List of United States Senators from South Dakota

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List of United States Senators from South Dakota

South Dakota was admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889, and elects senators to Class 2 and Class 3. Its current senators are Democrat Tim Johnson and Republican John Thune.

Class 2

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Richard F. Pettigrew	Republican	November 2, 1889 – March 4, 1901	51	1	Elected in 1889
				52
				53
				54	2	Re-elected in 1894 Lost re-election
		Silver Republican		54 (Continued)
				55
				56
2	Robert J. Gamble	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1913	57	3	Elected in 1900
				58
				59
				60	4	Re-elected in 1906 Lost renomination
				61
				62
3	Thomas Sterling	Republican	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1925	63	5	Elected in 1912
				64
				65
				66	6	Re-elected in 1918 Lost renomination
				67
				68
4	William H. McMaster	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1931	69	7	Elected in 1924 Lost re-election
				70
				71
5	William J. Bulow	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1943	72	8	Elected in 1930
				73
				74
				75	9	Re-elected in 1936 Lost renomination
				76
				77
6	Harlan J. Bushfield	Republican	January 3, 1943 – September 27, 1948	78	10	Elected in 1942 Died
				79
				80
			September 27, 1948 – October 6, 1948
7	Vera C. Bushfield	Republican	October 6, 1948 – December 26, 1948			Appointed to finish Bushfield's term Resigned when successor elected
			December 26, 1948 – December 31, 1948
8	Karl E. Mundt	Republican	December 31, 1948 – January 3, 1973	80 (Continued)		Appointed to finish Bushfield's term, having been elected to the next term
				81	11	Elected in 1948
				82
				83
				84	12	Re-elected in 1954
				85
				86
				87	13	Re-elected in 1960
				88
				89
				90	14	Re-elected in 1966 Retired
				91
				92
9	James Abourezk	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979	93	15	Elected in 1972 Retired
				94
				95
10	Larry Pressler	Republican	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1997	96	16	Elected in 1978
				97
				98
				99	17	Re-elected in 1984
				100
				101
				102	18	Re-elected in 1990 Lost re-election
				103
				104
11	Tim Johnson	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – Present	105	19	Elected in 1996
				106
				107
				108	20	Re-elected in 2002
				109
				110
				111	21	Re-elected in 2008
				112
				113

Class 3

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Gideon C. Moody	Republican	November 2, 1889 – March 4, 1891	51	1	Elected in 1889 Lost re-election
2	James H. Kyle	Independent	March 4, 1891 – July 1, 1901	52	2	Elected in 1890
		Populist		53
				54
				55	3	Re-elected in 1896 Died
				56
		Republican		57
			July 1, 1901 – July 11, 1901	57
3	Alfred B. Kittredge	Republican	July 11, 1901 – March 4, 1909	57 (Continued)		Appointed to finish Kyle's term
				58	4	Elected in 1902 Lost renomination
				59
				60
4	Coe I. Crawford	Republican	March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1915	61	5	Elected in 1908 Lost renomination
				62
				63
5	Edwin S. Johnson	Democratic	March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1921	64	6	Elected in 1914 Retired
				65
				66
6	Peter Norbeck	Republican	March 4, 1921 – December 20, 1936	67	7	Elected in 1920
				68
				69
				70	8	Re-elected in 1926
				71
				72
				73	9	Re-elected in 1932 Died
				74		Re-elected in 1932 Died
			December 20, 1936 – December 29, 1936
7	Herbert E. Hitchcock	Democratic	December 29, 1936 – November 8, 1938			Appointed to continue Norbeck's term Lost election to finish Norbeck's term
8	Gladys Pyle	Republican	November 9, 1938 – January 3, 1939	74 (Continued)		Elected to finish Norbeck's term Retired
8	Gladys Pyle	Republican	November 9, 1938 – January 3, 1939	75		Elected to finish Norbeck's term Retired
9	John Chandler Gurney	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1951	76	10	Elected in 1938
				77
				78
				79	11	Re-elected in 1944 Lost renomination
				80
				81
10	Francis H. Case	Republican	January 3, 1951 – June 22, 1962	82	12	Elected in 1950
				83
				84
				85	13	Re-elected in 1956 Died
				86
				87
			June 22, 1962 – July 9, 1962	87
11	Joseph H. Bottum	Republican	July 9, 1962 – January 3, 1963	87 (Continued)		Appointed to finish Case's term Lost election to full term
12	George S. McGovern	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1981	88	14	Elected in 1962
				89
				90
				91	15	Re-elected in 1968
				92
				93
				94	16	Re-elected in 1974 Lost re-election
				95
				96
13	James Abdnor	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1987	97	17	Elected in 1980 Lost re-election
				98
				99
14	Tom Daschle	Democratic	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2005	100	18	Elected in 1986
				101
				102
				103	19	Re-elected in 1992
				104
				105
				106	20	Re-elected in 1998 Lost re-election
				107
				108
15	John Thune	Republican	January 3, 2005 – Present	109	21	Elected in 2004
				110
				111
				112	22	Re-elected in 2010
				113
				114

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Regions	Badlands · Black Hills · Coteau des Prairies · Coteau du Missouri · Dissected Till Plains · East River · Pine Ridge · Siouxland · West River

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Smaller cities pop. over 1,000	Baltic · Beresford · Britton · Canton · Chamberlain · Clark · Clear Lake · Crooks · Custer · De Smet · Deadwood · Dell Rapids · Eagle Butte · Elk Point · Flandreau · Fort Pierre · Freeman · Garretson · Gettysburg · Gregory · Groton · Harrisburg · Hartford · Hot Springs · Lead · Lemmon · Lennox · Martin · Milbank · Miller · Mission · Mobridge · North Sioux City · Parker · Parkston · Platte · Redfield · Salem · Sisseton · Springfield · Summerset · Tea · Tyndall · Volga · Wagner · Webster · Winner ·

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