page_title: List of South Dakota State University people
section_title: Government and law
hierarchical_section_title: List of South Dakota State University people / Government and law
caption_attribution_description: Tom Daschle, former Senator from South Dakota.
context_page_description: List of prominent alumni of South Dakota State University.
context_section_description: Philo Hall (1886), U.S. Representative from South Dakota and 6th Attorney General of South Dakota.
  Sigurd Anderson, 19th Governor of South Dakota.
  Ben Reifel (1932), U.S. Representative from South Dakota, first Indian member of Congress.
  Francis G. Dunn (1935), Chief Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court.
  Andrew Wendell Bogue (1941), Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.
  Gordon Mydland (1944), 23rd Attorney General of South Dakota.
  Richard F. Kneip (1945), 6th United States Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore and 25th Governor of South Dakota.
  William Dougherty (1954), Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota.
  Frank Denholm (1956), U.S. Representative from South Dakota.
  Kermit A. Sande (1964), 24th Attorney General of South Dakota.
  Tom Daschle (1969), United States Majority Leader of the United States Senate and U.S. Representative from South Dakota.
  Larry Long (1969), 29th Attorney General of South Dakota.
  Randy Seiler, 41st United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota.
  Alan G. Lance Sr. (1971), 31st Attorney General of Idaho, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and National Commander of The American Legion.
  David Gilbertson (1972), current Chief Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court.
  Mike Rounds (1976), current U.S. Senator from South Dakota and 31st Governor of South Dakota.
  Stephen Censky (1981), current United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture.
  Carole Hillard (1982), Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota.
  Tom Nelson (1979), Mayor of the City of Lead and State Senator.
  Kristie Fiegen (1984), Chairwoman of South Dakota Public Utilities Commission.
  Gregory J. Stoltenburg (1984), current presiding judge, Third Circuit Court of South Dakota.
  Mark Salter (1990), current Associate Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court.
  Jason Frerichs (2007), current South Dakota Senate Minority Leader.
  Kristi Noem (2011), current U.S. Representative from South Dakota and first female Governor of South Dakota.
  Steve Hildebrand, Deputy National Campaign Director for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.
  Charles Abourezk, current Chief Justice, Rosebud Sioux Tribe Supreme Court.
caption: Tom Daschle
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