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South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who comprise a large po ...
was admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889, and elects
U.S. senators The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and power ...
to Class 2 and Class 3. Its current U.S. senators are Republicans John Thune (since 2005) and Mike Rounds (since 2015).
Karl E. Mundt Karl Earl Mundt (June 3, 1900August 16, 1974) was an American educator and a Republican member of the United States Congress, representing South Dakota in the United States House of Representatives (1939–48) and in the United States Senate (1 ...
is South Dakota's longest-serving senator (1948–1973).


List of senators

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Richard Pettigrew , rowspan=4 , Republican , rowspan=6 nowrap , Nov 2, 1889 –
Mar 3, 1901 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1889. , rowspan=3 , 1 , , 1 , Elected in 1889.Lost re-election. , nowrap , Nov 2, 1889 –
Mar 3, 1891 , , Republican , align=right ,
Gideon Moody ! 1 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 2 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1891. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Mar 4, 1891 –
Jul 1, 1901 , ,
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James H. Kyle ! rowspan=6 , 2 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=4 , Populist , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1894.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 2 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Silver
Republican , , rowspan=5 , 3 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1897.Died. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=8 , 2 , rowspan=8 align=left ,
Robert J. Gamble Robert Jackson Gamble (February 7, 1851September 22, 1924) was a U.S. Representative and Senator from South Dakota. He was the father of Ralph Abernethy Gamble and brother of John Rankin Gamble, members of South Dakota's prominent Gamble family ...
, rowspan=8 , Republican , rowspan=8 nowrap , Mar 4, 1901 –
Mar 3, 1913 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1901. , rowspan=5 , 3 , , , Republican , - style="height:2em" ,   , nowrap , Jul 1, 1901 –
Jul 11, 1901 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to continue Kyle's term. Elected in 1903 to finish Kyle's term. , rowspan=4 nowrap , Jul 11, 1901 –
Mar 3, 1909 , rowspan=4 , Republican , rowspan=4 align=right ,
Alfred B. Kittredge ! rowspan=4 , 3 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 4 , rowspan=3 , Elected to a full term in 1903.Lost renomination. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1907.Lost renomination. , rowspan=3 , 4 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 5 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1909.Lost renomination. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1909 –
Mar 3, 1915 , rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Coe Crawford ! rowspan=3 , 4 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 3 , rowspan=6 align=left ,
Thomas Sterling Thomas Sterling (February 21, 1851August 26, 1930) was an American lawyer, politician, and academic who served as a member of the United States Senate and the first dean of the University of South Dakota College of Law. A Republican, he ser ...
, rowspan=6 , Republican , rowspan=6 nowrap , Mar 4, 1913 –
Mar 3, 1925 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1913. , rowspan=3 , 5 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 6 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1914.Retired. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1915 –
Mar 3, 1921 , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Edwin S. Johnson ! rowspan=3 , 5 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1918.Lost renomination. , rowspan=3 , 6 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 7 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1920. , rowspan=8 nowrap , Mar 4, 1921 –
Dec 20, 1936 , rowspan=8 , Republican , rowspan=8 align=right ,
Peter Norbeck ! rowspan=8 , 6 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 4 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
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, rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1925 –
Mar 3, 1931 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1924.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 7 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 8 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1926. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 , 5 , rowspan=9 align=left ,
William J. Bulow , rowspan=9 , Democratic , rowspan=9 nowrap , Mar 4, 1931 –
Jan 3, 1943 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1930. , rowspan=5 , 8 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=6 , 9 , rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 1932.Died. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ,   , nowrap , Dec 20, 1936 –
Dec 29, 1936 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Appointed to continue Norbeck's term.Lost election to finish Norbeck's term. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Dec 29, 1936 –
Nov 8, 1938 , rowspan=2 , Democratic , rowspan=2 align=right ,
Herbert Hitchcock ! rowspan=2 , 7 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , Re-elected in 1936.Lost renomination. , rowspan=4 , 9 , , - style="height:2em" , Elected to finish Norbeck's term.Retired. , nowrap , Nov 9, 1938 –
Jan 3, 1939 , , Republican , align=right ,
Gladys Pyle Gladys Shields Pyle (October 4, 1890March 14, 1989) was an American educator, politician and the first woman elected to the United States Senate without having previously been appointed to her position; she was also the first female senator to se ...
! 8 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 10 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1938. , rowspan=10 nowrap , Jan 3, 1939 –
Jan 3, 1951 , rowspan=10 , Republican , rowspan=10 align=right ,
John Gurney ! rowspan=10 , 9 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 6 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Harlan Bushfield , rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 1943 –
Sep 27, 1948 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1942.Died. , rowspan=7 , 10 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=7 , 11 , rowspan=7 , Re-elected in 1944.Lost renomination. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Sep 27, 1948 –
Oct 6, 1948 ,   , - style="height:2em" ! 7 , align=left ,
Vera Bushfield , , Republican , nowrap , Oct 6, 1948 –
Dec 26, 1948 , Appointed to finish her husband's term.Resigned when successor appointed. , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Dec 26, 1948 –
Dec 31, 1948 ,   , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=15 , 8 , rowspan=15 align=left ,
