page_title: List of University of South Dakota people
section_title: Politics and government
hierarchical_section_title: List of University of South Dakota people / Notable alumni / Politics and government
caption_attribution_description: Tim Johnson, U.S. Senator from South Dakota.
context_page_description: The following is a list of notable people associated with University of South Dakota, located in the American city of Vermillion, South Dakota.
context_section_description: James Abourezk, U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative from South Dakota, first Arab-American U.S. Senator
  Sigurd Anderson, Governor of South Dakota
  Joseph H. Bottum,  27th Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota and a member of the United States Senate
  Kevin Brady, U.S. Representative from Texas
  Dwight W. Burney, 30th Governor of Nebraska
  Dan Crippen, Director of the Congressional Budget Office
  Dennis Daugaard, 32nd Governor of South Dakota
  George E. "Bud" Day, retired Air Force colonel, ex-POW, and most highly decorated military officer since Douglas MacArthur
  Frank Farrar, 24th Governor of South Dakota
  Joe Foss, fighter ace, Governor of South Dakota, television personality, commissioner of the American Football League, and President of the National Rifle Association
  Carl Gunderson, Governor of South Dakota
  Daryl Hecht, Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court
  Carole Hillard, Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota
  Dusty Johnson, U.S. Representative and PUC Commissioner
  Marty Jackley, 30th Attorney General of South Dakota
  Bill Janklow, Governor of South Dakota and Representative of South Dakota
  Leslie Jensen, Governor of South Dakota
  Tim Johnson, U.S. senator from South Dakota
  Steve T. Kirby, Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota
  Roberto Lange, Judge of U.S. District Court of South Dakota
  Richard Barrett Lowe, Governor of American Samoa and Governor of Guam
  Matt Michels, current Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota
  George S. Mickelson, Governor of South Dakota
  John C. Miller Jr., United States Marine Corps Brigadier General
  Byron S. Payne, South Dakota Attorney General
  Larry Pressler, U.S. Representative and Senator from South Dakota
  Merrell Q. Sharpe, Attorney General of South Dakota from 1929 through 1933, and Governor of South Dakota from 1943 through 1947
  Harold J. Sykora, National Guard Major General, Adjutant General of South Dakota
  John Thune, U.S. senator from South Dakota
caption: Tim Johnson
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