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The Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota is the lieutenant governor

Lieutenant governor

A lieutenant governor or lieutenant-governor is a high officer of state, whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction, but is often the deputy or lieutenant to or ranking under a governor — a "second-in-command"...

of the U.S. state

U.S. state

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of South Dakota

South Dakota

South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...

.

He or she is the second-ranking member of the executive branch

Executive (government)

Executive branch of Government is the part of government that has sole authority and responsibility for the daily administration of the state bureaucracy. The division of power into separate branches of government is central to the idea of the separation of powers.In many countries, the term...

of South Dakota state government

Government of South Dakota

This article is about the government and politics of the U.S. state of South Dakota-Law and government:Like that of other US states, the structure of the government of South Dakota is based on that of the federal government, with three branches of government: executive, legislative, and judicial...

and also serves as presiding officer

Speaker (politics)

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of the South Dakota Senate

South Dakota Senate

The Senate is the upper house of the South Dakota State Legislature. It is made up of 35 members, one representing each legislative district, and meets at the South Dakota State Capitol in Pierre.-Composition:-Officers:-Members of the 86th 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 incapacitated or absent from the state.

The lieutenant governor is elected on a ticket

Ticket (election)

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with the governor. Six lieutenant governors have gone on to be elected governor in their own right: Charles N. Herreid

Charles N. Herreid

Charles Nelson Herreid was the fourth Governor of South Dakota.-Biography:Charles Herreid was born in Madison, Wisconsin. He attended Galesville University in Wisconsin from 1874 to 1878 and the University of Wisconsin from 1880 to 1882...

, Frank M. Byrne

Frank M. Byrne

Frank M. Byrne was the eighth Governor of South Dakota.-Biography:Byrne was born near Volney, Allamakee County, Iowa to Irish immigrants, Michael and Delia Byrne. Byrne's formal education was limited to rural school; but, he frequently read books from his own large library...

, Peter Norbeck

Peter Norbeck

Peter Norbeck served as the ninth Governor of South Dakota, and as a United States Senator. Norbeck was the first Governor of South Dakota to have been born within the borders of the state.-Biography:...

, William H. McMaster

William H. McMaster

William Henry McMaster was the tenth Governor of South Dakota, serving from 1921 until 1925, and also a United States Senator from that state. He died at the age of 91 in 1968. He was a member of the Republican Party....

, Carl Gunderson

Carl Gunderson

Carl Gunderson was the 11th Governor of South Dakota. Gunderson, a Republican from Mitchell, South Dakota, served from 1925 to 1927.-Background:...

, and Nils Boe

Nils Boe

Nils Andreas Boe was an American politician who served as the 23rd Governor of South Dakota from 1965 to 1969.-Background:...

. Two others, Harvey L. Wollman

Harvey L. Wollman

Harvey Lowell Wollman was the 26th Governor of South Dakota. He was the first Lieutenant Governor in the history of South Dakota to move into the Governor's office. As of 2009, he is also the most recent Democrat to hold the title of South Dakota governor.Wollman was born in 1935 in Frankfort,...

and Walter Dale Miller

Walter Dale Miller

Walter Dale "Walt" Miller is an American politician with the Republican Party. He served as 29th Governor of South Dakota from 1993 to 1995, having succeeded to office upon the death of George S...

, succeeded to the office of governor when it became vacant, but neither successfully won reelection.

Carole Hillard

Carole Hillard

Carole Hillard was the first woman to serve as Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota.-Personal:Hillard was born in Deadwood, South Dakota, August 14, 1936 to Edward Rykema and Vernell Peterson; she was one of three daughters born to them. She graduated from the University of Arizona in 1957 with an...

