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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in theU.S. state ofSouth Dakota:
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
For years in which apresidential election was held, the table indicates which party's candidate received the state's electoral votes.
| Year | Executive offices[1] | State Legislature | Pub. Util. Comm. | United States Congress | Electoral votes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Lt. Governor | Sec. of State | Atty. Gen. | Auditor | Treasurer | Comm. of Lands | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | |||
| 1889 | Arthur C. Mellette(R)[a] | 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, 4I | 106R, 13D, 2Pop, 2I, 1Fus | 3NP | Richard F. Pettigrew(R) | Gideon C. Moody(R) | 2R | |
| 1890 | ||||||||||||||
| 1891 | George H. Hoffman(R) | W. W. Taylor(R) | Thomas H. Ruth(R) | 22R, 10I, 8D, 3Pop, 2? | 58D, 33I, 20R, 10Pop, 1Fus[b] | James H. Kyle(I) | ||||||||
| 1892 | Harrison/ Reid(R)  N | |||||||||||||
| 1893 | Charles H. Sheldon(R) | Charles N. Herreid(R) | Thomas Thorson(R) | Coe I. Crawford(R) | J. E. Hipple(R) | 35R, 4D, 3I, 1Pop | 69R, 8I, 4D, 2Pop | James H. Kyle(Pop) | ||||||
| 1894 | ||||||||||||||
| 1895 | Kirk G. Phillips(R) | John L. Lockhart(R) | 35R, 3D, 3Pop, 3Fus, 1I | 69R, 11Pop, 2D, 2I | 3R | |||||||||
| 1896 | Richard F. Pettigrew(SvR) | 2 –Bryan/ Sewall(D/SvR) N2 –Bryan/ Watson(Pop) N | ||||||||||||
| 1897 | Andrew E. Lee(Pop) | Daniel T. Hindman(R) | William H. Roddle(R) | Melvin Grigsby(Pop) | J. E. Mayhew(R) | 20R, 15Fus, 6Pop, 2D | 39R, 18Fus, 17Pop, 9D, 1I | 3Pop | 2Pop | |||||
| 1898 | ||||||||||||||
| 1899 | Andrew E. Lee(Fus)[c] | John T. Kean(R) | John L. Pyle(R)[d] | James D. Reeves(R) | John Schamber(R) | David Eastman(R) | 31R, 6Fus, 4D, 4Pop | 61R, 15Fus, 9D, 2Pop | 2Pop, 1R | 2R | ||||
| 1900 | McKinley/ Roosevelt(R)  Y | |||||||||||||
| 1901 | James H. Kyle(R)[d] | |||||||||||||
| Charles N. Herreid(R) | George W. Snow(R) | O. C. Berg(R) | 41R, 2Fus, 1D, 1Pop | 79R, 7D, 1Fus | 2R, 1Pop | Robert J. Gamble(R) | Alfred B. Kittredge(R) | |||||||
| 1902 | Adolphus W. Burtt(R) | |||||||||||||
| 1903 | Philo Hall(R) | J. F. Halladay(R) | C. B. Collins(R) | C. J. Bach(R) | 41R, 3D, 1Fus | 77R, 8D, 2Fus | 3R | |||||||
| 1904 | Roosevelt/ Fairbanks(R) Y | |||||||||||||
| 1905 | Samuel H. Elrod(R) | John E. McDougall(R) | David D. Wipf(R) | 42R, 2Pop, 1D | 86R, 2D, 1Fus | |||||||||
| 1906 | ||||||||||||||
| 1907 | Coe 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, 1Fus | 80R, 9D | ||||||
| 1908 | Taft/ Sherman(R) Y | |||||||||||||
| 1909 | Robert S. Vessey(R) | Samuel C. Polley(R) | George G. Johnson(R) | 38R, 6D, 1Pop | 92R, 9D, 1Pop, 1I | Coe I. Crawford(R) | ||||||||
| 1910 | ||||||||||||||
| 1911 | Frank M. Byrne(R) | Royal C. Johnson(R) | Henry B. Anderson(R) | F. F. Brinkler(R) | 32R, 11D, 1Pop, 1I | 97R, 5D, 1Pop, 1I | ||||||||
