Also check out The Governors of South Dakota, an annually-updated reference book on South Dakota’s governors.
The Governors of South Dakota

- List of the Governors of South Dakota
- Oldest and Youngest SD Governors
- Governors careers after they left office
- Veterans who became SD Governor
- Alma maters of SD Governors
- Religious affiliations of SD Governors
- Gallery of gubernatorial portraits
- Gallery of governors’ signatures
- Trail of Governors gallery and map
- Biographies of SD Governors
- List of First Ladies and Gentlemen
State officials
- U.S. Senators from South Dakota
- U.S. Representatives from South Dakota
- Lieutenant Governors of South Dakota
- Other statewide elected officials – including secretary of state, attorney general, state treasurer, state auditor, commissioner of school and public lands, and public utilities commissioner
- Justices of the South Dakota Supreme Court
- “The Over 25 Club” – those who held state or federal elected office for 25 years or more
South Dakota State Legislature
- Overview of Legislative Leadership
- Partisan Control of the State Legislature
- Legislative districts, 1889-2021
- Longest serving women in legislative history
- “Old Bulls” of the State Legislature – long-tenured leaders of the 1970s through the 1990s
- The Origin of the “Hoghouse” in the South Dakota State Legislature
Elections
- County-by-county maps of every general election for governor since statehood
- SD Voter registration by party since 1978
- General Elections for SD Governor since 1889
- Top general election winners – largest % of the vote in contested general elections
- “The Million Vote Club” – state general election candidates who have won 1 million votes, cumulatively
- Statewide elected officials who ran unopposed
- Closest gubernatorial primary elections
- Women who ran for governor
- Comeback attempts by former governors
- Candidates for governor from Sioux Falls