Historical Legislators | South Dakota Legislature

Historical Listing

The historical listing contains both territorial and statehood legislators. Legislators who served the Dakota Territory from 1861-1889, are listed as “territorial.” South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. Legislators who served South Dakota from 1890-present, are listed as “statehood.”

Total Legislators 4049

Name1	Gender	Birth	Death	Type	Remarks	Office	Party	Body	City	County	Start Year	End Year

Aaseth, John O.	Male	7-03-1850	12-26-1925	Statehood			Republican	House	Gayville	Yankton	1889	1890
Abbott, Alfred J.	Male	12-22-1844		Statehood	- Territorial Legislature 1868		Republican	House	Bon Homme	Bon Homme	1889	1890
Abbott, Alfred J.		12-22-1844		Territorial	- Territorial Legislature 1868		Republican	House	Bon Homme	Bon Homme	1868	1869
Abbott, Burroughs	Male	-1830		Statehood	- Served in the Minnesota Legislature		Independent	Senate	Columbia	Brown	1891	1892
Abbott, James W.	Male	6-12-1948		Statehood			Democrat	House	Yankton	Yankton	1991	1992
Abbott, W. G.	Male	3-27-1860	1-25-1936	Statehood			Republican	House	Waubay	Day	1909	1910
Abdallah, Gene G.	Male	7-16-1936	11-2-2019	Statehood	- Resigned June 28, 2002 - Appointed to Senate, July 1, 2002, to fill vacancy of David Munson - LRC Executive Board member 2007-2012		Republican	House, Senate	Sioux Falls	Minnehaha	2001	2012
Abdnor, James	Male	2-13-1923	5-16-2012	Statehood	- President Pro tempore 1965-1966 - LRC Executive Board member 1965-1968 - Lieutenant Governor 1969-1971 - U.S. Representative 1973-1981 - U.S. Senator 1981-1986	United States Senator,United States Representative,Lieutenant Governor,President Pro Tempore of the Senate	Republican	Senate	Kennebec	Lyman	1957	1968
Abel, Edward Lincoln	Male	11-19-1860	-1927	Statehood	- Lieutenant Governor 1913-1915	Lieutenant Governor	Republican	Senate	Bridgewater	McCook	1903	1906
Abild, George	Male	6-05-1876		Statehood	- Speaker of the House 1933-1934	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Democrat	Senate, House	Pukwana	Brule	1925	1936
Ackerman, Henry	Male	9-30-1875		Statehood			Republican	House	Herreid	Campbell	1923	1926
Ackermann, William F. D.	Male	12-04-1884		Statehood			Republican	Senate	Kaylor	Hutchinson	1935	1936
Adams, Francis D.	Male	2-21-1838	1-17-1899	Statehood			Republican	Senate	Groton	Brown	1893	1894
Adams, Frederick H.				Territorial				House	Cooperstown, ND		1887	1889
Adams, H. G. 'Jack'	Male	7-05-1918	1-17-2000	Statehood			Democrat	House	Chamberlain	Brule	1967	1970
Adams, J. M.				Territorial				House	McCook, ND		1877	1878
Adelstein, Stanford M. 'Stan'	Male	8-19-1931		Statehood	- Resigned December 30, 2013		Republican	House, Senate	Rapid City	Pennington	2001	2013
Aga, Lars J.	Male	4-06-1854	10-10-1930	Statehood			Republican	House	Dell Rapids	Minnehaha	1891	1892
Agor, Hugh	Male	8-18-1892		Statehood			Republican	Senate	Aberdeen	Brown	1925	1926
Ahlers, Dan P.	Male	11-14-1973		Statehood	- LRC Executive Board member 2009-2010		Democrat	House, Senate	Dell Rapids	Minnehaha	2007	2018
