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Guide to the Governors Papers at the South Dakota State Archives, 1861-2011
Territorial Governors Papers, 1861-1889
 William Jayne 1861-1863 |
 Newton Edmunds 1863-1866 |
 Andrew J. Faulk 1866-1869 |
 John A. Burbank 1869-1873 |
 John L. Pennington 1874-1878 |
 William A. Howard 1878-1880 |
 Nehemiah Ordway 1880-1884 |
 Gilbert A. Pierce 1884-1887 |
 Louis K. Church 1887-1889 |
 Arthur Calvin Mellette March 11, 1889 October 1, 1889 |
South Dakota State Governors, 1889-1925
 Arthur C. Mellette 1889-1893 |
 Charles H. Sheldon 1893-1897 |
 Andrew E. Lee 1897-1901 |
 Charles N. Herreid 1901-1905 |
 Samuel H. Elrod 1905-1907 |
 Coe I. Crawford 1907-1909 |
 Robert S. Vessey 1909-1913 |
 Frank M. Byrne 1913-1917 |
 Peter Norbeck 1917-1921 |
 William H. McMaster 1921-1925 |
South Dakota State Governors, 1925-1959
 Carl Gunderson 1925-1927 |
 William J. Bulow 1927-1931 |
 Warren E. Green 1931-1933 |
 Tom Berry 1933-1937 |
 Leslie Jensen 1937-1939 |
 Harlan J. Bushfield 1939-1943 |
 Merrill Q. Sharpe 1943-1947 |
 George T. Mickelson 1947-1951 |
 Sigurd Anderson 1951-1955 |
 Joseph J. Foss 1955-1959 |
South Dakota State Governors, 1959-Present
 Ralph Herseth 1959-1961 |
 Archie M. Gubbrud 1961-1965 |
 Nils A. Boe 1965-1969 |
 Frank L. Farrar 1969-1971 |
 Richard F. Kneip 1971-1978 |
 Harvey Wollman 1978 |
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 George S. Mickelson 1987-1993 |
 Walter D. Miller 1993-1995 |
 M. Michael Rounds 2003-2011 |
