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 Republicans John Thune and Mike Rounds.

List of Senators

Class 2 Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014. The next election will be in 2020.						C o n g r e s s	Class 3 Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1998, 2004, and 2010. The next election will be in 2016.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
1	Richard F. Pettigrew	Republican	November 2, 1889 – March 4, 1901	Elected in 1889	1	51st Congress	1	Elected in 1889. Lost re-election.	November 2, 1889 – March 4, 1891	Republican	Gideon C. Moody	1
						52nd Congress	2	Elected in 1890	March 4, 1891 – July 1, 1901	Independent	James H. Kyle	2
						53rd Congress				Populist
				Re-elected in 1894. Lost re-election.	2	54th Congress
		Silver Republican				55th Congress	3	Re-elected in 1896. Died.
						56th Congress
2	Robert J. Gamble	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1913	Elected in 1900	3	57th Congress				Republican
									July 1, 1901 – July 11, 1901	Vacant
								Appointed to finish Kyle's term	July 11, 1901 – March 4, 1909	Republican	Alfred B. Kittredge	3
						58th Congress	4	Elected in 1902. Lost renomination.
						59th Congress
				Re-elected in 1906. Lost renomination.	4	60th Congress
						61st Congress	5	Elected in 1908. Lost renomination.	March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1915	Republican	Coe I. Crawford	4
						62nd Congress
3	Thomas Sterling	Republican	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1925	Elected in 1912	5	63rd Congress
						64th Congress	6	Elected in 1914. Retired.	March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1921	Democratic	Edwin S. Johnson	5
						65th Congress
				Re-elected in 1918. Lost renomination.	6	66th Congress
						67th Congress	7	Elected in 1920	March 4, 1921 – December 20, 1936	Republican	Peter Norbeck	6
						68th Congress
4	William H. McMaster	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1931	Elected in 1924. Lost re-election.	7	69th Congress
						70th Congress	8	Re-elected in 1926
						71st Congress
5	100px William J. Bulow	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1943	Elected in 1930	8	72nd Congress
						73rd Congress	9	Re-elected in 1932. Died.
						74th Congress
									December 20, 1936 – December 29, 1936	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Norbeck's term. Lost election to finish Norbeck's term.	December 29, 1936 – November 8, 1938	Democratic	Herbert E. Hitchcock	7
				Re-elected in 1936. Lost renomination.	9	75th Congress
								Elected to finish Norbeck's term. Retired.	November 9, 1938 – January 3, 1939	Republican	Gladys Pyle	8
						76th Congress	10	Elected in 1938	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1951	Republican	John Chandler Gurney	9
						77th Congress
6	Harlan J. Bushfield	Republican	January 3, 1943 – September 27, 1948	Elected in 1942. Died.	10	78th Congress
						79th Congress	11	Re-elected in 1944. Lost renomination.
						80th Congress
Vacant			September 27, 1948 – October 6, 1948
7	Vera C. Bushfield	Republican	October 6, 1948 – December 26, 1948	Appointed to finish her husband's term. Resigned when successor appointed.
Vacant			December 26, 1948 – December 31, 1948
8	Karl E. Mundt	Republican	December 31, 1948 – January 3, 1973	Appointed to finish Bushfield's term, having been elected to the next term
				Elected in 1948	11	81st Congress
						82nd Congress	12	Elected in 1950	January 3, 1951 – June 22, 1962	Republican	Francis H. Case	10
						83rd Congress
				Re-elected in 1954	12	84th Congress
						85th Congress	13	Re-elected in 1956. Died.
						86th Congress
				Re-elected in 1960	13	87th Congress
									June 22, 1962 – July 9, 1962	Vacant
								Appointed to finish Case's term. Lost election to full term.	July 9, 1962 – January 3, 1963	Republican	Joseph H. Bottum	11
						88th Congress	14	Elected in 1962	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1981	Democratic	George McGovern	12
						89th Congress
				Re-elected in 1966. Retired.	14	90th Congress
						91st Congress	15	Re-elected in 1968
						92nd Congress
9	James Abourezk	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979	Elected in 1972. Retired.	15	93rd Congress
						94th Congress	16	Re-elected in 1974. Lost re-election.
						95th Congress
10	Larry Pressler	Republican	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1997	Elected in 1978	16	96th Congress
						97th Congress	17	Elected in 1980. Lost re-election.	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1987	Republican	James Abdnor	13
						98th Congress
				Re-elected in 1984	17	99th Congress
						100th Congress	18	Elected in 1986	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2005	Democratic	Tom Daschle	14
						101st Congress
				Re-elected in 1990. Lost re-election.	18	102nd Congress
						103rd Congress	19	Re-elected in 1992
						104th Congress
11	Tim Johnson	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2015	Elected in 1996	19	105th Congress
						106th Congress	20	Re-elected in 1998. Lost re-election.
						107th Congress
				Re-elected in 2002	20	108th Congress
						109th Congress	21	Elected in 2004	January 3, 2005 – Present	Republican	John Thune	15
						110th Congress
				Re-elected in 2008. Retired.	21	111th Congress
						112th Congress	22	Re-elected in 2010
						113th Congress
12	Mike Rounds	Republican	January 3, 2015 – Present	Elected in 2014	22	114th Congress
						115th Congress	23	To be decided in the 2016 election.
						116th Congress
To be decided in the 2020 election.					23	117th Congress
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 2							Class 3

Living former U.S. Senators from South Dakota

As of May 2015, there are four former Senators who are living, three from Class 2 and one from Class 3.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
James Abourezk	1973–1979	2	(1931-02-24) February 24, 1931
Larry Pressler	1979–1997	2	(1942-03-29) March 29, 1942
Tom Daschle	1987–2005	3	(1947-12-09) December 9, 1947
Tim Johnson	1997–2015	2	(1946-12-28) December 28, 1946

See also

• United States congressional delegations from South Dakota
• List of United States Representatives from South Dakota