Aikens, Frank R.		12-14-1855	-1916	Territorial	- Territorial Justice 1889	Territorial Justice		House	Canton	Lincoln	1887	1889
Ainslie, Stephen E.	Male	12-13-1869	-1939	Statehood			Republican	Senate	Custer	Custer	1927	1928
Aker, Alan D.	Male	10-10-1963		Statehood	- Majority Whip 1997-1998		Republican	Senate	Rapid City	Pennington	1995	1998
Akre, Arthur	Male		2-19-1982	Statehood			Republican	House	Veblen	Marshall	1953	1954
Albaugh, R. D.	Male	2-02-1882	3-12-1958	Statehood			Republican	Senate	Winner	Tripp	1941	1946
Albers, Kenneth D.	Male	3-17-1941		Statehood	- LRC Executive Board member 2001-2002		Republican	Senate	Canton	Lincoln	1997	2008
Aldrich, Irwin D.	Male	6-03-1864		Statehood			Republican	House	Pierre	Hughes	1929	1930
Aldrich, L. W.	Male			Statehood			Republican	Senate	Canova	Miner	1895	1896
Allen, A. C.	Male	1-02-1864		Statehood			Republican	House	Trent	Moody	1903	1904
Allen, Carrol V. 'Red'	Male	7-04-1934	5-03-2022	Statehood	- LRC Executive Board member 1984, 1989-1990		Democrat	Senate	Lake Andes,Yankton	Charles Mix,Yankton	1979	1992
Allen, Charles				Territorial				House	Elk Point	Union	1870	1871
Allen, Charles W.	Male	9-06-1851	11-16-1942	Statehood	- Elected to the House in 1913, although Bennett was not recognized as a county - Had legislative privileges but could not vote, doorkeeper appointment on 9th legislative day		Democrat		Martin	Bennett
Allen, George Paschal	Male	9-04-1870		Statehood			Republican	House	Strool	Perkins	1923	1926
Allen, Joseph		-1825		Territorial				House	Hurley	Turner	1889	1889
Allen, Mike	Male	-1873		Statehood			Democrat	House	Faulkton	Faulk	1933	1936
Allen, W. B.	Male	9-21-1892		Statehood			Republican	House	Woonsocket	Sanborn	1921	1924
Allin, Roger				Territorial				Council	Grafton, ND		1887	1889
Allison, John C.	Male	3- -1853	2- -1919	Statehood			Republican	Senate	White	Brookings	1893	1896
Allison, Robert	Male	3-14-1846		Statehood			Republican	House	Cavour	Beadle	1895	1896
Allred, L. J.				Territorial				Council, House	Tower City, ND		1881	1884
Almquist, W. L.	Male			Statehood	- Elected to the House in 1923, did not qualify				Bristol	Day
Alseth, Charles A.	Male	11-26-1883	2-12-1936	Statehood			Republican	House, Senate	Lake Preston	Kingsbury	1917	1934
Alseth, John I.	Male	2- -1857		Statehood			Republican	House	Volga	Brookings	1901	1902
Alt, George	Male	1-09-1886	3-12-1993	Statehood	- Lived to be 107 years old		Republican	House	Faith	Meade	1935	1938
Altenow, F. A.	Male	11-23-1861	3-28-1939	Statehood			Republican	House	St. Lawrence	Hand	1921	1922
Ammerman, Albert S.	Male	-1849	10-06-1903	Statehood			Republican	House	Rochford	Pennington	1893	1896
Amsden, C. S.	Male	3-26-1856		Statehood	- President Pro tempore 1915-1928	President Pro Tempore of the Senate	Republican	Senate, House	Milbank	Grant	1905	1942
Amundson, Amund P.	Male	5-16-1874	7-18-1958	Statehood			Democrat	Senate	Colton	Minnehaha	1933	1936
Amundson, Arnold E.	Male	8-25-1911	3-25-1993	Statehood			Republican	House, Senate	Sioux Falls	Minnehaha	1977	1980
Amundson, Grant O.	Male	2-06-1915	2-23-2002	Statehood			Republican	House	Watertown	Codington	1971	1972