Political party strength in South Dakota
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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of South Dakota:
- Governor
- Lieutenant Governor
- Secretary of State
- Attorney General
- State Auditor
- State Treasurer
- Commissioner of School and Public Lands
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State House of Representatives
- State Public Utilities Commission
- State delegation to the U.S. Senate
- State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's candidate received the state's electoral votes.
The parties are as follows: Democratic (D), Independent (I), Populist (P), Republican (R), and a tie or coalition within a group of elected officials.
| Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | Pub. Util. Comm. | United States Congress | Electoral College 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)[1] | James H. Fletcher (R) | Amund O. Ringsrud (R) | Robert Dollard (R) | L. C. Taylor (R) | W. W. Taylor (R) | Osner H. Parker (R) | 37R, 4D, 4I | 106R, 13D, 2P, 2I, 1 Fus. | Richard F. Pettigrew (R) | Gideon C. Moody (R) | 2R | ||
| 1890 | ||||||||||||||
| 1891 | George H. Hoffman (R) | Thomas H. Ruth (R) | 22R, 10I, 8D, 3P, 2? | 58D, 33I, 20R, 10P, 1 Fus.[2] | James H. Kyle (P)[3] | |||||||||
| 1892 | Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw Reid (R) | |||||||||||||
| 1893 | Charles H. Sheldon (R) | Charles N. Herreid (R) | Thomas Thorson (R) | Coe I. Crawford (R) | J. E. Hipple (R) | 35R, 4D, 3I, 1P | 69R, 8I, 4D, 2P | |||||||
| 1894 | ||||||||||||||
| 1895 | K L. Philpps (R) | J.L. Lockhurt (R) | 35R, 3D, 3P, 3 Fus., 1I | 69R, 11P, 2D, 2I | 3R | |||||||||
| 1896 | William Jennings Bryan and Arthur Sewall (P)[4] | |||||||||||||
| 1897 | Andrew E. Lee (P) | Daniel T. Hindman (R) | William H. Roddle (R) | Melvin Grigsby (R) | J. E. Mayhew (R) | 20R, 15 Fus., 6P, 2D | 39R, 18 Fus., 17P, 9D, 1I | 3P | James H. Kyle (R)[5] | 2P | ||||
| 1898 | ||||||||||||||
| 1899 | Andrew E. Lee (F)[6] | John T. Kean (R) | John L. Pyle (R)[7] | J. D. Reeves (R) | John Schaber (R) | David Eastman (R) | 31R, 6 Fus., 4D, 4P | 61R, 15 Fus., 9D, 2P | 2P, 1R | 2R | ||||
| 1900 | William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt (R) | |||||||||||||
| 1901 | Charles N. Herreid (R) | George W. Snow (R) | O. C. Berg (R) | 41R, 2 Fus., 1D, 1P | 79R, 7D, 1 Fus. | 2R, 1P | Robert J. Gamble (R) | Alfred B. Kittredge (R) | ||||||
| 1902 | A. W. Burtt (R) | |||||||||||||
| 1903 | Philo Hall (R) | J. F. Halladay (R) | C.W. Collins (R) | C.J. Bach (R) | 41R, 3D, 1 Fus. | 77R, 8D, 2 Fus. | 3R | |||||||
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks (R) | |||||||||||||
| 1905 | Samuel H. Elrod (R) | John E. McDougall (R) | David D. Wipf (R) | 42R, 2P, 1D | 86R, 2D, 1 Fus. | |||||||||
| 1906 | ||||||||||||||
| 1907 | Coe I. Crawford (R) | Howard C. Shober (R) | S. Wesley Clark (R) | John Hirning (R) | C. Cassill (R) | O. C. Dokken (R) | 35R, 8D, 1P, 1 Fus. | 80R, 9D | ||||||
| 1908 | William Howard Taft and James S. Sherman (R) | |||||||||||||
| 1909 | Robert S. Vessey (R) | Samuel C. Polley (R) | G. Johnson (R) | 38R, 6D, 1P | 92R, 9D, 1P, 1I | Coe I. Crawford (R) | ||||||||
| 1910 | ||||||||||||||
| 1911 | Frank M. Byrne (R) | Royal C. Johnson (R) | H. B. Anderson (R) | F. F. Brinkler (R) | 32R, 11D, 1P, 1I | 97R, 5D, 1P, 1I | ||||||||
| 1912 | Theodore Roosevelt and Hiram Johnson (P) | |||||||||||||
