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| S.no. | Governor | Term start | Term end | Party | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arthur C. Mellette | 22 March 1889 | 3 January 1893 | Republican | Henry County, Indiana |
| 2 | Charles H. Sheldon | 3 January 1893 | 1 January 1897 | Republican | Johnson, Vermont |
| 3 | Andrew E. Lee | 1 January 1897 | 8 January 1901 | Populist | Bergen in Norway |
| 4 | Charles N. Herreid | 8 January 1901 | 3 January 1905 | Republican | Madison, Wisconsin |
| 5 | Samuel H. Elrod | 3 January 1905 | 8 January 1907 | Republican | Coatesville, Indiana |
| 6 | Coe I. Crawford | 8 January 1907 | 5 January 1909 | Republican | Allamakee County, Iowa |
| 7 | Robert S. Vessey | 5 January 1909 | 7 January 1913 | Republican | Oshkosh, Wisconsin |
| 8 | Frank M. Byrne | 7 January 1913 | 2 January 1917 | Republican | Volney, Allamakee County, Iowa |
| 9 | Peter Norbeck | 2 January 1917 | 4 January 1921 | Republican | Clay County, South Dakota |
| 10 | William H. McMaster | 4 January 1921 | 6 January 1925 | Republican | Monona County, Iowa |
| 11 | Carl Gunderson | 6 January 1925 | 4 January 1927 | Republican | Clay County, Dakota Territory |
| 12 | William J. Bulow | 4 January 1927 | 6 January 1931 | Democratic | Moscow, Ohio |
| 13 | Warren Green | 6 January 1931 | 3 January 1933 | Republican | Jackson County, Wisconsin |
| 14 | Tom Berry | 3 January 1933 | 5 January 1937 | Democratic | Paddock, Nebraska |
| 15 | Leslie Jensen | 5 January 1937 | 3 January 1939 | Republican | Hot Springs, South Dakota |
| 16 | Harlan J. Bushfield | 3 January 1939 | 5 January 1943 | Republican | Atlantic, Iowa |
| 17 | Merrill Q. Sharpe | 5 January 1943 | 7 January 1947 | Republican | Marysville, Kansas |
| 18 | George T. Mickelson | 7 January 1947 | 2 January 1951 | Republican | Selby in Walworth County, South Dakota |
| 19 | Sigurd Anderson | 2 January 1951 | 4 January 1955 | Republican | near Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway |
| 20 | Joe Foss | 4 January 1955 | 6 January 1959 | Republican | Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
| 21 | Ralph Herseth | 6 January 1959 | 3 January 1961 | Democratic | Houghton, South Dakota |
| 22 | Archie M. Gubbrud | 3 January 1961 | 5 January 1965 | Republican | Lincoln County, South Dakota |
| 23 | Nils Boe | 5 January 1965 | 7 January 1969 | Republican | Baltic in Minnehaha County, South Dakota |
| 24 | Frank Farrar | 7 January 1969 | 5 January 1971 | Republican | Britton, South Dakota |
| 25 | Richard F. Kneip | 5 January 1971 | 24 July 1978 | Democratic | Tyler, Minnesota |
| 26 | Harvey L. Wollman | 24 July 1978 | 1 January 1979 | Democratic | Frankfort, South Dakota |
| 27 | William J. Janklow | 1 January 1979 | 6 January 1987 | Republican | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| 28 | George S. Mickelson | 6 January 1987 | 19 April 1993 | Republican | Mobridge, South Dakota |
| 29 | Walter Dale Miller | 19 April 1993 | 7 January 1995 | Republican | Meade County, South Dakota. |
| 30 | William J. Janklow | 7 January 1995 | 7 January 2003 | Republican | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| 31 | M. Michael Rounds | 7 January 2003 | 8 January 2011 | Republican | Huron, South Dakota, U.S. |
| 32 | Dennis Daugaard | 8 January 2011 | 5 January 2019 | Republican | Garretson, South Dakota, U.S. |
| 33 | Kristi Noem | 5 January 2019 | Incumbent | Republican | Watertown, South Dakota, United States |
| US States Governors List |
