List of Speakers of the South Dakota House of Representatives
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This is a comprehensive list of Speakers of the South Dakota House of Representatives since statehood in 1889.
Five South Dakota speakers have gone on to serve as governor
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- For information about the House of Representatives, see South Dakota House of RepresentativesSouth Dakota House of RepresentativesThe South Dakota House of Representatives is the lower house of the South Dakota State Legislature. It is made up of 70 members, two from each legislative district...
Five South Dakota speakers have gone on to serve as governor
Governor of South Dakota
The Governor of South Dakota is the head of the executive branch of the government of South Dakota. They are elected to a four year term on even years when there is no Presidential election. The current governor is Dennis Daugaard, a Republican elected in 2010....
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| # | Speaker | Party | City | County | Term | Other Office | Term |
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| 1 | Sutton E. Young | Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
Sioux Falls Sioux Falls, South Dakota Sioux Falls is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Sioux Falls is the county seat of Minnehaha County, and also extends into Lincoln County to the south... |
Minnehaha Minnehaha County, South Dakota As of the census of 2000, there were 148,281 people, 57,996 households, and 37,581 families residing in the county. The population density was 183 people per square mile . There were 60,237 housing units at an average density of 74 per square mile... |
1889-1890 | ||
| 2 | Charles X. Seward | Watertown Watertown, South Dakota Watertown is a city in and the county seat of Codington County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 21,482 at the 2010 census. It is also the principal city of the Watertown Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Codington and Hamlin counties... |
Codington Codington County, South Dakota As of the census of 2000, there were 25,897 people, 10,357 households, and 6,877 families residing in the county. The population density was 38 people per square mile . There were 11,324 housing units at an average density of 16 per square mile... |
1891-1892 | |||
| 3 | James Marshall Lawson | Aberdeen Aberdeen, South Dakota Aberdeen is a city in and the county seat of Brown County, South Dakota, United States, about 125 mi northeast of Pierre. Settled in 1880, it was incorporated in 1882. The city population was 26,091 at the 2010 census. The American News is the local newspaper... |
Brown | 1893-1894 | State Senator 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:... SD President Pro Tempore President pro tempore A President pro tempore is a constitutionally recognized officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer... |
1899-1906 1901-1902 |
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| 4 | Charles T. Howard | Redfield Redfield, South Dakota Redfield is a city in and the county seat of Spink County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 2,333 at the 2010 census. The city is not to be confused with the surrounding Redfield Township, which encompasses unincorporated areas outside of the city limits.-Geography:Redfield is... |
Spink | 1895-1896 | |||
| 5 | John Colvin | Populist Populist Party (United States) The People's Party, also known as the "Populists", was a short-lived political party in the United States established in 1891. It was most important in 1892-96, then rapidly faded away... |
Mitchell Mitchell, South Dakota -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 14,558 people, 6,121 households, and 3,599 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,475.7 people per square mile . There were 6,555 housing units at an average density of 664.4 per square mile... |
Davison Davison County, South Dakota As of the census of 2000, there were 18,741 people, 7,585 households, and 4,770 families residing in the county. The population density was 43 people per square mile . There were 8,093 housing units at an average density of 19 per square mile... |
1897-1898 | ||
| 6 | Albert G. Somers | Republican | Strouseton | Grant Grant County, South Dakota As of the census of 2000, there were 7,847 people, 3,116 households, and 2,156 families residing in the county. The population density was 12 people per square mile . There were 3,456 housing units at an average density of 5 per square mile... |
1899-1902 | ||
| 7 | John L. Browne | Aberdeen | Brown | 1903-1906 | |||
| 8 | Morris J. Chaney | Wakonda Wakonda, South Dakota Wakonda is a town in Clay County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 321 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Wakonda is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land.... |
Clay | 1907-1910 | |||
| 9 | Charles J. Morris | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | 1911-1912 | |||
| 10 | Peter J. Tscharner | Lemmon Lemmon, South Dakota Lemmon is a city in Perkins County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,227 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Lemmon is located at .... |
Perkins Perkins County, South Dakota As of the census of 2000, there were 3,363 people, 1,429 households, and 937 families residing in the county. The population density was 1.2 people per square mile . There were 1,854 housing units at an average density of 0.6 per square mile... |
1913-1914 | |||
| 11 | Charles A. Christopherson Charles A. Christopherson Charles Andrew Christopherson was a lawyer and politician in South Dakota. He was elected to the state legislature in 1912... |
Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | 1915-1916 | U.S. Congressman South Dakota's At-large congressional district The South Dakota at-large congressional district covers the entire state of South Dakota. It was created in 1982, after South Dakota lost its 2nd District. From 1889 to 1913, it existed with two representatives elected statewide at-large.... |
1919-1933 | |
| 12 | A.C. Roberts | Pierpont Pierpont, South Dakota Pierpont is a town in Day County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 135 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Pierpont is located at .... |
Day Day County, South Dakota As of the census of 2000, there were 6,267 people, 2,586 households, and 1,688 families residing in the county. The population density was 6 people per square mile . There were 3,618 housing units at an average density of 4 per square mile... |
1917-1918 | |||
| 13 | Lewis Benson | Flandreau Flandreau, South Dakota Flandreau is a city in Moody County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 2,341 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Moody County... |
Moody Moody County, South Dakota As of the census of 2000, there were 6,595 people, 2,526 households, and 1,763 families residing in the county. The population density was 13 people per square mile . There were 2,745 housing units at an average density of 5 per square mile... |
1919-1920 | |||
| 14 | Christian O. Berdahl | Garretson Garretson, South Dakota Garretson is a city in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,166 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Garretson is located at .... |
Minnehaha | 1921-1922 | |||
| 15 | Emmet Orville Frescoln | Winner Winner, South Dakota Winner is a city in Tripp County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 2,897 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Tripp County. Winner also serves as the administrative center of neighboring Todd County, which does not have its own county seat. The nearest airport is Winner... |
Tripp | 1923-1924 | |||
| 16 | Charles S. McDonald | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | 1925-1926 | |||
| 17 | Ray F. Williamson | Aberdeen | Brown | 1927-1928 | |||
| 18 | Daniel K. Loucks | Watertown | Codington | 1929-1930 | |||
| 19 | B.W. McVeigh | Britton Britton, South Dakota Britton is a city in and the county seat of Marshall County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,241 at the 2010 census.A weekly newspaper, the Britton Journal, is published in Britton.-Geography:... |
Marshall | 1931-1932 | |||
| 20 | George Abild | Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
Pukwana Pukwana, South Dakota Pukwana is a town in Brule County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 285 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Pukwana is located at .... |
Brule | 1933-1934 | ||
| 21 | W. J. Eggert | Rockham Rockham, South Dakota Rockham is a town in Faulk County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 33 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Rockham is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land.... |
Faulk | 1935-1936 | |||
| 22 | A. C. Miller | Republican | Kennebec Kennebec, South Dakota Kennebec is a town in Lyman County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 240 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Lyman County.-Geography:Kennebec is located at .... |
Lyman | 1937-1940 | Lieutenant Governor Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota The Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota is the lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of South Dakota.He or she is the second-ranking member of the executive branch of South Dakota state government and also serves as presiding officer of the South Dakota Senate... |
1941-1945 |
| 23 | George T. Mickelson George T. Mickelson George Theodore Mickelson was the 18th Governor of South Dakota, and later a United States federal judge.-Background:... |
Selby Selby, South Dakota Selby is a city in Walworth County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 642 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Walworth County.-Geography:Selby is located at .... |
Walworth | 1941-1942 | SD Attorney General Governor Governor of South Dakota The Governor of South Dakota is the head of the executive branch of the government of South Dakota. They are elected to a four year term on even years when there is no Presidential election. The current governor is Dennis Daugaard, a Republican elected in 2010.... |
1943-1947 1947-1951 |
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| 24 | O.H. Hove | Colman Colman, South Dakota Colman is a city in Moody County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 594 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Colman is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.... |
Moody | 1943-1944 | |||
| 25 | Anton Christian Halls | Garretson | Minnehaha | 1945-1946 | |||
| 26 | George Wininger Mills | Wall Wall, South Dakota Wall is a town in Pennington County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 766 at the 2010 census... |
Pennington | 1947-1948 | |||
| 27 | Arthur E. Munck | Pierre Pierre, South Dakota Pierre is the capital of the U.S. state of South Dakota and the county seat of Hughes County. The population was 13,646 at the 2010 census, making it the second least populous state capital after Montpelier, Vermont... |
Hughes | 1949-1950 | |||
| 28 | Hugh H. Stokes | Flandreau | Moody | 1951-1952 | |||
| 29 | Hobart H. Gates | Custer Custer, South Dakota Custer is a city in Custer County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 2,067 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Custer County.-History:... |
Custer | 1953-1954 | |||
