List of individuals executed in South Dakota

Between 1877 and 1915, 14 individuals were executed in South Dakota. All were executed by hanging.

Executed person	Date of execution	Crime
Jack McCall	1 March 1877	murder of Wild Bill Hickok
Thomas Egan	13 July 1882	murder of his wife, Mary
Brave Bear	1 November 1882	murder of Joseph Johnson
James Gilmore	15 December 1882	murder of Bisente Ortez
James B. Lehman	February 19, 1892	murder of Constable John Burns
Nathaniel Thompson	January 20, 1893	murder of Electa Blighton
Jay Hicks	November 15, 1894	murder and robbery of John Meyer
Chief Two Sticks	28 December 1894	instigating four murders
Charles Brown	14 July 1897	murder and robbery of Emma Stone
Ernest Loveswar	19 September 1902	murders of George Puck and George Ostrander
Allen Walkingshield	January 15, 1902	murder of Mrs. Ghost-Faced Bear
George Bear	5 December 1902	murder of C. Edward Tayloe and John Shaw
Emil Victor	16 November 1909	murder of Mr. and Mrs. James Christie, daughter Mildred and Michael Ronayne
Joe Rickman	December 3, 1913	murder of Ellen Fox and her 14-year-old daughter, Mildred Fox

The death penalty was temporarily abolished in South Dakota between 1915 and 1939. Since 1939, only one person was executed in the state:

Executed person	Date of execution	Method	Crime
George Sitts	8 April 1947	electric chair	Murder of special state agent Thomas Matthews. He also killed Butte Co. Sheriff Dave Malcolm, but was not separately tried for that murder.