South Dakota Governors

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		George Norby
		109 7th St.
		Brookings, SD 57006

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		GOVERNORS of South Dakota

Name               B.P.   L. Span  No. Age  Ys in O  Party Occup.  County
Arthur C. Mallette Ind.  1842-1896 1   47  1889-1893  Rep. Lawyer   Codington
Charles H. Sheldon Vt.   1840-1890 2   53  1893-1897  Rep. Farmer   Day
Andrew E. Lee      Nor.  1847-1934 3   50  1897-1901  Rep. Business Clay
Charles N. Herreid Wisc. 1857-1928 4   44  1901-1905  Rep. Lawyer   McPherson
Samual H. Elrod    Ind.  1856-1935 5   49  1905-1907  Rep. Lawyer   Clark
Coe L. Crawford    Iowa  1858-1944 6   49  1907-1909  Rep. Lawyer   Beadle
Robert S. Vessey   Wisc. 1858-1929 7   51  1909-1913  Rep. Realtor  Jerauld
Frank M. Bryne     Iowa  1858-1928 8   55  1913-1917  Rep. Realtor  Faulk
Peter Norbeck      S. D. 1870-1936 9   47  1917-1921  Rep. W/Drill  Spink
Wm. H. McMaster    Iowa  1877-1968 10  44  1921-1925  Rep. Banker   Yankton
Carl Gunderson     S. D. 1864-1933 11  61  1925-1927  Rep. Engineer Davison
W. J. Bulow        Ohio  1869-1960 12  58  1927-1931  Dem. Lawyer   Union
Warren Green       Wisc. 1869-1945 13  62  1931-1933  Rep. Farmer   Hamlin
Tom Berry          Neb.  1879-1951 14  54  1933-1937  Dem. Rancher  Jackson
Leslie Jensen      S. D. 1892-1964 15  45  1937-1939  Rep. Lawyer   Fall Riv.
Harlan Bushfield   Iowa  1882-1948 16  57  1939-1943  Rep. Lawyer   Hand
M. Q. Sharp        Kan.  1888-1962 17  55  1943-1947  Rep. Lawyer   Lyman
Geo. T. Mickelson  S. D. 1902-1956 18  44  1947-1951  Rep. Lawyer   Walworth
Sigurd Anderson    Nor.  1904-1990 19  47  1951-1955  Rep. Lawyer   Day
Joseph J. Foss     S. D. 1915-     20  39  1955-1959  Rep. Business Minnehaha
Ralph E. Herseth   S. D. 1909-1969 21  49  1959-1961  Dem. Farmer   Brown  
Archie M. Gubbrud  S. D. 1910-1987 22  50  1961-1965  Rep. Farmer   Lincoln
Nils A. Boe        S. D. 1913-1992 23  51  1965-1969  Rep. Lawyer   Minnehaha
Frank L. Farrar    S. D. 1929-     24  39  1969-1971  Rep. Lawyer   Marshall
Richard F. Kneip   Minn. 1933-1987 25  37  1971-1978  Dem. Business McCook
Harvey Wollman     S. D. 1935-     26  43  1978-1979  Dem. Farmer   Spink
William Janklow    Ill.  1939-     27  39  1979-1987  Rep. Lawyer   Moody
Geo. S. Mickelson  S. D. 1941-1993 28  46  1987-1993  Rep. Lawyer   Brookings
  Killed in a plane crash April 19, 1993 at Dubuque, Iowa
Walter D. Miller   S. D. 1925-     29  67  1993-1994  Rep. Rancher  Mea/Zeb
William Janklow    Ill.  1939-     30  55  1994-      Rep. Lawyer   Moody