List of Governors of Dakota Territory
Territorial governors

List of Governors of Dakota Territory

Section Title: Territorial governors
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Governor	In office	Party	Appointing president

1	-	William Jayne (1826–1916)	May 27, 1861 – March 4, 1863 Resigned	Republican	Abraham Lincoln

2	-	Newton Edmunds (1819–1908)	October 17, 1863 – September 3, 1866 Dismissed

3	-	Andrew J. Faulk (1814–1898)	September 3, 1866 – May 10, 1869 Dismissed	Andrew Johnson

4	-	John A. Burbank (1827–1905)	May 10, 1869 – April 1873 Dismissed	Ulysses S. Grant

–	Edwin Stanton McCook photograph.JPG	Edwin S. McCook (1837–1873)	April 1873 – September 11, 1873 Died	Independent	Acting governor

(4)	-	John A. Burbank (1827–1905)	October 1873 – January 1, 1874 Resigned	Republican	Ulysses S. Grant

5	-	John L. Pennington (1829–1900)	January 1, 1874 – April 12, 1878 Dismissed

6	-	William A. Howard (1813–1880)	April 12, 1878 – April 10, 1880 Died	Rutherford B. Hayes

7	-	Nehemiah G. Ordway (1828–1907)	June 1, 1880 – June 25, 1884 Dismissed

8	-	Gilbert A. Pierce (1839–1901)	June 25, 1884 – February 5, 1887 Resigned	Chester A. Arthur

9	-	Louis K. Church (1846–1898)	February 21, 1887 – March 9, 1889 Resigned	Democratic	Grover Cleveland

10	-	Arthur C. Mellette (1842–1896)	March 9, 1889 – November 2, 1889 Became 1st Governor of South Dakota	Republican	Popularly elected

Sentence(s)

Arthur Calvin Mellette (1842 – 1896) was the last Governor of Dakota Territory and the first Governor of South Dakota.

final_sentence: Arthur Calvin Mellette (1842 – 1896) was the last Governor of Dakota Territory and the first Governor of South Dakota.