List of United States Senators from South Dakota

South Dakota was admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889, and elects senators to Class 2 and Class 3. Its current senators are Republicans John Thune and Mike Rounds.

Class 2

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Richard F. Pettigrew	Republican	November 2, 1889 – March 4, 1901	51	1	Elected in 1889
		52
		53
		54		2	Re-elected in 1894 Lost re-election
		Silver Republican				54 (Continued)
		55
		56
2	Robert J. Gamble	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1913	57	3	Elected in 1900
		58
		59
		60		4	Re-elected in 1906 Lost renomination
		61
		62
3	Thomas Sterling	Republican	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1925	63	5	Elected in 1912
		64
		65
		66		6	Re-elected in 1918 Lost renomination
		67
		68
4	William H. McMaster	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1931	69	7	Elected in 1924 Lost re-election
		70
		71
5	William J. Bulow	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1943	72	8	Elected in 1930
		73
		74
		75		9	Re-elected in 1936 Lost renomination
		76
		77
6	Harlan J. Bushfield	Republican	January 3, 1943 – September 27, 1948	78	10	Elected in 1942 Died
		79
		80
Vacant			September 27, 1948 – October 6, 1948
7	Vera C. Bushfield	Republican	October 6, 1948 – December 26, 1948	Appointed to finish Bushfield's term Resigned when successor elected
Vacant			December 26, 1948 – December 31, 1948
8	Karl E. Mundt	Republican	December 31, 1948 – January 3, 1973	80 (Continued)		Appointed to finish Bushfield's term, having been elected to the next term
		81		11	Elected in 1948
		82
		83
		84		12	Re-elected in 1954
		85
		86
		87		13	Re-elected in 1960
		88
		89
		90		14	Re-elected in 1966 Retired
		91
		92
9	James Abourezk	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979	93	15	Elected in 1972 Retired
		94
		95
10	Larry Pressler	Republican	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1997	96	16	Elected in 1978
		97
		98
		99		17	Re-elected in 1984
		100
		101
		102		18	Re-elected in 1990 Lost re-election
		103
		104
11	Tim Johnson	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2015	105	19	Elected in 1996
		106
		107
		108		20	Re-elected in 2002
		109
		110
		111		21	Re-elected in 2008 Retired
		112
		113
12	Mike Rounds	Republican	January 3, 2015 – Present	114	22	Elected in 2014
		115
		116

Class 3

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Gideon C. Moody	Republican	November 2, 1889 – March 4, 1891	51	1	Elected in 1889 Lost re-election
2	James H. Kyle	Independent	March 4, 1891 – July 1, 1901	52	2	Elected in 1890
		Populist		53
		54
		55		3	Re-elected in 1896 Died
		56
		Republican				57
Vacant			July 1, 1901 – July 11, 1901
3	Alfred B. Kittredge	Republican	July 11, 1901 – March 4, 1909		57 (Continued)	Appointed to finish Kyle's term
		58		4	Elected in 1902 Lost renomination
		59
		60
4	Coe I. Crawford	Republican	March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1915	61	5	Elected in 1908 Lost renomination
		62
		63
5	Edwin S. Johnson	Democratic	March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1921	64	6	Elected in 1914 Retired
		65
		66
6	Peter Norbeck	Republican	March 4, 1921 – December 20, 1936	67	7	Elected in 1920
		68
		69
		70		8	Re-elected in 1926
		71
		72
		73		9	Re-elected in 1932 Died
		74
Vacant			December 20, 1936 – December 29, 1936
7	Herbert E. Hitchcock	Democratic	December 29, 1936 – November 8, 1938		Appointed to continue Norbeck's term Lost election to finish Norbeck's term
8	Gladys Pyle	Republican	November 9, 1938 – January 3, 1939		74 (Continued)	Elected to finish Norbeck's term Retired
		75
9	John Chandler Gurney	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1951	76	10	Elected in 1938
		77
		78
		79		11	Re-elected in 1944 Lost renomination
		80
		81
10	Francis H. Case	Republican	January 3, 1951 – June 22, 1962	82	12	Elected in 1950
		83
		84
		85		13	Re-elected in 1956 Died
		86
		87
Vacant			June 22, 1962 – July 9, 1962
11	Joseph H. Bottum	Republican	July 9, 1962 – January 3, 1963		87 (Continued)	Appointed to finish Case's term Lost election to full term
12	George S. McGovern	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1981	88	14	Elected in 1962
		89
		90
		91		15	Re-elected in 1968
		92
		93
		94		16	Re-elected in 1974 Lost re-election
		95
		96
13	James Abdnor	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1987	97	17	Elected in 1980 Lost re-election
		98
		99
14	Tom Daschle	Democratic	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2005	100	18	Elected in 1986
		101
		102
		103		19	Re-elected in 1992
		104
		105
		106		20	Re-elected in 1998 Lost re-election
		107
		108
15	John Thune	Republican	January 3, 2005 – Present	109	21	Elected in 2004
		110
		111
		112		22	Re-elected in 2010
		113
		114

Living former U.S. Senators from South Dakota

As of April 2015, there are four former U.S. Senators from the U.S. State of South Dakota that are currently living, three from Class 2 and one from Class 3.

See also

• United States congressional delegations from South Dakota
• List of United States Representatives from South Dakota

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