List of Speakers of the South Dakota House of Representatives


This is a comprehensive list of Speakers of the South Dakota House of Representatives since statehood in 1889.
Five South Dakota speakers have gone on to serve as governor.
#SpeakerPartyCityCountyTermOther OfficeTerm
1Sutton E. YoungRepublicanSioux FallsMinnehaha1889–1890
2Charles X. SewardRepublicanWatertownCodington1891–1892
3James Marshall LawsonRepublicanAberdeenBrown1893–1894State Senator
SD President Pro Tempore		1899–1906
1901–1902
4Charles Tisdale HowardRepublicanRedfieldSpink1895–1896
5John ColvinPopulistMitchellDavison1897–1898
6Albert G. SomersRepublicanStrousetonGrant1899–1902
7John L. BrowneRepublicanAberdeenBrown1903–1906
8Morris J. ChaneyRepublicanWakondaClay1907–1910
9Charles J. MorrisRepublicanSioux FallsMinnehaha1911–1912
10Peter J. TscharnerRepublicanLemmonPerkins1913–1914
11Charles A. ChristophersonRepublicanSioux FallsMinnehaha1915–1916U.S. Congressman1919–1933
12A.C. RobertsRepublicanPierpontDay1917–1918
13Lewis BensonRepublicanFlandreauMoody1919–1920
14Christian O. BerdahlRepublicanGarretsonMinnehaha1921–1922
15Emmet Orville FrescolnRepublicanWinnerTripp1923–1924
16Charles S. McDonaldRepublicanSioux FallsMinnehaha1925–1926
17Ray F. WilliamsonRepublicanAberdeenBrown1927–1928
18Daniel K. LoucksRepublicanWatertownCodington1929–1930
19B.W. McVeighRepublicanBrittonMarshall1931–1932
20George AbildDemocraticPukwanaBrule1933–1934
21W. J. EggertDemocraticRockhamFaulk1935–1936
22Albert C. MillerRepublicanKennebecLyman1937–1940Lieutenant Governor
South Dakota Attorney General		1941–1945
1961-1963
23George T. MickelsonRepublicanSelbyWalworth1941–1942South Dakota Attorney General
Governor		1943–1947
1947–1951
24O.H. HoveRepublicanColmanMoody1943–1944
25Anton Christian HallsRepublicanGarretsonMinnehaha1945–1946
26George Wininger MillsRepublicanWallPennington1947–1948
27Arthur E. MunckRepublicanPierreHughes1949–1950
28Hugh H. StokesRepublicanFlandreauMoody1951–1952
29Hobart H. GatesRepublicanCusterCuster1953–1954
30Nils A. BoeRepublicanSioux FallsMinnehaha1955–1958Lieutenant Governor
Governor		1963–1965
1965–1969
31Archie M. GubbrudRepublicanAlcesterLincoln1959–1960Governor1961–1965
32Carl T. BurgessRepublicanRapid CityPennington1961–1962
33Paul E. BrownRepublicanArlingtonKingsbury1963–1964
34Charles C. DrozRepublicanMillerHand1965–1966
35James D. JelbertRepublicanSpearfishLawrence1967–1968
36Dexter H. GundersonRepublicanIreneClay1969–1970
37Donald E. OsheimRepublicanWatertownCodington1971–1972
38Gene N. LebrunDemocraticRapid CityPennington1973–1974
39Joseph H. BarnettRepublicanAberdeenBrown1975–1976
40Lowell C. Hansen IIRepublicanSioux FallsMinnehaha1977–1978Lieutenant Governor1979–1986
41George S. MickelsonRepublicanBrookingsBrookings1979–1980Governor1987–1993
42Walter Dale MillerRepublicanNew UnderwoodPennington1981–1982Lieutenant Governor
Governor		1987–1993
1993–1994
43Jerome B. LammersRepublicanMadisonLake1983–1984
44Donald J. HamRepublicanRapid CityPennington1985–1986
45Debra R. AndersonRepublicanSioux FallsMinnehaha1987–1988
46Royal J. 'Bud' WoodRepublicanWarnerBrown1989–1990
47E. James 'Jim' HoodRepublicanSpearfishLawrence1991–1992
48Steve K. CutlerRepublicanClaremontBrown1993–1994
49Harvey C. KrautschunRepublicanSpearfishLawrence1995–1996
50Rexford A. 'Rex' HaggRepublicanRapid CityPennington1997–1998
51Roger W. HuntRepublicanBrandonMinnehaha1999–2000
52Scott G. EccariusRepublicanRapid CityPennington2001–2002
53Matthew J. W. MichelsRepublicanYanktonYankton2003–2006Lieutenant Governor2011–2019
54Thomas J. DeadrickRepublicanPlatteCharles Mix2007–2010
55Valentine RauschRepublicanBig Stone CityGrant2011–2012
56Brian GoschRepublicanRapid CityPennington2013–2014
57Dean WinkRepublicanHowesMeade2015–2016
58Mark MickelsonRepublicanSioux FallsMinnehaha2017–2019
59Steven HaugaardRepublicanSioux FallsMinnehaha2019–present