Former Governors - South Dakota
| Governor's Name | State | Time in Office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gov. Kristi Noem | South Dakota | 2023 - 2025 2019 - 2023 | Republican |
| 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 |
