List of speakers of the South Dakota House of Representatives
This is a comprehensive list of speakers of the South Dakota House of Representatives since statehood in 1889.[1]
- 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 | Republican | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | 1889–1890 | |||
2 | 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 | Populist | Mitchell | Davison | 1897–1898 | |||
6 | Republican | Strouseton | Grant | 1899–1902 | |||
7 | Aberdeen | Brown | 1903–1906 | ||||
8 | Wakonda | Clay | 1907–1910 | ||||
9 | Charles J. Morris | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | 1911–1912 | |||
10 | Lemmon | Perkins | 1913–1914 | ||||
11 | Charles A. Christopherson | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | 1915–1916 | U.S. Congressman | 1919–1933 | |
12 | Pierpont | Day | 1917–1918 | ||||
13 | Flandreau | Moody | 1919–1920 | ||||
14 | Garretson | Minnehaha | 1921–1922 | ||||
15 | Winner | Tripp | 1923–1924 | ||||
16 | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | 1925–1926 | ||||
17 | Aberdeen | Brown | 1927–1928 | ||||
18 | Watertown | Codington | 1929–1930 | ||||
19 | Britton | Marshall | 1931–1932 | ||||
20 | Democratic | Pukwana | Brule | 1933–1934 | |||
21 | 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 | Colman | Moody | 1943–1944 | ||||
25 | Garretson | Minnehaha | 1945–1946 | ||||
26 | Wall | Pennington | 1947–1948 | ||||
27 | Pierre | Hughes | 1949–1950 | ||||
28 | Flandreau | Moody | 1951–1952 | ||||
29 | 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 | Rapid City | Pennington | 1961–1962 | ||||
33 | Arlington | Kingsbury | 1963–1964 | ||||
34 | Charles C. Droz | Miller | Hand | 1965–1966 | |||
35 | Spearfish | Lawrence | 1967–1968 | ||||
36 | Irene | Clay | 1969–1970 | ||||
37 | Watertown | Codington | 1971–1972 | ||||
38 | Gene N. Lebrun | Democratic | Rapid City | Pennington | 1973–1974 | ||
39 | 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 | Rapid City | Pennington | 1985–1986 | ||||
45 | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | 1987–1988 | ||||
46 | Warner | Brown | 1989–1990 | ||||
47 | Spearfish | Lawrence | 1991–1992 | ||||
48 | Claremont | Brown | 1993–1994 | ||||
49 | Spearfish | Lawrence | 1995–1996 | ||||
50 | Rapid City | Pennington | 1997–1998 | ||||
51 | Roger W. Hunt | Brandon | Minnehaha | 1999–2000 | |||
52 | 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–present |
References[]
- ^ Legislator Historical Listing. South Dakota Legislative Research Council.
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