List of United States representatives from South Dakota

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of South Dakota. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States Congressional Delegations from South Dakota. The list of names should be complete (as of January 3, 2015), but other data may be incomplete. It includes members who have represented only the state both past and present, as the Dakota Territory encompassed in addition North Dakota, and parts of present-day Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho.

Current member

Updated January 2015.

• Kristi Noem (R) Website - South Dakota At-large (2011–present)

List of representatives

Representative	Years	Party	District	Notes
James Abdnor	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981	Republican	2nd
James Abourezk	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973	Democratic	2nd
E. Y. Berry	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1971	Republican	2nd
Charles H. Burke	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1907	Republican	At-large
	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1913		1st
	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915		2nd
Francis Case	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1951	Republican	2nd
Charles A. Christopherson	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1933	Republican	1st
Tom Daschle	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983	Democratic	1st
	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1987		At-large
Frank E. Denholm	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1975	Democratic	1st
Charles H. Dillon	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919	Republican	1st
John Rankin Gamble	March 4, 1891 - August 14, 1891	Republican	At-large	Died
Robert J. Gamble	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	Republican	At-large
Harry L. Gandy	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1921	Democratic	3rd
Oscar S. Gifford	November 2, 1889 – March 3, 1891	Republican	At-large	North Dakota achieved statehood
Philo Hall	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909	Republican	At-large
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin	June 3, 2004– January 3, 2011	Democratic	At-large	Elected to fill Bill Janklow's term
Fred H. Hildebrandt	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	Democratic	1st
Bill Janklow	January 3, 2003 – January 20, 2004	Republican	At-large	Resigned
Royal C. Johnson	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1933	Republican	2nd
Tim Johnson	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1997	Democratic	At-large
John L. Jolley	December 7, 1891 – March 3, 1893	Republican	At-large	Elected to finish John Rankin Gamble's term
John Edward Kelley	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899	Populist	At-large
Freeman T. Knowles	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899	Populist	At-large
Harold O. Lovre	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1957	Republican	1st
William V. Lucas	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	Republican	At-large
Eben W. Martin	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1907	Republican	At-large
	June 26, 1908 – March 3, 1913			Elected to finish William H. Parker's term
	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915		3rd
George McGovern	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1961	Democratic	1st
Karl E. Mundt	January 3, 1939 – December 30, 1948	Republican	1st	Resigned after being appointed US Senator
Kristi Noem	January 3, 2011 – present	Republican	At-large	Incumbent
William H. Parker	March 4, 1907 – June 26, 1908	Republican	At-large	Died
John A. Pickler	November 2, 1889 – March 3, 1897	Republican	At-large	North Dakota achieved statehood
Larry Pressler	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979	Republican	1st
Ben Reifel	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1971	Republican	1st
Clint Roberts	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983	Republican	2nd
John R. Thune	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003	Republican	At-large
Theodore B. Werner	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937	Democratic	2nd
William Williamson	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1933	Republican	3rd

Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Dakota

As of May 2015, There are eight former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Dakota who are currently living at this time.

Representative	Term of office	District	Date of birth (and age)
James Abourezk	1971–1975	2nd	(1931-02-24) February 24, 1931
Larry Pressler	1975–1979	1st	(1942-03-29) March 29, 1942
Tom Daschle	1979–1987	1st (1979–1983) At-large (1983–1987)	(1947-12-09) December 9, 1947
Clint Roberts	1981–1983	2nd	(1935-01-30) January 30, 1935
Tim Johnson	1987–1997	At-large	(1946-12-28) December 28, 1946
John R. Thune	1997–2003	At-large	(1961-01-07) January 7, 1961
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin	2004–2011	At-large	(1970-12-03) December 3, 1970