South Dakota Historical Listing Tenure 15 - 19 Years
| Name | Birthdate | Deathdate | Years | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnett, Joseph | 11-03-1931 | 5-01-1985 | 19 | - Speaker Pro tempore 1971-1972 - Minority Leader 1973-1974 - Speaker of the House 1975-1976 - LRC Executive Board member 1975-1976 - Majority Leader 1979-1985 - Died in office May 1, 1985 |
| Bartling, Julie | 7-1-1958 | 16 | - LRC Executive Board member 2003-2004, 2007-2008 - Minority Whip 2005-2008 - Assistant Minority Leader 2013-2018 | |
| Bliss, Ellen | 1-03-1905 | 3-23-1984 | 16 | - LRC Executive Board member 1963-1966 - Elected in 1968, resigned January 23, 1969 |
| Bolin, Jim | 12-31-1950 | 16 | - Majority Whip 2015-2016, 2021-2022 - LRC Executive Board member 2015-2020, 2023-2024 - Assistant Majority Leader 2019-2020 | |
| Bones, Walter | 1-20-1927 | 11-22-1995 | 16 | |
| Bradford, James | 10-18-1933 | 11-16-2020 | 16 | - Minority Whip 2011-2014 - Name of Shannon County changed to Oglala Lakota County effective May 1, 2015 |
| Brown, Paul | 4-07-1913 | 11-23-1995 | 16 | - Speaker Pro tempore 1961-1962 - LRC Executive Board member 1961-1964 - Speaker of the House 1963-1964 - LRC Executive Board Chairman 1963-1964 |
| Burg, George | 2-21-1898 | 6-22-1975 | 16 | |
| Burgess, Carl | 4-22-1911 | 9-05-1994 | 16 | - Appointed to the House in 1957 - Speaker of the House 1961-1962 - LRC Executive Board member 1961-1964 |
| Christianson, T. | 7-13-1926 | 10-25-2019 | 18 | |
| Cutler, Steve | 6-02-1948 | 16 | - Majority Whip 1987-1988 - Speaker Pro tempore 1991-1992 - Speaker of the House 1993-1994 - LRC Executive Board member 1993-1994 - Assistant Majority Leader 1995-1998 - Majority Leader 1999-2000 | |
| Edelen, Mary | 12-09-1944 | 18 | - LRC Executive Board member 1975-1976, 1979-1980 | |
| Elkins, Ed | 3-01-1891 | 10-24-1966 | 16 | - President Pro tempore 1951-1952 - LRC Executive Board Chairman 1951-1952 - State Treasurer 1955-1959 |
| Furchner, Carl | 3-09-1898 | 11-02-1979 | 18 | - LRC Executive Board member 1955-1958 |
| Gabriel, Larry | 10-10-1946 | 16 | - LRC Executive Board member 1985-1988 - Majority Whip 1988-1992 - Majority Leader 1993-1998 | |
| Gross, Benny | 2-12-1919 | 3-11-2011 | 18 | |
| Ham, Donald | 5-30-1934 | 12-07-1993 | 16 | - Assistant Majority Leader 1979-1982 - Speaker Pro tempore 1983-1984 - Speaker of the House 1985-1986 - LRC Executive Board member 1985-1992 - Majority Whip 1987-1990 - LRC Executive Board Vice Chairman 1989-1990 |
| Harding, G. | 12-07-1925 | 18 | - Minority Leader 1975-1976 - Majority Leader 1977-1988 - LRC Executive Board member 1979-1984 - State Treasurer 1991-1994 | |
| Heineman, Phyllis | 6-28-1948 | 16 | - Appointed November 1, 1999, to fill vacancy of Dana Windhorst - LRC Executive Board member 2001-2006, 2013-2016 | |
| Hermann, William | 7-10-1874 | 18 | ||
| Hillgren, Ralph | 2-07-1897 | 5-25-1974 | 18 | |
| Jelbert, James | 4-06-1917 | 11-1-2006 | 18 | - LRC Executive Board member 1959-1960, 1967-1968 - Speaker Pro tempore 1965-1966 - Speaker of the House 1967-1968 |
| Jones, Arthur | 4-24-1904 | 3-18-1985 | 18 | - LRC Executive Board member 1957-1960 |
| Jones, Curtis | 3-02-1934 | 1-20-2010 | 16 | - LRC Executive Board member 1973-1974 |
| Knudsen, Henry | 6-12-1899 | 3-05-1983 | 18 | |
| Kocer, Albert | 7-10-1930 | 6-12-2018 | 18 | |
| Koetzle, Gilbert | 5-22-1952 | 1-10-2013 | 16 | - Minority Whip 1997-2000 - LRC Executive Board member 2003-2008 |
| Koskan, John | 9-27-1955 | 16 | - Majority Whip 2003-2004 - Assistant Majority Leader 2005-2006 | |
| Lammers, Jerome | 5-29-1937 | 5-9-2023 | 16 | - LRC Executive Board member 1979-1986 - LRC Executive Board Chairman 1979-1980 - Speaker Pro tempore 1981-1982 - Speaker of the House 1983-1984 - Majority Whip 1986 - Majority Leader 1987-1992 |
