Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota
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The lieutenant governor of South Dakota is the second-ranking member of the
executive branch The Executive, also referred as the Executive branch or Executive power, is the term commonly used to describe that part of government which enforces the law, and has overall responsibility for the governance of a State (polity), state. In poli ...
of South Dakota state government and also serves as presiding officer of the
South Dakota Senate The Senate is the upper house of the South Dakota Legislature. It consists of 35 members, one representing each legislative district; it meets at the South Dakota State Capitol in Pierre. Composition :''92nd Legislature (2019)'' Officers Li ...
. The lieutenant governor succeeds to the officer of governor if the office becomes vacant, and may also serve as acting governor if the governor is incapacitated or absent from the state. Since 1974, the lieutenant governor has been elected on a
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with the governor. Seven lieutenant governors have gone on to be elected governor in their own right:
Charles N. Herreid Charles Nelson Herreid (October 20, 1857 – July 6, 1928) was the fourth Governor of South Dakota. Biography Charles Herreid was born in Dane County, Wisconsin. His parents, Nels Olson Herreid (1832–1902) and Thone Kittelson Herreid (1833â ...
(1900 & 1902),
Frank M. Byrne Frank Morris Byrne (October 23, 1858December 24, 1927) was an American businessman and politician who served as the eighth Governor of South Dakota. Biography Byrne was born near Volney, Iowa to Irish immigrants, Michael and Delia (Hart) Byrne ...
(1912 & 1914),
Peter Norbeck Peter Norbeck (August 27, 1870December 20, 1936) was an American politician from South Dakota. After serving two terms as the ninth Governor of South Dakota, Norbeck was elected to three consecutive terms as a United States Senator. Norbeck was ...
(1916 & 1918), William H. McMaster (1920 & 1922), Carl Gunderson (1924), Nils Boe (1964 & 1966) and
Dennis Daugaard Dennis Martin Daugaard (born June 11, 1953) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 32nd governor of South Dakota from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was the first chief executive of a U.S. state to be the c ...
(2010 & 2014). Two others, Harvey L. Wollman and
Walter Dale Miller Walter Dale "Walt" Miller (October 5, 1925 – September 28, 2015) was an American politician and member of the Republican Party. He served as the 29th Governor of South Dakota from 1993 to 1995, having assumed the office upon the death of Geo ...
, succeeded to the office of governor when it became vacant, but neither won re-election.


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Lieutenant governor (United States) A lieutenant governor is an official in state governments of 45 out of 50 of the United States. In most cases, the lieutenant governor is the highest officer of state after the governor, standing in for that officer when they are absent from th ...
(generally)


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{{Lists of lieutenant governors by U.S. state