| 1912 | Roosevelt/ Johnson(Prog) N | |||||||||||||
| 1913 | Frank M. Byrne(R) | Edward Lincoln Abel(R) | Frank Galsner(R) | A. W. Ewert(R) | 34R, 11D | 89R, 13D, 1I | Thomas Sterling(R) | 3R | ||||||
| 1914 | ||||||||||||||
| 1915 | Peter Norbeck(R) | Frank M. Rood(R) | Clarence C. Caldwell(R) | J. E. Handlin(R) | Fred Hepperle(R) | 84R, 19D | Edwin S. Johnson(D) | 2R, 1D | ||||||
| 1916 | Hughes/ Fairbanks(R) N | |||||||||||||
| 1917 | Peter Norbeck(R) | William H. McMaster(R) | G. H. Helgerson(R) | N. E. Knight(R) | 35R, 10D | 89R, 14D | ||||||||
| 1918 | ||||||||||||||
| 1919 | C. A. Burkhart(R)[d] | Byron S. Payne(R) | Jay Reeves(R) | 43R, 2D | 88R, 11D, 3I, 1? | |||||||||
| 1920 | Harding/ Coolidge(R) Y | |||||||||||||
| 1921 | William H. McMaster(R) | Carl Gunderson(R) | W. S. O'Brein(R) | 44R, 1D | 95R, 4D, 4I | Peter Norbeck(R) | 3R | |||||||
| 1922 | Clarence E. Coyne(R) | |||||||||||||
| 1923 | Buell F. Jones(R) | Edward A. Jones(R) | 34R, 9D, 2I | 84R, 12D, 5I, 1Fus | ||||||||||
| 1924 | Coolidge/ Dawes(R) Y | |||||||||||||
| 1925 | Carl Gunderson(R) | Alva Clark Forney(R) | James L. Driscoll(R) | O. P. J. Englstorm(R) | 35R, 9D, 1FL | 85R, 15D, 2I, 1Fus | William H. McMaster(R) | |||||||
| 1926 | ||||||||||||||
| 1927 | William J. Bulow(D) | Hyatt E. Covey(R) | Gladys Pyle(R) | A. J. Moodie(R) | 29R, 16D | 77R, 25D, 1? | ||||||||
| 1928 | Hoover/ Curtis(R) Y | |||||||||||||
| 1929 | Clarence E. Coyne(R)[d] | Merrell Q. Sharpe(R) | William M. Dunn(R) | 33R, 12D | 82R, 21D | |||||||||
| John T. Grigsby(D)[e] | ||||||||||||||
| 1930 | ||||||||||||||
| 1931 | Warren Green(R) | Odell K. Whitney(R) | Elizabeth Coyne(R) | A. C. Goodhope(R) | 31R, 14D | 79R, 24D | William J. Bulow(D) | |||||||
| 1932 | Roosevelt/ Garner(D) Y | |||||||||||||
| 1933 | Tom Berry(D) | Hans Ustrud(D) | Myrtle Morrison(D) | D. Walter Conway(D) | George O'Neill(D) | Frank G. Stewart(D) | Ben Strool(D) | 30D, 15R | 69D, 34R | 2R, 1D | 2D | |||
| 1934 | ||||||||||||||
| 1935 | Robert Peterson(D) | 32D, 13R | 63D, 40R | 2D, 1R | ||||||||||
| 1936 | ||||||||||||||
| 1937 | Leslie Jensen(R) | Donald McMurchie(R) | Goldie Wells(D) | Clair Roddewig(D) | Raymond A. Kelly(D) | W. H. Hinselman(D) | 23R, 22D | 66R, 37D | 2R, 1D | Herbert E. Hitchcock(D) | 1D, 1R | |||
| 1938 | Gladys Pyle(R) | |||||||||||||
| 1939 | Harlan J. Bushfield(R) | Olive A. Ringsrud(R) | Leo A. Temmey(R) | W. W. Warner(R) | W. G. Douglas(R) | Earl A. Hammerquest(R) | 30R, 5D | 62R, 13D | 3R | Chan Gurney(R) | 2R | |||
| 1940 | Willkie/ McNary(R) N | |||||||||||||
| 1941 | A. C. Miller(R) | 31R, 4D | 65R, 10D | |||||||||||
| 1942 | John N. Thompson(R) | |||||||||||||
| 1943 | Merrell Q. Sharpe(R) | L. M. Larsen(R) | George T. Mickelson(R) | E. V. Youngquist(R)[d] | John A. Lunden(R) | 69R, 6D | Harlan J. Bushfield(R)[d] | |||||||
| 1944 | Dewey/ Bricker(R) N | |||||||||||||