| Lange, Gerald | 2-19-1928 | 18 | - LRC Executive Board member 1999-2004 | |
| Larson, Lewis | 2-06-1874 | 7-18-1933 | 15 | - President Pro tempore 933 - Died in office July 18, 1933 |
| Lucas, Larry | 1-10-1951 | 18 | - Assistant Minority Leader 1997-2000 - LRC Executive Board member 2009-2014 | |
| Maher, Ryan | 8-19-1977 | 16 | - LRC Executive Board member 2009-2010, 2011-2014, 2021-2022 - Switched party affiliation to Republican in March, 2010, so resigned from Executive Board - Majority Whip 2013-2014 - LRC Executive Board Chair 2013-2014 - Assistant Majority Leader 2017-2018 - Majority Whip 2023-2024 | |
| McClure, Mary | 4-21-1939 | 7-2-2016 | 15 | - LRC Executive Board member 1977-1989 - President Pro tempore 1979-1989 - LRC Executive Board Vice Chairman 1983-1984 - LRC Executive Board Chairman 1985-1986 - Resigned April 10, 1989, to become Special Assistant for Intergovernmental Affairs for President Bush |
| McKellips, Roger | 1-26-1923 | 8-18-2017 | 16 | - Assistant Minority Leader 1981-1982 - Minority Leader 1983-1992 - Majority Leader 1993-1994 |
| McNenny, Kenneth | 12-10-1935 | 1-17-2017 | 18 | - LRC Executive Board member 1995-2000 - LRC Executive Board Vice Chair 1997-1998 - Majority Whip 1997-2000 - LRC Executive Board Chair 1999-2000 |
| Miner, Doris | 3-13-1936 | 9-8-2019 | 16 | - LRC Executive Board member 1979-1984 - Assistant Minority Leader 1987-1990 |
| Monroe, Jeff | 9-05-1956 | 16 | ||
| Moodie, Alex | 12-09-1860 | 10-02-1945 | 16 | |
| Moore, Garry | 5-14-1949 | 18 | - Minority Whip 1993-1996 - Assistant Minority Leader 2001-2002 - Minority Leader 2003-2006 | |
| Olsen, Martin | 11-04-1876 | 18 | ||
| Olson, Alfred | 5-22-1884 | 18 | ||
| Olson, Edwin | 8-01-1947 | 7-15-2023 | 16 | - LRC Executive Board member 1989-1994, 2003-2006 - LRC Executive Board Vice Chair 1993-1994, 2003-2004 - Majority Whip 1993-1994 - LRC Executive Board Chair 2005-2006 |
| Olson, Maurice | 4-08-1926 | 11-11-2004 | 16 | - LRC Executive Board member 1973-1976 |
| Petersen, Lyndell | 7-04-1931 | 18 | - LRC Executive Board member 1983-1988, 1991-1994 - LRC Executive Board Chairman 1993-1994 | |
| Peterson, Mancel | 5-18-1890 | 18 | - President Pro tempore 1935-1936 | |
| Rhoden, Larry | 2-05-1959 | 16 | - Assistant Majority Leader 2003-2004 - Majority Leader 2005-2008 - Majority Whip 2009-2010 - Majority Whip 2013-2014 - Majority Whip 2017-2018 - Lieutenant Governor 2019-2022 | |
| Rounds, Timothy (Tim) | 11-17-1959 | 16 | ||
| Shanard, George | 7-30-1926 | 8-3-2012 | 18 | - Assistant Majority Leader 1977-1988 - LRC Executive Board member 1985-1990 - LRC Executive Board Vice Chairman 1987-1988 - LRC Executive Board Chairman 1989-1990 - Majority Leader 1989-1992 |
| Sieh, Harold | 12-29-1912 | 9-09-1986 | 16 | - LRC Executive Board member 1975-1976 - Died in office September 9, 198. |
| Simons, Leonard | 1-22-1874 | 16 | - Secretary of the Senate 1905-1910 - President Pro tempore 1929-1932, 1937-1938 | |
| Stoick, James | 3-14-1919 | 10-16-2004 | 18 | - Assistant Majority Leader 1989-1992 |
| Stokes, Hugh | 10-13-1881 | 9-20-1970 | 18 | - Speaker Pro tempore 1949-1950 - Speaker of the House 1951-1952 - LRC Executive Board member 1951-1952 |
| Symens, Paul | 7-15-1943 | 16 | - Assistant Minority Leader 1991-1992, 2003-2004 - Assistant Majority Leader 1993-1994 - LRC Executive Board member 1997-1998 | |
| Tidemann, Larry | 4-13-1948 | 16 | - LRC Executive Board member 2007-2012 - LRC Executive Board Chair 2007-2008 | |
| Valandra, Paul | 6-06-1953 | 16 | ||
| Volesky, Ron | 7-13-1954 | 16 | - Majority Whip 1983-1986 | |
| Willadsen, Mark | 2-17-1955 | 15 | - Appointed June 16, 2014, to fill vacancy of Christine Erickson |