Karl Mundt Karl Earl Mundt (June 3, 1900August 16, 1974) was an American educator and a Republican member of the United States Congress, representing South Dakota in the United States House of Representatives (1939–48) and in the United States Senate (1 ...
, rowspan=15 , Republican , rowspan=15 nowrap , Dec 31, 1948 –
Jan 3, 1973 , Appointed to finish Bushfield's term, having been elected to the next term. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1948 , rowspan=3 , 11 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 12 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1950. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Jan 3, 1951 –
Jun 22, 1962 , rowspan=6 , Republican , rowspan=6 align=right ,
Francis Case Francis Higbee Case (December 9, 1896June 22, 1962) was an American journalist and politician who served for 25 years as a member of the United States Congress from South Dakota. He was a Republican. Biography Case was born in Everly, Iowa, t ...
! rowspan=6 , 10 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1954. , rowspan=3 , 12 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 13 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1956.Died. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1960. , rowspan=5 , 13 , , - style="height:2em" ,   , nowrap , Jun 22, 1962 –
Jul 9, 1962 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to finish Case's term.Lost election to full term. , nowrap , Jul 9, 1962 –
Jan 3, 1963 , , Republican , align=right ,
Joseph H. Bottum ! 11 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 14 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1962. , rowspan=9 nowrap , Jan 3, 1963 –
Jan 3, 1981 , rowspan=9 , Democratic , rowspan=9 align=right ,
George McGovern George Stanley McGovern (July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012) was an American historian and South Dakota politician who was a U.S. representative and three-term U.S. senator, and the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1972 pr ...
! rowspan=9 , 12 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1966.Retired. , rowspan=3 , 14 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 15 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1968. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 9 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
James Abourezk , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 1973 –
Jan 3, 1979 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1972.Retired. , rowspan=3 , 15 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 16 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1974.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 , 10 , rowspan=9 align=left ,
Larry Pressler , rowspan=9 , Republican , rowspan=9 nowrap , Jan 3, 1979 –
Jan 3, 1997 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1978. , rowspan=3 , 16 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 17 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1980.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 1981 –
Jan 3, 1987 , rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=3 align=right ,
James Abdnor ! rowspan=3 , 13 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1984. , rowspan=3 , 17 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 18 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1986. , rowspan=9 nowrap , Jan 3, 1987 –
Jan 3, 2005 , rowspan=9 , Democratic , rowspan=9 align=right ,
Tom Daschle ! rowspan=9 , 14 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1990.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 18 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 19 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1992. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 , 11 , rowspan=9 align=left ,
Tim Johnson , rowspan=9 , Democratic , rowspan=9 nowrap , Jan 3, 1997 –
Jan 3, 2015 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1996. , rowspan=3 , 19 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 20 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1998.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2002. , rowspan=3 , 20 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 21 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2004. , rowspan=12 nowrap , Jan 3, 2005 –
Present , rowspan=12 , Republican , rowspan=12 align=right ,
John Thune ! rowspan=12 , 15 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2008.Retired. , rowspan=3 , 21 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 22 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2010. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 12 , rowspan=6 align=left ,
Mike Rounds , rowspan=6 , Republican , rowspan=6 nowrap , Jan 3, 2015 –
Present , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2014. , rowspan=3 , 22 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 23 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2016. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2020. , rowspan=3 , 23 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3, 24 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2022. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 colspan=5 , To be determined in the 2026 election. , rowspan=2, 24 , , - style="height:2em" , , 25 , colspan=5 , To be determined in the 2028 election.


Living former senators

, there are four living former U.S. senators from South Dakota. The most recent senator to die was
George McGovern George Stanley McGovern (July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012) was an American historian and South Dakota politician who was a U.S. representative and three-term U.S. senator, and the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1972 pr ...
(served 1963–1981) on October 21, 2012. The most recently serving senator to die was James Abdnor (served 1981–1987) on May 16, 2012.


Superlatives


Longest service


Shortest service


Youngest at beginning of service


Oldest at end of service


See also

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United States congressional delegations from South Dakota These are tables of congressional delegations from South Dakota to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. The current dean of the South Dakota delegation is Senator and Senate Minority Whip John Thune John Ran ...
* List of United States representatives from South Dakota *
Elections in South Dakota Elections are held in the U.S. state of South Dakota regularly. In a 2020 study, South Dakota was ranked as the 22nd hardest state for citizens to vote in. Gubernatorial elections The Governor of South Dakota is elected every 4 years. Kristi ...


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South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who comprise a large po ...
United States Senate The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and po ...