List of United States senators from South Dakota

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Multiple image South Dakota was admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889, and elects U.S. senators 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 is South Dakota's longest-serving senator (1948–1973). South Dakota is one of 15 states alongside California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Utah to have a younger senior senator and an older junior senator. South Dakota's class 3 seat also holds the distinction of having a future Senate Majority Leader (John Thune) defeat and succeed a former Majority Leader (Tom Daschle).

List of senators

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Richard Pettigrew | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=6 nowrap | Nov 2, 1889 –
Mar 3, 1901 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1889. | rowspan=3 | 1 | Template:List of United States senators Congress | 1 | Elected in 1889.Template:PbLost re-election. | nowrap | Nov 2, 1889 –
Mar 3, 1891 | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | align=right |
Gideon C. Moody ! 1

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 2 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1891.<ref name=NYTSD1891>Template:Cite news</ref>

| rowspan=6 nowrap | Mar 4, 1891 –
Jul 1, 1901 | Template:Party shading/Independent (US) | Independent | rowspan=6 align=right |
James H. Kyle ! rowspan=6 | 2

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1894.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 2 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Silver Republican | Silver
Republican | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 3 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1897.<ref name=NYTSD1897>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:PbDied.

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Robert J. Gamble | rowspan=8 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=8 nowrap | Mar 4, 1901 –
Mar 3, 1913 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1901.<ref name=NYT1901>Template:Cite news</ref> | rowspan=5 | 3 | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Jul 1, 1901 –
Jul 11, 1901 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Kyle's term.Template:PbElected in 1903 to finish Kyle's term.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | rowspan=4 nowrap | Jul 11, 1901 –
Mar 3, 1909 | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=4 align=right |
Alfred B. Kittredge ! rowspan=4 | 3

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 4 | rowspan=3 | Elected to a full term in 1903.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>Template:PbLost renomination.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1907.Template:PbLost renomination. | rowspan=3 | 4 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 5 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1909.Template:PbLost renomination. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1909 –
Mar 3, 1915 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 align=right |
Coe Crawford ! rowspan=3 | 4

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Thomas Sterling | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=6 nowrap | Mar 4, 1913 –
Mar 3, 1925 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1913. | rowspan=3 | 5 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 6 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1914.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1915 –
Mar 3, 1921 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 align=right |
Edwin S. Johnson ! rowspan=3 | 5

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1918.Template:PbLost renomination. | rowspan=3 | 6 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 7 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1920. | rowspan=8 nowrap | Mar 4, 1921 –
Dec 20, 1936 | rowspan=8 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=8 align=right |
Peter Norbeck ! rowspan=8 | 6

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 4 | rowspan=3 align=left |
William McMaster | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1925 –
Mar 3, 1931 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1924.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 7 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 8 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1926.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 | 5 | rowspan=9 align=left |
William J. Bulow | rowspan=9 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=9 nowrap | Mar 4, 1931 –
Jan 3, 1943 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1930. | rowspan=5 | 8 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=6 | 9 | rowspan=2 | Re-elected in 1932.Template:PbDied.

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|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Dec 20, 1936 –
Dec 29, 1936 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Appointed to continue Norbeck's term.Template:PbLost nomination to a full term. | rowspan=2 nowrap | Dec 29, 1936 –
Nov 8, 1938 | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=2 align=right |
Herbert Hitchcock ! rowspan=2 | 7

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 | Re-elected in 1936.Template:PbLost renomination. | rowspan=4 | 9 | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Elected to finish Norbeck's term.Template:PbRetired. | nowrap | Nov 9, 1938 –
Jan 3, 1939 | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | align=right |
Gladys Pyle ! 8

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 10 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1938. | rowspan=10 nowrap | Jan 3, 1939 –
Jan 3, 1951 | rowspan=10 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=10 align=right |
Chan Gurney ! rowspan=10 | 9

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 6 | rowspan=3 align=left |
Harlan J. Bushfield | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 3, 1943 –
Sep 27, 1948 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1942.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=7 | 10 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=7 | 11 | rowspan=7 | Re-elected in 1944.Template:PbLost renomination.

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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Sep 27, 1948 –
Oct 6, 1948 |  

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Vera C. Bushfield | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | nowrap | Oct 6, 1948 –
Dec 26, 1948 | Appointed to finish her husband's term.Template:PbResigned 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 | rowspan=15 Template:Party shading/Republican | 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 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 12 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1950. | rowspan=6 nowrap | Jan 3, 1951 –
Jun 22, 1962 | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=6 align=right |
Francis Case ! rowspan=6 | 10

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1954. | rowspan=3 | 12 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 13 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1956.Template:PbDied.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=5 | Re-elected in 1960. | rowspan=5 | 13 | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Jun 22, 1962 –
Jul 9, 1962 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to finish Case's term.Template:PbLost election to full term. | nowrap | Jul 9, 1962 –
Jan 3, 1963 | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | align=right |
Joe Bottum ! 11

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 14 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1962. | rowspan=9 nowrap | Jan 3, 1963 –
Jan 3, 1981 | rowspan=9 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=9 align=right |
George McGovern ! rowspan=9 | 12

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1966.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 | 14 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 15 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1968.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 9 | rowspan=3 align=left |
James Abourezk | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 3, 1973 –
Jan 3, 1979 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1972.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 | 15 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 16 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1974.Template:PbLost re-election.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 | 10 | rowspan=9 align=left |
Larry Pressler | rowspan=9 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=9 nowrap | Jan 3, 1979 –
Jan 3, 1997 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1978. | rowspan=3 | 16 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 17 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1980.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 3, 1981 –
Jan 3, 1987 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 align=right |
James Abdnor ! rowspan=3 | 13

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1984. | rowspan=3 | 17 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 18 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1986. | rowspan=9 nowrap | Jan 3, 1987 –
Jan 3, 2005 | rowspan=9 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=9 align=right |
Tom Daschle ! rowspan=9 | 14

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1990.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 18 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 19 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1992.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 | 11 | rowspan=9 align=left |
Tim Johnson | rowspan=9 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=9 nowrap | Jan 3, 1997 –
Jan 3, 2015 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1996. | rowspan=3 | 19 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 20 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1998.Template:PbLost re-election.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2002. | rowspan=3 | 20 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 21 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 2004. | rowspan=12 nowrap | Jan 3, 2005 –
present | rowspan=12 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=12 align=right | File:John Thune 117th Congress portrait.jpg
John Thune ! rowspan=12 | 15

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2008.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 | 21 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 22 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2010.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 12 | rowspan=6 align=left | File:Mike Rounds official Senate portrait.jpg
Mike Rounds | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=6 nowrap | Jan 3, 2015 –
present | rowspan=3 | Elected in 2014. | rowspan=3 | 22 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 23 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2016.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2020. | rowspan=3 | 23 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3|24 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2022.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 colspan=5 | To be determined in the 2026 election. | rowspan=2| 24 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | 25 | colspan=5 | To be determined in the 2028 election.

See also

• United States congressional delegations from South Dakota
• List of United States representatives from South Dakota
• Elections in South Dakota