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Dakota Territory was organized on March 2, 1861; [1] on November 2, 1889, it was split into the states of North Dakota and South Dakota. [2] The Constitution of South Dakota originally provided for the election of a governor and lieutenant governor every two years with no limits. A law passed in 1947 prohibited parties from nominating someone ...
Janklow is the longest-serving governor in South Dakota history. He was at the time the only person in the state's history to serve eight full years as governor, which he did twice. Since then, his record has been equaled by Mike Rounds, who served two full terms as governor from 2003 to 2011, and Dennis Daugaard, who served from 2011 to 2019.
Foss as Governor, 1955. Campaigning from the cockpit of a light aircraft, Foss served two elected terms as a Republican representative in the South Dakota legislature and, beginning in 1955, at age 39, as the state's youngest governor. [29]
Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem [1] (/ n oʊ m / NOHM; [2] née Arnold; born November 30, 1971) is an American politician who has served since 2019 as the 33rd governor of South Dakota.A member of the Republican Party, she was the U.S. representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district from 2011 to 2019 and a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives for the 6th district from ...
George Speaker Mickelson (January 31, 1941 – April 19, 1993) was an American politician and Vietnam War veteran who served as the 28th governor of South Dakota from 1987 until his death in 1993 in a plane crash near Zwingle, Iowa. His father, George T. Mickelson, was also governor of South Dakota
The governor of South Dakota is the head of government of South Dakota. [5] The governor is elected to a four-year term in even years when there is no presidential election . [ 1 ] The current governor is Kristi Noem , a member of the Republican Party who took office on January 5, 2019.
Critics, including Democrats and Native American tribes in her state, as well as some senators, have argued that as governor of South Dakota, a state far from the U.S. southern border with only 5% ...
Frank Leroy Farrar (April 2, 1929 – October 31, 2021) was an American politician who was the 24th Governor of South Dakota.A Republican from Britton, he served as the state's attorney general from 1963 to 1969, and as governor from 1969 to 1971.