousePub. Util. Comm.U.S. Senator (Class II)U.S. Senator (Class III)U.S. HouseElectoral votes
Executive officesState LegislatureUnited States Congress

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Legislative Manual – South Dakota. 2019.