Online Almanac

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

The Governors of South Dakota

Gov. Frank M. Byrne, perhaps studying a South Dakota political almanac

• 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
  • Gallery of First Ladies and Gentlemen dolls

State officials

• U.S. Senators from South Dakota
  • How each U.S. Senator from SD departed from office
• U.S. Representatives from South Dakota
• Lieutenant Governors of South Dakota
  • The many mustaches of SD’s lieutenant governors
• Other statewide elected officials – including secretary of state, attorney general, state treasurer, state auditor, commissioner of school and public lands, and public utilities commissioner
  • SD Attorney Generals at the U.S. Supreme Court
• 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
  • Speakers of the House and Speakers Pro Tempore
  • Presidents Pro Tempore of the Senate
  • Majority and Minority Leaders in the State Senate and State House
  • Assistant Majority Leaders and Minority Leaders
• 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
  • Republican gubernatorial primary elections since 1978
• SD Voter registration by party since 1978
• General Elections for SD Governor since 1889
  • Biggest wins for SD Governor
• Top general election winners – largest % of the vote in contested general elections
  • Biggest wins for U.S. Senate
• “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

Miscellaneous

• Timeline of Female “firsts” in South Dakota politics
• List of South Dakota State Symbols
• List of visits by U.S. Presidents to South Dakota