| 1945 | Sioux K. Grigsby(R) | Steve E. Anderson(R) | Hazel Dean(R) | 35R | 72R, 3D | |||||||||
| 1946 | ||||||||||||||
| 1947 | George T. Mickelson(R) | Annamae Riff(R) | Sigurd Anderson(R) | Clarence E. Buehler(R) | 71R, 4D | |||||||||
| 1948 | Dewey/ Warren(R) N | |||||||||||||
| Vera C. Bushfield(R)[e] | ||||||||||||||
| 1949 | Rex Terry(R) | Bernard Linn(R) | 27R, 8D | 64R, 11D | Karl Mundt(R)[f] | |||||||||
| 1950 | James O. Gilkerson(R) | |||||||||||||
| 1951 | Sigurd Anderson(R) | Geraldine Ostroot(R) | Ralph A. Dunham(R) | Theodore Mehlaf(R) | 29R, 6D | 66R, 9D | Francis Case(R) | |||||||
| 1952 | Lawrence E. Mayes(R) | Eisenhower/ Nixon(R) Y | ||||||||||||
| 1953 | 35R | 73R, 2D | ||||||||||||
| 1954 | ||||||||||||||
| 1955 | Joe Foss(R) | L. Roy Houck(R) | Phil Saunders(R) | Ed Elkins(R) | 29R, 6D | 57R, 18D | ||||||||
| 1956 | Fay A. Allbee(R) | |||||||||||||
| 1957 | Clara Halls(R) | 18R, 17D | 48R, 27D | 1D, 1R | ||||||||||
| 1958 | Oscar Brosz(R) | |||||||||||||
| 1959 | Ralph Herseth(D) | John F. Lindley(D) | Selma Sandness(D) | Parnell J. Donahue(D) | Harriet Horning(D) | Al Hamre(R) | 20D, 15R | 43R, 32D | ||||||
| 1960 | Nixon/ Lodge(R) N | |||||||||||||
| 1961 | Archie M. Gubbrud(R) | Joe Bottum(R)[g] | Essie Wiedenman(R) | A. C. Miller(R) | Betty Lou Casey(R) | 23R, 12D | 57R, 18D | 2R | ||||||
| 1962 | ||||||||||||||
| vacant | Joe Bottum(R) | |||||||||||||
| 1963 | Nils Boe(R) | Frank Farrar(R) | Al Hamre(R) | Lloyd Jorgenson(R) | 26R, 9D | 58R, 17D | George McGovern(D) | |||||||
| 1964 | Johnson/ Humphrey(D) Y | |||||||||||||
| 1965 | Nils Boe(R) | Lem Overpeck(R) | Alma Larson(R) | 19R, 15D, 1I | 45R, 30D | |||||||||
| 1966 | ||||||||||||||
| 1967 | Lloyd Jorgenson(R) | Al Hamre(R) | 29R, 6D | 64R, 11D | ||||||||||
| 1968 | Nixon/ Agnew(R) Y | |||||||||||||
| 1969 | Frank Farrar(R) | James Abdnor(R) | Gordon Mydland(R) | Alice Kundert(R) | Neal Strand(R) | 27R, 8D | 59R, 16D | |||||||
| 1970 | ||||||||||||||
| 1971 | Richard F. Kneip(D)[h] | William Dougherty(D) | Ralph Ginn(R)[d] | 24R, 11D | 45R, 30D | 2R, 1D | 2D | |||||||
| 1972 | ||||||||||||||
| 1973 | Lorna Herseth(D) | Kermit A. Sande(D) | David Volk(R) | George Kane(D)[e] | 18D, 17R | 35R, 35D[i] | 2D, 1R | James Abourezk(D) | 1D, 1R | |||||
| 1974 | ||||||||||||||
| 1975 | Harvey Wollman(D)[j] | Bill Janklow(R) | 19D, 16R | 37R, 33D | 3D | 2R | ||||||||
| 1976 | Ford/ Dole(R) N | |||||||||||||
| 1977 | 24R, 11D | 48R, 22D | 2D, 1R | |||||||||||
| 1978 | Harvey Wollman(D)[j] | vacant[j] | ||||||||||||
| 1979 | Bill 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 | ||||||
| 1980 | Reagan/ Bush(R) Y | |||||||||||||
| 1981 | 25R, 10D | 49R, 21D | 2R, 1D | James Abdnor(R) | ||||||||||
| 1982 | ||||||||||||||
| 1983 | F. Julian Cheney(R) | 26R, 9D | 52R, 18D | 2D, 1R | Tom Daschle(D) | |||||||||
| 1984 | David Volk(R) | |||||||||||||
| 1985 | John J. Gerken(R) | 25R, 10D | 57R, 13D | |||||||||||
