This is a comprehensive list of speakers of the South Dakota House of Representatives since statehood in 1889.Legislator Historical Listing. South Dakota Legislative Research Council.
For information about the House of Representatives, see South Dakota House of Representatives
Five South Dakota speakers have gone on to serve as governor.
# Speaker Party City County Term Other office Term 1 Sutton E. Young Republican Sioux Falls Minnehaha 1889–1890 2 Charles X. Seward Watertown Codington 1891–1892 3 James Marshall Lawson Aberdeen Brown 1893–1894 State SenatorSD President Pro Tempore 1899–19061901–1902 4 Charles Tisdale Howard Redfield Spink 1895–1896 5 John Colvin Populist Mitchell Davison 1897–1898 6 Albert G. Somers Republican Strouseton Grant 1899–1902 7 John L. Browne Aberdeen Brown 1903–1906 8 Morris J. Chaney Wakonda Clay 1907–1910 9 Charles J. Morris Sioux Falls Minnehaha 1911–1912 10 Peter J. Tscharner Lemmon Perkins 1913–1914 11 Charles A. Christopherson Sioux Falls Minnehaha 1915–1916 U.S. Congressman 1919–1933 12 A.C. Roberts Pierpont Day 1917–1918 13 Lewis Benson Flandreau Moody 1919–1920 14 Christian O. Berdahl Garretson Minnehaha 1921–1922 15 Emmet Orville Frescoln Winner Tripp 1923–1924 16 Charles S. McDonald Sioux Falls Minnehaha 1925–1926 17 Ray F. Williamson Aberdeen Brown 1927–1928 18 Daniel K. Loucks Watertown Codington 1929–1930 19 B.W. McVeigh Britton Marshall 1931–1932 20 George Abild Democratic Pukwana Brule 1933–1934 21 W. J. Eggert Rockham Faulk 1935–1936 22 Albert C. Miller Republican Kennebec Lyman 1937–1940 Lieutenant Governor South Dakota Attorney General 1941–1945 1961-1963 23 George T. Mickelson Selby Walworth 1941–1942 South Dakota Attorney GeneralGovernor 1943–19471947–1951 24 O.H. Hove Colman Moody 1943–1944 25 Anton Christian Halls Garretson Minnehaha 1945–1946 26 George Wininger Mills Wall Pennington 1947–1948 27 Arthur E. Munck Pierre Hughes 1949–1950 28 Hugh H. Stokes Flandreau Moody 1951–1952 29 Hobart H. Gates Custer Custer 1953–1954 30 Nils A. Boe Sioux Falls Minnehaha 1955–1958 Lieutenant GovernorGovernor 1963–19651965–1969 31 Archie M. Gubbrud Alcester Lincoln 1959–1960 Governor 1961–1965 32 Carl T. Burgess Rapid City Pennington 1961–1962 33 Paul E. Brown Arlington Kingsbury 1963–1964 34 Charles C. Droz Miller Hand 1965–1966 35 James D. Jelbert Spearfish Lawrence 1967–1968 36 Dexter H. Gunderson Irene Clay 1969–1970 37 Donald E. Osheim Watertown Codington 1971–1972 38 Gene N. Lebrun Democratic Rapid City Pennington 1973–1974 39 Joseph H. Barnett Republican Aberdeen Brown 1975–1976 40 Lowell C. Hansen II Sioux Falls Minnehaha 1977–1978 Lieutenant Governor 1979–1986 41 George S. Mickelson Brookings Brookings 1979–1980 Governor 1987–1993 42 Walter Dale Miller New Underwood Pennington 1981–1982 Lieutenant GovernorGovernor 1987–19931993–1994 43 Jerome B. Lammers Madison Lake 1983–1984 44 Donald J. Ham Rapid City Pennington 1985–1986 45 Debra R. Anderson Sioux Falls Minnehaha 1987–1988 46 Royal J. 'Bud' Wood Warner Brown 1989–1990 47 E. James 'Jim' Hood Spearfish Lawrence 1991–1992 48 Steve K. Cutler Claremont Brown 1993–1994 49 Harvey C. Krautschun Spearfish Lawrence 1995–1996 50 Rexford A. 'Rex' Hagg Rapid City Pennington 1997–1998 51 Roger W. Hunt Brandon Minnehaha 1999–2000 52 Scott G. Eccarius Rapid City Pennington 2001–2002 53 Matthew J. W. Michels Yankton Yankton 2003–2006 Lieutenant Governor 2011–2019 54 Thomas J. Deadrick Platte Charles Mix 2007–2010 55 Valentine Rausch Big Stone City Grant 2011–2012 56 Brian Gosch Rapid City Pennington 2013–2014 57 Dean Wink Howes Meade 2015–2016 58 Mark Mickelson Sioux Falls Minnehaha 2017–2018 59 Steven Haugaard Sioux Falls Minnehaha 2019–2020 60 Spencer Gosch Glenham Walworth 2021–2022 61 Hugh Bartels Watertown Codington 2023–2025 62 Jon Hansen Dell Rapids Minnehaha 2025–present
See also List of South Dakota state legislatures
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