South Dakota

South Dakota is one of the fifty states that make up the United States of America. It was admitted to the U.S. as the fortieth state on November 2, 1889, along with it's northern neighbor, North Dakota. South Dakota is the seventeenth largest state by area, but has the fifth smallest population.
==State Facts==
Name 	South Dakota
Capital City 	Pierre
Population 	886, 667 (46/50)
Area 	77, 116 square miles (17/50)
Largest Cities	Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Aberdeen, Brookings, Watertown,
Mitchell, Yankton, Pierre, Huron, Spearfish
Counties 	66
== Governors ==
Number	Name 	Birth/Death 	Political Party	Term
1 	Arthur C. Mellette 	1842-96 (54 years) 	Republican 	1889-93 (4 years)
2 	Charles H. Sheldon 	1840-98 (58 years) 	Republican 	1893-97 (4 years)
3 	Andrew E. Lee 	1847-1934 (87 years) 	Populist 	1897-1901 (4 years)
4 	Charles N. Herreid 	1857-1928 (71 years) 	Republican 	1901-05 (4 years)
5 	Samuel H. Elrod 	1856-1935 (79 years) 	Republican 	1905-07 (2 years)
6 	Coe I. Crawford 	1858-1944 (86 years) 	Republican 	1907-09 (2 years)
7 	Robert S. Vessey 	1858-1929 (71 years) 	Republican 	1909-13 (4 years)
8 	Frank M. Byrne 	1858-1927 (69 years) 	Republican 	1913-17 (4 years)
9 	Peter Norbeck 	1870-1936 (66 years) 	Republican 	1917-21 (4 years)
10 	William H. McMaster 	1877-1968 (91 years) 	Republican 	1921-25 (4 years)
11 	Carl Gunderson 	1864-1933 (69 years) 	Republican 	1925-27 (2 years)
12 	William J. Bulow 	1869-1960 (91 years) 	Democratic 	1927-31 (4 years)
13 	Warren Green 	1869-1945 (76 years) 	Republican 	1931-33 (2 years)
14 	Tom Berry 	1879-1951 (72 years) 	Democratic 	1933-37 (4 years)
15 	Leslie Jensen 	1892-1964 (72 years) 	Republican 	1937-39 (2 years)
16 	Harlan J. Bushfield 	1882-1948 (66 years) 	Republican 	1939-43 (4 years)
17 	Merrell Q. Sharpe 	1888-1962 (74 years) 	Republican 	1943-47 (4 years)
18 	George Theodore Mickelson	1903-65 (62 years) 	Republican 	1947-51 (4 years)
19 	Sigurd Anderson 	1904-90 (86 years) 	Republican 	1951-55 (4 years)
20 	Joe Foss 	1915-2003 (88 years) 	Republican 	1955-59 (4 years)
21 	Ralph Herseth 	1909-69 (60 years) 	Democratic 	1959-61 (2 years)
22 	Archie M. Gubbrud 	1910-87 (77 years) 	Republican 	1961-65 (4 years)
23 	Nils Boe 	1913-92 (79 years) 	Republican 	1965-69 (4 years)
24 	Frank Farrar 	1929-2021 (92 years) 	Republican 	1969-71 (2 years)
25 	Dick Kneip 	1933-87 (54 years) 	Democratic 	1971-78 (7 years)
26 	Harvey L. Wollman 	1935-Present (87 years)	Democratic 	1978-79 (1 year)
27/30 	Bill Janklow 	1939-2012 (73 years) 	Republican 	1979-87 (8 years)
1995-2003 (8 years)
28 	George S. Mickelson 	1941-93 (52 years) 	Republican 	1987-93 (6 years)
29 	Walter Dale Miller 	1925-2015 (90 years) 	Republican 	1993-95 (2 years)
31 	Mike Rounds 	1954-Present (68 years)	Republican 	2003-11 (8 years)
32 	Dennis Daugaard 	1953-Present (69 years)	Republican 	2011-19 (8 years)
33 	Kristi Noem 	1971-Present (51 years)	Republican 	2019-Present (3 years)
== U.S. Senators (Class 2) ==
Number	Name 	Birth/Death 	Political Party	Term
1 	Richard F. Pettigrew	1848-1926 (78 years) 	Republican 	1889-1901 (12 years)
2 	Robert J. Gamble 	1851-1924 (73 years) 	Republican 	1901-13 (12 years)
3 	Thomas Sterling 	1851-1930 (79 years) 	Republican 	1913-25 (12 years)
4 	William H. McMaster 	1877-1968 (91 years) 	Republican 	1925-31 (6 years)
5 	William J. Bulow 	1869-1960 (91 years) 	Democratic 	1931-43 (12 years)
6 	Harlan J. Bushfield 	1882-1948 (66 years) 	Republican 	1943-48 (5 years)
7 	Vera C. Bushfield 	1889-1976 (87 years) 	Republican 	1948 (2 months)
8 	Karl Mundt 	1900-74 (74 years) 	Republican 	1948-73 (25 years)
9 	James Abourezk 	1931-Present (91 years)	Democratic 	1973-79 (6 years)
10 	Larry Pressler 	1942-Present (80 years)	Republican 	1979-97 (18 years)
11 	Tim Johnson 	1946-Present (76 years)	Democratic 	1997-2015 (18 years)
12 	Mike Rounds 	1954-Present (68 years)	Republican 	2015-Present (7 years)
== U.S. Senators (Class 3) ==
Number	Name 	Birth/Death 	Political Party 	Term
1 	Gideon C. Moody 	1832-1904 (72 years) 	Republican 	1889-91 (2 years)
2 	James H. Kyle 	1854-1901 (47 years) 	Populist/Republican	1891-1901 (10 years)
3 	Alfred B. Kittredge 	1861-1911 (50 years) 	Republican 	1901-09 (8 years)
4 	Coe I. Crawford 	1858-1944 (86 years) 	Republican 	1909-15 (6 years)
5 	Edwin S. Johnson 	1857-1933 (76 years) 	Democratic 	1915-21 (6 years)
6 	Peter Norbeck 	1870-1936 (66 years) 	Republican 	1921-36 (15 years)
7 	Herbert E. Hitchcock	1867-1958 (91 years) 	Democratic 	1936-38 (2 years)
8 	Gladys Pyle 	1890-1989 (99 years) 	Republican 	1938-39 (1 year)
9 	John Chandler Gurney	1896-1985 (89 years) 	Republican 	1939-51 (12 years)
10 	Francis H. Case 	1896-1962 (66 years) 	Republican 	1951-62 (11 years)
11 	Joseph H. Bottum 	1903-84 (81 years) 	Democratic 	1962-63 (1 year)
12 	George McGovern 	1922-2012 (90 years) 	Democratic 	1963-81 (18 years)
13 	James Abdnor 	1923-2012 (89 years) 	Republican 	1981-87 (6 years)
14 	Tom Daschle 	1947-Present (75 years)	Democratic 	1987-2005 (18 years)
15 	John Thune 	1961-Present (61 years)	Republican 	2005-Present (17 years)
== Current U.S. Representatives ==
District	Name 	Birth 	Political Party	Term
At-large	Dusty Johnson	1976 (46 years)	Republican 	2019-Present (3 years)