| 1986 | ||||||||||||||
| 1987 | George S. Mickelson(R)[d] | Walter Dale Miller(R) | Joyce Hazeltine(R) | Roger Tellinghuisen(R) | Timothy Amdahl(R) | 24R, 11D | 48R, 22D | 3D | Tom Daschle(D) | Tim Johnson(D) | ||||
| 1988 | Bush/ Quayle(R) Y | |||||||||||||
| 1989 | 20R, 15D | 46R, 24D | 2D, 1R | |||||||||||
| 1990 | ||||||||||||||
| 1991 | Mark Barnett(R) | G. Homer Harding(R) | Curt Johnson(D) | 18R, 17D | 45R, 25D | |||||||||
| 1992 | Bush/ Quayle(R) N | |||||||||||||
| 1993 | Walter Dale Miller(R)[k] | Steve T. Kirby(R)[e] | 20D, 15R | 41R, 29D | ||||||||||
| 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Bill Janklow(R) | Carole Hillard(R) | Dick Butler(D) | 19R, 16D | 45R, 24D, 1I | |||||||||
| 1996 | Dole/ Kemp(R) N | |||||||||||||
| 1997 | 22R, 13D | 47R, 23D | Tim Johnson(D) | John Thune(R) | ||||||||||
| 1998 | ||||||||||||||
| 1999 | 52R, 18D | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | Bush/ Cheney(R) Y | |||||||||||||
| 2001 | 24R, 11D | 50R, 20D | ||||||||||||
| 2002 | ||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Mike Rounds(R) | Dennis Daugaard(R) | Chris Nelson(R) | Larry Long(R) | Rich Sattgast(R) | Vern Larson(R) | Bryce Healy(D) | 26R, 9D | 49R, 21D | 2R, 1D | Bill Janklow(R)[l] | |||
| 2004 | Stephanie Herseth Sandlin(D)[m] | |||||||||||||
| 2005 | 25R, 10D | 51R, 19D | 3R | John Thune(R) | ||||||||||
| 2006 | ||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Jarrod Johnson(R) | 20R, 15D | 50R, 20D | 2R, 1D | ||||||||||
| 2008 | McCain/ Palin(R) N | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | 21R, 14D | 46R, 24D | ||||||||||||
| 2010 | Marty Jackley(R) | |||||||||||||
| 2011 | Dennis Daugaard(R) | Matt Michels(R) | Jason Gant(R) | Steve Barnett(R) | Rich Sattgast(R) | 30R, 5D[n] | 50R, 19D, 1I | 3R | Kristi Noem(R) | |||||
| 2012 | Romney/ Ryan(R) N | |||||||||||||
| 2013 | Vern Larson(R) | 28R, 7D | 53R, 17D | |||||||||||
| 2014 | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Shantel Krebs(R) | Ryan Brunner(R)[o] | 27R, 8D | 58R, 12D | Mike Rounds(R) | |||||||||
| 2016 | Trump/ Pence(R) Y | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | 29R, 6D | 60R, 10D | ||||||||||||
| 2018 | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Kristi Noem(R)[p] | Larry Rhoden(R) | Steve Barnett(R) | Jason Ravnsborg(R)[q] | Rich Sattgast(R) | Josh Haeder(R) | 30R, 5D | 59R, 11D | Dusty Johnson(R) | |||||
| 2020 | Trump/ Pence(R) N | |||||||||||||
| 2021 | 32R, 3D | 62R, 8D | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | Jarrod Johnson(R)[e] | |||||||||||||
| Mark Vargo(R)[e] | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Monae Johnson(R) | Marty Jackley(R) | Brock Greenfield(R) | 31R, 4D | 63R, 7D | |||||||||
| 2024 | Trump/ Vance(R) Y | |||||||||||||
| 2025 | Larry Rhoden(R)[k] | Tony Venhuizen(R)[e] | 32R, 3D | 64R, 6D | ||||||||||
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