| 30 | Nils A. Boe | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | 1955-1958 | Lieutenant Governor Governor |
1963-1965 1965-1969 |
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| 31 | Archie M. Gubbrud Archie M. Gubbrud Archie M. Gubbrud was the 22nd Governor of South Dakota.-Background:Archie M. Gubbrud was born in Norway Township in Lincoln County, South Dakota. He was one of four children born to Torval Marius and Ella Gubbrud... |
Alcester Alcester, South Dakota Alcester is a city in Union County, South Dakota, United States. It is part of the Sioux City, IA–NE–SD Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 807 at the 2010 census.- History :... |
Lincoln | 1959-1960 | Governor | 1961-1965 | |
| 32 | Carl T. Burgess | Rapid City | Pennington | 1961-1962 | |||
| 33 | Paul E. Brown | Arlington Arlington, South Dakota Arlington is a city in Brookings and Kingsbury counties in the U.S. state of South Dakota. The population was 915 at the 2010 census.-History:... |
Kingsbury | 1963-1964 | |||
| 34 | Charles C. Droz | Miller Miller, South Dakota Miller is a city in Hand County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,489 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Hand County.-Geography:... |
Hand | 1965-1966 | |||
| 35 | James D. Jelbert | Spearfish Spearfish, South Dakota Spearfish is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota,United States. The population was 10,494 at the 2010 census.- History :Prior to the Black Hills Gold Rush of 1876, the area was used by Native Americans who would spear fish in the creek... |
Lawrence | 1967-1968 | |||
| 36 | Dexter H. Gunderson | Irene Irene, South Dakota Irene is a city in Clay, Turner, and Yankton counties in the U.S. state of South Dakota. The population was 420 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Irene is located at .... |
Clay | 1969-1970 | |||
| 37 | Donald E. Osheim | Watertown | Codington | 1971-1972 | |||
| 38 | Gene N. Lebrun | Democratic | Rapid City Rapid City, South Dakota Rapid City is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of South Dakota, and the county seat of Pennington County. Named after Rapid Creek on which the city is established, it is set against the eastern slope of the Black Hills mountain range. The population was 67,956 as of the 2010 Census. Rapid... |
Pennington | 1973-1974 | ||
| 39 | Joseph H. Barnett | Republican | Aberdeen | Brown | 1975-1976 | ||
| 40 | 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... |
Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | 1977-1978 | Lieutenant Governor | 1979-1986 | |
| 41 | George S. Mickelson George S. Mickelson George Speaker Mickelson was an American politician from the U.S. state of South Dakota. Mickelson, a Republican, served as the 28th Governor of South Dakota from January 6, 1987 until his death in a plane crash in 1993. His father, George T. Mickelson, was also a governor of South Dakota,... |
Brookings | Brookings | 1979-1980 | Governor | 1987-1993 | |
| 42 | 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... |
New Underwood New Underwood, South Dakota New Underwood is a city in Pennington County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 660 at the 2010 census.-Geography:New Underwood is located at .... |
Pennington | 1981-1982 | Lieutenant Governor Governor |
1987-1993 1993-1994 |
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| 43 | Jerome B. Lammers | Madison Madison, South Dakota Madison is a city in Lake County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 6,474 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Lake County and is home to Dakota State University.-Geography:Madison is located at .... |
Lake | 1983-1984 | |||
| 44 | Donald J. Ham | Rapid City | Pennington | 1985-1986 | |||
| 45 | Debra R. Anderson | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | 1987-1988 | |||
| 46 | Royal J. 'Bud' Wood | Warner Warner, South Dakota Warner is a town in Brown County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 457 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Warner is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land.... |
Brown | 1989-1990 | |||
| 47 | E. James 'Jim' Hood | Spearfish | Lawrence | 1991-1992 | |||
| 48 | Steve K. Cutler | Claremont Claremont, South Dakota Claremont is a town in Brown County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 127 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Claremont is located at .... |
Brown | 1993-1994 | |||
| 49 | Harvey C. Krautschun | Spearfish | Lawrence | 1995-1996 | |||
| 50 | Rexford A. 'Rex' Hagg | Rapid City | Pennington | 1997-1998 | |||
| 51 | Roger W. Hunt | Brandon Brandon, South Dakota There were 1,909 households out of which 53.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.0% were married couples living together, 10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.6% were non-families. 13.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.3% had someone... |
Minnehaha | 1999-2000 | |||
| 52 | Scott G. Eccarius | Rapid City | Pennington | 2001-2002 | |||
| 53 | Matthew J. W. 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.... |
Yankton Yankton, South Dakota Yankton is a city in, and the county seat of, Yankton County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 14,454 at the 2010 census. Yankton was the original capital of Dakota Territory. It is named for the Yankton tribe of Nakota Native Americans... |
Yankton | 2003-2006 | Lieutenant Governor | 2011-present | |
| 54 | Thomas J. Deadrick | Platte Platte, South Dakota Platte is a city in Charles Mix County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,230 at the 2010 census. The community is named after the Platte Creek.- History :Settlement began in the area in the early 1880s.... |
Charles Mix | 2007-present |