Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota

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Dennis Daugaard (shown with his wife Linda) is the current Lt. Governor of South Dakota.
Dennis Daugaard (shown with his wife Linda) is the current Lt. Governor of South Dakota.

The Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota is the second-ranking member of the executive branch of South Dakota state government, and also serves as presiding officer of the South Dakota State Senate. The lieutenant governor succeeds to the officer of governor if the office becomes vacant, and may also serve as acting governor if the governor is incapacited or absent from the state.

The current lieutenant governor is Dennis Daugaard.

The lieutenant governor is elected on a ticket with the governor. Six lieutenant governors have gone on to be elected governor in their own right: Charles N. Herreid, Frank M. Byrne, Peter Norbeck, William H. McMaster, Carl Gunderson, and Nils Boe. Two others, Harvey L. Wollman and Walter Dale Miller, succeeded to the office of governor when it became vacant, but neither successfully won reelection.

Carole Hillard became the first woman to serve as lieutenant governor when she was elected in 1994.

[edit] List of Lieutenant Governors of South Dakota

# Lt. Governor Party From To
1 James H. Fletcher Republican 1889 1891
2 George H. Hoffman Republican 1891 1893
3 Charles N. Herreid Republican 1893 1897
4 Daniel T. Hindman Republican 1897 1899
5 John T. Kean Republican 1899 1901
6 George W. Snow Republican 1901 1905
7 John E. McDougall Republican 1905 1907
8 Howard C. Shober Republican 1907 1911
9 Frank M. Byrne Republican 1911 1913
10 Edward Lincoln Abel Republican 1913 1915
11 Peter Norbeck Republican 1915 1917
12 William H. McMaster Republican 1917 1921
13 Carl Gunderson Republican 1921 1925
14 Alva Clark Forney Republican 1925 1927
15 Hyatt E. Covey Republican 1927 1929
16 Clarence E. Coyne[1]
 Republican 1929 1929
17 John T. Grigsby Democrat 1929 1931
18 Odell K. Whitney Republican 1931 1933
19 Hans Ustrud Democrat 1933 1935
20 Robert Peterson Democrat 1935 1937
21 Donald McMurchie Republican 1937 1941
22 A. C. Miller Republican 1941 1945
23 Sioux K. Grigsby Republican 1945 1949
24 Rex A. Terry Republican 1949 1955
25 L. Roy Houck Republican 1955 1959
26 John F. Lindley Democrat 1959 1961
27 Joseph H. Bottum[2] Republican 1961 1962
28 Nils Boe Republican 1963 1965
29 Lem Overpeck Republican 1965 1969
30 James Abdnor Republican 1969 1971
31 William Dougherty Democrat 1971 1975
32 Harvey L. Wollman[3] Democrat 1975 1978
33 Lowell C. Hansen II Republican 1979 1987
34 Walter Dale Miller[4] Republican 1987 1993
35 Steve T. Kirby Republican 1993 1995
36 Carole Hillard Republican 1995 2003
37 Dennis Daugaard Republican 2003

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Clarence E. Coyne died on May 27, 1929, and John T. Grigsby was appointed to fill the vacancy.
  2. ^ Joseph H. Bottum was appointed United States Senator on July 9, 1962. No appointment was made to fill the vacancy.
  3. ^ Harvey L. Wollman succeeded to the office of governor on July 24, 1978 upon the resignation of Governor Richard F. Kneip. No appointment was made to fill the vacancy.
  4. ^ Walter Dale Miller succeeded to the office of governor on April 19, 1993 after Governor George S. Mickelson was killed in a plane crash. Steve T. Kirby was appointed to fill the vacancy.


[edit] See also

Governor of South Dakota
South Dakota
lieutenant governor (generally)


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Current lieutenant governors of states and overseas possessions of the United States
   

MN: Carol Molnau (R)
MS: Phil Bryant (R)
MO: Peter Kinder (R)
MT: John Bohlinger (R)
NE: Rick Sheehy (R)
NV: Brian Krolicki (R)
NJ: Created as of 2010
NM: Diane Denish (D)
NY: vacant note
NC: Beverly Perdue (D)

VT: Brian Dubie (R)
VA: Bill Bolling (R)
WA: Brad Owen (D)
WI: Barbara Lawton (D)
WV: Earl Ray Tomblin (D)
United States Possessions
AS: Ipulasi Aitofele Sunia (D)
GU: Michael W. Cruz (R)
NMI: Timothy P. Villagomez (R)
VI: Gregory R. Francis (D)