List of United States Representatives from South Dakota

This is a list of the people who have represented 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...

in the United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...

, since statehood in 1889.

Representative	Years	Party	District
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...	1973–1981	Republican	2nd
James Abourezk James Abourezk James George Abourezk is a former Democratic United States Representative and United States Senator, and was the first Arab-American to serve in the United States Senate. He represented South Dakota in the U.S...	1971–1973	Democratic	2nd
E. Y. Berry	1951–1971	Republican	2nd
Charles H. Burke Charles H. Burke Charles Henry Burke was a Republican Congressman from South Dakota and Commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the 1920s.-Biography:He was born near Batavia, New York, in 1861, and attended the public school there...	1899–1907 1909–1915	Republican	At-large, 2nd
Francis Case	1937–1951	Republican	2nd
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...	1919–1933	Republican	1st
Tom Daschle Tom Daschle Thomas Andrew "Tom" Daschle is a former U.S. Senator from South Dakota and former U.S. Senate Majority Leader. He is a member of the Democratic Party....	1979–1987	Democratic	1st, At-large
Frank E. Denholm Frank E. Denholm Frank Edward Denholm was a member of the United States House of Representatives from South Dakota. He was born in Scotland Township of Day County, South Dakota in 1923....	1971–1975	Democratic	1st
Charles H. Dillon	1913–1919	Republican	1st
John Rankin Gamble John Rankin Gamble John Rankin Gamble was a lawyer and politician from South Dakota. He was born in Alabama, New York in 1848, and was the brother of Robert J. Gamble and uncle of Ralph Abernethy Gamble....	1891	Republican	At-large
Robert J. Gamble Robert J. Gamble Robert Jackson Gamble was a U.S. Representative and Senator from South Dakota. He was the father of Ralph Abernethy Gamble and brother of John Rankin Gamble....	1895–1897 1895–1897	Republican	At-large
Harry L. Gandy	1915–1921	Democratic	3rd
Oscar S. Gifford Oscar S. Gifford Oscar Sherman Gifford was an American lawyer of Canton, South Dakota. He served six years in the United States House of Representatives, first as the non-voting delegate from the Dakota Territory, then as a full member of the House from South Dakota.Oscar was born in Watertown, Jefferson County,...	1889–1891	Republican	At-large
Philo Hall Philo Hall Philo Hall was a member of the United States House of Representatives from South Dakota. He was born in Wilton Township, Waseca County, Minnesota. He attended the common schools and studied law, being admitted to the bar in 1887 and starting his practice in Brookings, Dakota Territory, in what...	1907–1909	Republican	At-large
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin	2004–2011	Democratic	At-large
Fred H. Hildebrandt Fred H. Hildebrandt Fred Herman Hildebrandt was a member of the United States House of Representatives from South Dakota, serving three consecutive terms...	1933–1939	Democratic	1st
Bill Janklow Bill Janklow William John "Bill" Janklow served as the 25th Attorney General of South Dakota, before being elected as South Dakota's 27th and 30th Governor, as well as to the United States House of Representatives where he served for a little more than a year. A Republican, Janklow's career has continued as a...	2003–2004	Republican	At-large
Royal C. Johnson Royal C. Johnson Royal Cleaves Johnson was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from South Dakota and a highly decorated veteran of World War I. He was born in Cherokee, Iowa in 1882....	1915–1933	Republican	2nd
Tim Johnson	1987–1997	Democratic	At-large
John L. Jolley John L. Jolley John Lawlor Jolley was a member of the United States House of Representatives from South Dakota. He was born in Montreal, Canada in 1840, where he attended the common schools. He graduated from Eastman Business College in Poughkeepsie, New York...	1891–1893	Republican	At-large
John Edward Kelley John Edward Kelley John Edward Kelley was a newspaperman and a politician from South Dakota. He was born in Columbia County, Wisconsin, near Portage City, in 1853, where he attended the public schools....	1897–1899	Populist	At-large
Freeman T. Knowles Freeman T. Knowles Freeman Tulley Knowles was a U.S. Populist politician.He was born in Harmony, Maine. He was elected as a Populist to the United States House of Representatives from South Dakota in 1896 and served from March 4, 1897 to March 3, 1899. He died in Deadwood, South Dakota.Knowles was a Civil War...	1897–1899	Populist	At-large
Harold O. Lovre	1949–1957	Republican	1st
William V. Lucas William V. Lucas William Vincent Lucas was a U.S. Republican politician.He was born near Delphi, Indiana. He was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives from South Dakota in 1892, and served from March 4, 1893 to March 3, 1895. He died in Santa Cruz, California.-Sources:...	1893–1895	Republican	At-large
Eben W. Martin	1901–1915	Republican	At-large, 3rd
George McGovern George McGovern George Stanley McGovern is an historian, author, and former U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and the Democratic Party nominee in the 1972 presidential election....	1957–1961	Democratic	1st
Karl E. Mundt	1939–1948	Republican	1st
Kristi Noem Kristi Noem Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem is the U.S. Representative for , serving since January 2011. She is a member of the Republican Party and has been elected to the Republican Leadership for the 112th Congress as one of its two freshman representatives...	2011-present	Republican	At-large
William H. Parker William H. Parker (politician) William Henry Parker was a U. S. Representative from South Dakota. He graduated from the law department of Columbian College .-External links:* from .* at the ....	1907–1908	Republican	At-large
John A. Pickler	1889–1897	Republican	At-large
Larry Pressler	1975–1979	Republican	1st
Ben Reifel Ben Reifel Benjamin "Ben" Reifel, also known as Lone Feather was a public administrator and politician of Lakota Sioux and German-American descent. He had a career with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, retiring as area administrator...	1961–1971	Republican	1st
Clint Roberts Clint Roberts Clint Ronald Roberts is a politician from the state of South Dakota. He was born in Presho, South Dakota and attended Black Hills State College from 1952 to 1953. He was a member of the South Dakota Senate from 1972 to 1978. In 1980 he was elected to the House of Representatives as a Republican....	1981–1983	Republican	2nd
John R. Thune	1997–2003	Republican	At-large
Theodore B. Werner Theodore B. Werner Theodore B. Werner was a U.S. Democratic politician.He was born in Ossian, Iowa. He served as the mayor of Rapid City, South Dakota from 1929 to 1930. He was elected to two terms in the United States House of Representatives, representing South Dakota, and served from March 4, 1933 to January 3,...	1933–1937	Democratic	2nd
William Williamson William Williamson (South Dakota) William Williamson was a U. S. Representative from South Dakota. He was the last Representative from the third district.-Biography:...	1921–1933	Republican	3rd

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