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

List of Lieutenant Governors of South Dakota

#	Lt. Governor	Party	From	To
1	James H. Fletcher	Republican	1889	1891
2	George H. Hoffman George H. Hoffman George Harrison Hoffman was the second Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota. He was a member of the Republican party.-External links:*...	Republican	1891	1893
3	Charles N. Herreid Charles N. Herreid Charles Nelson Herreid was the fourth Governor of South Dakota.-Biography:Charles Herreid was born in Madison, Wisconsin. He attended Galesville University in Wisconsin from 1874 to 1878 and the University of Wisconsin from 1880 to 1882...	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 Frank M. Byrne Frank M. Byrne was the eighth Governor of South Dakota.-Biography:Byrne was born near Volney, Allamakee County, Iowa to Irish immigrants, Michael and Delia Byrne. Byrne's formal education was limited to rural school; but, he frequently read books from his own large library...	Republican	1911	1913
10	Edward Lincoln Abel	Republican	1913	1915
11	Peter Norbeck Peter Norbeck Peter Norbeck served as the ninth Governor of South Dakota, and as a United States Senator. Norbeck was the first Governor of South Dakota to have been born within the borders of the state.-Biography:...	Republican	1915	1917
12	William H. McMaster William H. McMaster William Henry McMaster was the tenth Governor of South Dakota, serving from 1921 until 1925, and also a United States Senator from that state. He died at the age of 91 in 1968. He was a member of the Republican Party....	Republican	1917	1921
13	Carl Gunderson Carl Gunderson Carl Gunderson was the 11th Governor of South Dakota. Gunderson, a Republican from Mitchell, South Dakota, served from 1925 to 1927.-Background:...	Republican	1921	1925
14	Alva Clark Forney Alva Clark Forney A. Clark Forney was lieutenant governor of South Dakota from 1925 to 1927. He was a member of the Republican Party.-Biography:...	Republican	1925	1927
15	Hyatt E. Covey Hyatt E. Covey Hyatt E. Covey was lieutenant governor of South Dakota from 1927 to 1929. He was a member of the Republican Party and served with a Democratic Party governor. He was from Hamill, South Dakota.-Biography:...	Republican	1927	1929
16	Clarence E. Coyne	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 Robert Peterson (South Dakota) Robert D. Peterson was the twentieth Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota.-External links:* at the .* at ....	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 Joseph H. Bottum Joseph Henry Bottum was a member of the United States Senate from South Dakota.He attended the public schools of Faulkton. He then went on to Yankton College and the University of South Dakota . He graduated from the law school of the University of South Dakota at Vermillion in 1927...	Republican	1961	1962
28	Nils Boe Nils Boe Nils Andreas Boe was an American politician who served as the 23rd Governor of South Dakota from 1965 to 1969.-Background:...	Republican	1963	1965
29	Lem Overpeck Lem Overpeck Lem Overpeck was Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota from 1965 to 1969. He was a member of the Republican Party.-Biography:...	Republican	1965	1969
30	James Abdnor James Abdnor James Abdnor is a Republican politician from the state of South Dakota.-Personal:He graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1945 where he became a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. He served in the United States Army during World War II and from 1957 to 1969 was a member of the South Dakota...	Republican	1969	1971
31	William Dougherty William Dougherty William "Bill" Dougherty was an American businessman, lobbyist, and Democratic politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota from 1971 to 1975.-Early career:...	Democrat	1971	1975
32	Harvey L. Wollman Harvey L. Wollman Harvey Lowell Wollman was the 26th Governor of South Dakota. He was the first Lieutenant Governor in the history of South Dakota to move into the Governor's office. As of 2009, he is also the most recent Democrat to hold the title of South Dakota governor.Wollman was born in 1935 in Frankfort,...	Democrat	1975	1978
33	Lowell C. Hansen II Lowell C. Hansen II Lowell C. Hansen II is an American politician from South Dakota. He is a member of the Republican Party.Hansen, from Sioux Falls, served as a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from 1973 to 1978, serving as Speaker of the House of that body from 1977 to 1978...	Republican	1979	1987
34	Walter Dale Miller Walter Dale Miller Walter Dale "Walt" Miller is an American politician with the Republican Party. He served as 29th Governor of South Dakota from 1993 to 1995, having succeeded to office upon the death of George S...	Republican	1987	1993
35	Steve T. Kirby Steve T. Kirby Steve T. Kirby was the thirty-fifth Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota. He is a member of local, state, and national boards of directors.-Biography:...	Republican	1993	1995
36	Carole Hillard Carole Hillard Carole Hillard was the first woman to serve as Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota.-Personal:Hillard was born in Deadwood, South Dakota, August 14, 1936 to Edward Rykema and Vernell Peterson; she was one of three daughters born to them. She graduated from the University of Arizona in 1957 with an...	Republican	1995	2003
37	Dennis Daugaard	Republican	2003	2011
38	Matt Michels Matt Michels Matt Michels is the Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota and formerly the Speaker of the South Dakota House of Representatives. He and running mate Dennis Daugaard were elected in the general election on November 2, 2010. Mr. Michels is a Republican....	Republican	2011

List of Lieutenant Governors of South Dakota

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