| 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 | Charles Evans Hughes and Charles W. Fairbanks (R) | |||||||||||||
| 1917 | Peter Norbeck (R) | William H. McMaster (R) | Mr. Helgerson (R) | N. E. Knight (R) | 35R, 10D | 89R, 14D | ||||||||
| 1918 | ||||||||||||||
| 1919 | C. A. Burkhart[8] | Byron S. Payne (R) | Jay Reeves (R) | 43R, 2D | 88R, 11D, 3I, 1? | |||||||||
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge (R) | |||||||||||||
| 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) | E. A. Jones (R) | 34R, 9D, 2I | 84R, 12D, 5I, 1 Fus. | ||||||||||
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge and Charles G. Dawes (R) | |||||||||||||
| 1925 | Carl Gunderson (R) | Alva Clark Forney (R) | J. L. Driscoll (R) | O. J. Englstorm (R) | 35R, 9D, 1FL | 85R, 15D, 2I, 1 Fus. | 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 | Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis (R) | |||||||||||||
| 1929 | John T. Grigsby (D)[9] | Merrill Q. Sharpe (R) | William M. Dunn (R) | 33R, 12D | 82R, 21D | |||||||||
| 1930 | ||||||||||||||
| 1931 | Warren E. Green (R) | Odell K. Whitney (R) | Elizabeth Coyne (R) | A. C. Goodhope (R) | 31R, 14D | 79R, 24D | William J. Bulow (D) | |||||||
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner (D) | |||||||||||||
| 1933 | Tom Berry (D) | Hans Ustrud (D) | Myrtle Morrison (D) | Walter Conway (D) | George O'Neill (D) | F. 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 Hammerquest (R) | 30R, 5D | 62R, 13D | 3R | John Chandler Gurney (R) | 2R | |||
| 1940 | Wendell L. Willkie and Charles L. McNary (R) | |||||||||||||
| 1941 | A. C. Miller (R) | 31R, 4D | 65R, 10D | |||||||||||
| 1942 | John N. Thompson | |||||||||||||
| 1943 | Merrell Q. Sharpe (R) | L. M. Larsen (R) | George T. Mickelson (R) | E. V. Youngquist (R)[10] | John A. Lunden (R) | 69R, 6D | Harlan J. Bushfield[11] (R) | |||||||
| 1944 | Thomas E. Dewey and John W. Bricker (R) | |||||||||||||
| 1945 | Sioux K. Grigsby (R) | Steve E. Anderson | Hazel Dean | 35R, 0D | 72R, 3D | |||||||||
| 1946 | ||||||||||||||
| 1947 | George T. Mickelson (R) | Annamae Riff (R) | Sigurd Anderson (R) | C.E. Buehler | 71R, 4D | |||||||||
| 1948 | Thomas E. Dewey and Earl Warren (R) | |||||||||||||
| 1949 | Rex A. Terry (R) | Renard Linn (R) | 27R, 8D | 64R, 11D | Karl E. Mundt (R)[11] | |||||||||
| 1950 | James O. Gilkerson | |||||||||||||
| 1951 | Sigurd Anderson (R) | Geraldine Ostroot (R) | Ralph A. Dunham (R) | T. Mehlaf (R) | 29R, 6D | 66R, 9D | Francis H. Case (R) | |||||||
| 1952 | Lawrence E. Mayes | Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard M. Nixon (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1953 | 35R, 0D | 73R, 2D | ||||||||||||
| 1954 | ||||||||||||||
| 1955 | Joe Foss (R) | L. Roy Houck (R) | Phil Saunders (R) | Ed Elkins (R) | 29R, 6D | 57R, 18D | ||||||||
| 1956 | F. A. Allbee | |||||||||||||
| 1957 | Clara Halls (R) | 18R, 17D | 48R, 27D | 1D, 1R | ||||||||||
| 1958 | Oscar Brosz | |||||||||||||
| 1959 | Ralph E. Herseth (D) | John F. Lindley (D) | Selma Sandness (D) | Parnell J. Donahue (D) | Harriet Horning (D) | Al Hamre (R) | 20D, 15R | 43R, 32D | ||||||
| 1960 | Richard M. Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R) | |||||||||||||
| 1961 | Archie M. Gubbrud (R) | Joseph H. Bottum (R) | Essie Wiedenman (R) | A. C. Miller (R) | Betty Lou Casey | 23R, 12D | 57R, 18D | 2R | ||||||
