Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota

The **Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota** is the lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of South Dakota. The officeholder is the second-ranking member of the executive branch of South Dakota state government and also is the speaker of the South Dakota Senate.

## List

- Parties

|#|Lt. Governor|Party|From|To|Governor(s) served under|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|James H. Fletcher|Republican|1889|1891|Arthur C. Mellette|
|2|George H. Hoffman|Republican|1891|1893|Arthur C. Mellette|
|3|Charles N. Herreid|Republican|1893|1897|Charles H. Sheldon|
|4|Daniel T. Hindman|Republican|1897|1899|Andrew E. Lee|
|5|John T. Kean|Republican|1899|1901|Andrew E. Lee|
|6|George W. Snow|Republican|1901|1905|Charles N. Herreid|
|7|John E. McDougall|Republican|1905|1907|Samuel H. Elrod|
|8|Howard C. Shober|Republican|1907|1911|Coe I. Crawford Robert S. Vessey|
|9|Frank M. Byrne|Republican|1911|1913|Robert S. Vessey|
|10|Edward Lincoln Abel|Republican|1913|1915|Frank M. Byrne|
|11|Peter Norbeck|Republican|1915|1917|Frank M. Byrne|
|12|William H. McMaster|Republican|1917|1921|Peter Norbeck|
|13|Carl Gunderson|Republican|1921|1925|William H. McMaster|
|14|Alva Clark Forney|Republican|1925|1927|Carl Gunderson|
|15|Hyatt E. Covey|Republican|1927|1929|William J. Bulow|
|16|Clarence E. Coyne|Republican|1929|1929|William J. Bulow|
|17|John T. Grigsby|Democrat|1929|1931|William J. Bulow|
|18|Odell K. Whitney|Republican|1931|1933|Warren Green|
|19|Hans Ustrud|Democrat|1933|1935|Tom Berry|
|20|Robert Peterson|Democrat|1935|1937|Tom Berry|
|21|Donald McMurchie|Republican|1937|1941|Leslie Jensen Harlan J. Bushfield|
|22|Albert C. Miller|Republican|1941|1945|Harlan J. Bushfield Merrill Q. Sharpe|
|23|Sioux K. Grigsby|Republican|1945|1949|Merrill Q. Sharpe George T. Mickelson|
|24|Rex A. Terry|Republican|1949|1955|George T. Mickelson Sigurd Anderson|
|25|L. Roy Houck|Republican|1955|1959|Joe Foss|
|26|John F. Lindley|Democrat|1959|1961|Ralph Herseth|
|27|Joseph H. Bottum|Republican|1961|1962|Archie M. Gubbrud|
|28|Nils Boe|Republican|1963|1965|Archie M. Gubbrud|
|29|Lem Overpeck|Republican|1965|1969|Nils Boe|
|30|James Abdnor|Republican|1969|1971|Frank Farrar|
|31|William Dougherty|Democrat|1971|1975|Richard Kneip|
|32|Harvey L. Wollman|Democrat|1975|1978|Richard Kneip|
|33|Lowell C. Hansen II|Republican|1979|1987|Bill Janklow|
|34|Walter Dale Miller|Republican|1987|1993|George S. Mickelson|
|35|Steve T. Kirby|Republican|1993|1995|Walter Dale Miller|
|36|Carole Hillard|Republican|1995|2003|Bill Janklow|
|37|Dennis Daugaard|Republican|2003|2011|Mike Rounds|
|38|Matt Michels|Republican|2011|2019|Dennis Daugaard|
|39|Larry Rhoden|Republican|2019|2025|Kristi Noem|
|40|Tony Venhuizen|Republican|2025|Incumbent|Larry Rhoden|

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: Lieutenant Governor
- **body**: South Dakota
- **insignia**: SouthDakota-StateSeal.svg
- **insigniasize**: 100px
- **insigniacaption**: Seal of South Dakota
- **imagesize**: 200px
- **alt**: =
- **incumbent**: Tony Venhuizen
- **incumbentsince**: January 30, 2025
- **style**: The Honorable
- **termlength**: 4 years, renewable once, same election with The governor's Ticket
- **formation**: Constitution of South Dakota
- **inaugural**: James H. Fletcher, 1889
- **salary**: $112,885.76
- **website**: [http://sd.gov/governor/ Governor's Website]