This is a comprehensive list of speakers of the South Dakota House of Representatives since statehood in 1889.
- For information about the House of Representatives, see South Dakota House of Representatives
Five South Dakota speakers have gone on to serve as governor.
# | Speaker | Party | City | County | Term | Other office | Term |
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1 | Sutton E. Young | Republican | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | 1889–1890 | ||
2 | Charles X. Seward | Watertown | Codington | 1891–1892 | |||
3 | James Marshall Lawson | Aberdeen | Brown | 1893–1894 | State Senator SD President Pro Tempore |
1899–1906 1901–1902 | |
4 | Charles Tisdale Howard | Redfield | Spink | 1895–1896 | |||
5 | John Colvin | Populist | Mitchell | Davison | 1897–1898 | ||
6 | Albert G. Somers | Republican | Strouseton | Grant | 1899–1902 | ||
7 | John L. Browne | Aberdeen | Brown | 1903–1906 | |||
8 | Morris J. Chaney | Wakonda | Clay | 1907–1910 | |||
9 | Charles J. Morris | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | 1911–1912 | |||
10 | Peter J. Tscharner | Lemmon | Perkins | 1913–1914 | |||
11 | Charles A. Christopherson | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | 1915–1916 | U.S. Congressman | 1919–1933 | |
12 | A.C. Roberts | Pierpont | Day | 1917–1918 | |||
13 | Lewis Benson | Flandreau | Moody | 1919–1920 | |||
14 | Christian O. Berdahl | Garretson | Minnehaha | 1921–1922 | |||
15 | Emmet Orville Frescoln | 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 | Marshall | 1931–1932 | |||
20 | George Abild | Democratic | Pukwana | Brule | 1933–1934 | ||
21 | W. J. Eggert | Rockham | Faulk | 1935–1936 | |||
22 | Albert C. Miller | Republican | Kennebec | Lyman | 1937–1940 | Lieutenant Governor South Dakota Attorney General |
1941–1945 1961-1963 |
23 | George T. Mickelson | Selby | Walworth | 1941–1942 | South Dakota Attorney General Governor |
1943–1947 1947–1951 | |
24 | O.H. Hove | Colman | Moody | 1943–1944 | |||
25 | Anton Christian Halls | Garretson | Minnehaha | 1945–1946 | |||
26 | George Wininger Mills | Wall | Pennington | 1947–1948 | |||
27 | Arthur E. Munck | Pierre | Hughes | 1949–1950 | |||
28 | Hugh H. Stokes | Flandreau | Moody | 1951–1952 | |||
29 | Hobart H. Gates | Custer | Custer | 1953–1954 | |||
30 | Nils A. Boe | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | 1955–1958 | Lieutenant Governor Governor |
1963–1965 1965–1969 | |
31 | Archie M. Gubbrud | Alcester | Lincoln | 1959–1960 | Governor | 1961–1965 | |
32 | Carl T. Burgess | Rapid City | Pennington | 1961–1962 | |||
33 | Paul E. Brown | Arlington | Kingsbury | 1963–1964 | |||
34 | Charles C. Droz | Miller | Hand | 1965–1966 | |||
35 | James D. Jelbert | Spearfish | Lawrence | 1967–1968 | |||
36 | Dexter H. Gunderson | Irene | Clay | 1969–1970 | |||
37 | Donald E. Osheim | Watertown | Codington | 1971–1972 | |||
38 | Gene N. Lebrun | Democratic | Rapid City | Pennington | 1973–1974 | ||
39 | Joseph H. Barnett | Republican | Aberdeen | Brown | 1975–1976 | ||
40 | Lowell C. Hansen II | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | 1977–1978 | Lieutenant Governor | 1979–1986 | |
41 | George S. Mickelson | Brookings | Brookings | 1979–1980 | Governor | 1987–1993 | |
42 | Walter Dale Miller | New Underwood | Pennington | 1981–1982 | Lieutenant Governor Governor |
1987–1993 1993–1994 | |
43 | Jerome B. Lammers | Madison | 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 | Brown | 1989–1990 | |||
47 | E. James 'Jim' Hood | Spearfish | Lawrence | 1991–1992 | |||
48 | Steve K. Cutler | Claremont | 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 | Minnehaha | 1999–2000 | |||
52 | Scott G. Eccarius | Rapid City | Pennington | 2001–2002 | |||
53 | Matthew J. W. Michels | Yankton | Yankton | 2003–2006 | Lieutenant Governor | 2011–2019 | |
54 | Thomas J. Deadrick | Platte | Charles Mix | 2007–2010 | |||
55 | Valentine Rausch | Big Stone City | Grant | 2011–2012 | |||
56 | Brian Gosch | Rapid City | Pennington | 2013–2014 | |||
57 | Dean Wink | Howes | Meade | 2015–2016 | |||
58 | Mark Mickelson | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | 2017–2018 | |||
59 | Steven Haugaard | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | 2019–2020 | |||
60 | Spencer Gosch | Glenham | Walworth | 2021–2022 | |||
61 | Hugh Bartels | Watertown | Codington | 2023–present |
See also
References
- Legislator Historical Listing. South Dakota Legislative Research Council.