| 1962 | Joseph H. Bottum (R)[12] | |||||||||||||
| 1963 | Nils A. Boe (R) | Frank L. Farrar (R) | Al Hamre (R) | 26R, 9D | 58R, 17D | George S. McGovern (D) | ||||||||
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert H. Humphrey (D) | |||||||||||||
| 1965 | Nils A. Boe (R) | Lem Overpeck (R) | Alma Larson (R) | L. Jorgenson (R) | 19R, 15D, 1I | 45R, 30D | ||||||||
| 1966 | ||||||||||||||
| 1967 | Lloyd Jorgenson | 29R, 6D | 64R, 11D | |||||||||||
| 1968 | Richard M. Nixon and Spiro T. Agnew (R) | |||||||||||||
| 1969 | Frank L. Farrar (R) | James Abdnor (R) | Gordon J. Mydland (R) | Alice Kundert (R) | Neal Strand (R) | 27R, 8D | 59R, 16D | |||||||
| 1970 | ||||||||||||||
| 1971 | Richard F. Kneip (D)[13] | William Dougherty (D) | Ralph Ginn (R)[14] | 24R, 11D | 45R, 30D | 2R, 1D | 2D | |||||||
| 1972 | ||||||||||||||
| 1973 | Lorna B. Herseth (D) | Kermit A. Sande (D) | David Volk (R) | George Kane (D) | 18D, 17R | 35R, 35D[15] | 2D, 1R | James G. Abourezk (D) | 1D, 1R | |||||
| 1974 | ||||||||||||||
| 1975 | Harvey L. Wollman (D)[16] | William J. Janklow (R) | 19D, 16R | 37R, 33D | 3D | 2R | ||||||||
| 1976 | Gerald R. Ford and Bob Dole (R) | |||||||||||||
| 1977 | 24R, 11D | 48R, 22D | 2D, 1R | |||||||||||
| 1978 | Harvey L. Wollman (D)[16] | vacant[16] | ||||||||||||
| 1979 | William J. Janklow (R) | Lowell C. Hansen II (R) | Alice Kundert (R) | Mark Meierhenry (R) | Vern Larson (R) | John J. Gerken (R) | Larry Pressler (R) | 1D, 1R | ||||||
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush (R) | |||||||||||||
| 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)[17] | Walter Dale Miller (R) | Joyce Hazelton (R) | Roger Tellinghuisen (R) | Timothy Amdahl (R) | 24R, 11D | 48R, 22D | 3D | Tom Daschle (D) | Tim Johnson (D) | ||||
| 1988 | George H.W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) | |||||||||||||
| 1989 | 20R, 15D | 46R, 24D | 2D, 1R | |||||||||||
| 1990 | ||||||||||||||
| 1991 | Mark Barnett (R) | G. Homer Harding (R) | Curt Johnson (D) | 18R, 17D | 45R, 25D | |||||||||
| 1992 | ||||||||||||||
| 1993 | Walter Dale Miller (R)[17] | Steve T. Kirby (R)[17] | 20D, 15R | 41R, 29D | ||||||||||
| 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| 1995 | William J. Janklow (R) | Carole Hillard (R) | Dick Butler (D) | 19R, 16D | 45R, 24D, 1I | |||||||||
| 1996 | Bob Dole and Jack Kemp (R) | |||||||||||||
| 1997 | 22R, 13D | 47R, 23D | Tim Johnson (D) | John Thune (R) | ||||||||||
| 1998 | ||||||||||||||
| 1999 | 52R, 18D | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (R) | |||||||||||||
| 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 | William J. Janklow (R)[18] | |||
| 2004 | Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D)[19] | |||||||||||||
| 2005 | 25R, 10D | 51R, 19D | 3R | John Thune (R) | ||||||||||
| 2006 | ||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Jarrod Johnson (R) | 20R, 15D | 50R, 20D | 2R, 1D | ||||||||||
| 2008 | John McCain and Sarah Palin (R) | |||||||||||||
| 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 | 50R, 19D, 1I | 3R | Kristi Noem (R) | |||||
| 2012 | Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan (R) | |||||||||||||
| 2013 | Vern Larson (R) | 28R, 7D | 53R, 17D | |||||||||||
| 2014 | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Shantel Krebs (R) | Ryan Brunner (R) | 27R, 8D | 58R, 12D | Mike Rounds (R) | |||||||||
| 2016 | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Governor | Lt. Governor | Sec. of State | Atty. Gen. | Auditor | Treasurer | Comm. of Lands | State Senate | State House | Pub. Util. Comm. | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | Electoral College votes |
| Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | ||||||||||||
See also
Notes
- ↑ Arthur C. Mellette had served as the final governor of Dakota Territory prior to his election as the first governor of the State of South Dakota.
- ↑ A Independent Republican Speaker, Charles X. Seward, was elected with the support of Democrats, Independents, Populists, and members of the Farmers' Alliance who ran as Independents. This alliance, with the Farmers' Alliance and the Populists being predominant ran and organized the chamber. p.343
- ↑ James H. Kyle was a member of the Populist Party in his first term. After he was re-elected in 1897, with the Populist Party dissolving, he joined the Republican Party.
- ↑ The Democratic Party did not appear on the ballot in any of the statewide contests in 1896.
- ↑ Kyle died in office July 1, 1901. See "James H. Kyle" at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- ↑ Andrew E. Lee won re-election on the Fusion ticket in 1898. In 1898, the Fusion Party was a coalition of Democrats and Populists; in 1900 it consisted of Democrats, Populists and Silver Republicans.
- ↑ John L. Pyle died in office on February 21, 1902.
- ↑ Secretary of State C.A. Burkhart died in office in 1922.
- ↑ Clarence E. Coyne won the 1928 election for Lieutenant Governor. He took office in January but died after only five months in office on May 27, 1929. John T. Grigsby was appointed by then-Governor William J. Bulow to serve out Coyne's term.
- ↑ E. V. Youngquist died in office on July 8, 1945.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Senator Harlan J. Bushfield died in office on September 27, 1948. His wife Vera C. Bushfield was appointed to fill her husband's term on October 6, 1948; she then resigned the seat on December 26, 1948. The seat was vacant for five days until Karl E. Mundt was appointed on December 31, 1948; he had won election to a full term in the seat on November 2, 1948.
- ↑ Joseph H. Bottum was appointed United States Senator on July 9, 1962. No appointment was made to fill the vacancy in the office of Lieutenant Governor.
- ↑ Richard F. Kneip was the last South Dakota governor to serve a two-year term (1971-73 and 1973-75), and the first elected to a four-year term (in the 1974 election).
- ↑ Ginn died in office in 1972 and on July 24, 1972, Governor Kneip appointed George Kane (D) to fill the unexpired term.
- ↑ A Democrat, Gene N. LeBrun, was elected Speaker, and the Democrats organized and ran the House. p. 110, 112
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 On July 24, 1978, Governor Kneip resigned to become United States Ambassador to Singapore. Lieutenant Governor Harvey L. Wollman succeeded to the office of governor on that date and served until January 1, 1979. The office of Lieutenant Governor remained vacant for the remainder of the term.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Governor George S. Mickelson died in a plane crash on April 19, 1993. Lieutenant Governor Walter Dale Miller succeeded to the office of Governor. Steve T. Kirby was appointed Lieutenant Governor.
- ↑ Resigned.
- ↑ First elected in special election.
