List of United States Representatives from South Dakota

This is a list of the people who have represented South Dakota in the United States House of Representatives, since statehood in 1889.

Representative	Years	Party	District
James Abdnor	1973–1981	Republican	2nd
James Abourezk	1971–1973	Democratic	2nd
E. Y. Berry	1951–1971	Republican	2nd
Charles H. Burke	1899–1907 1909–1915	Republican	At-large, 2nd
Francis Case	1937–1951	Republican	2nd
Charles A. Christopherson	1919–1933	Republican	1st
Tom Daschle	1979–1987	Democratic	1st, At-large
Frank E. Denholm	1971–1975	Democratic	1st
Charles H. Dillon	1913–1919	Republican	1st
John Rankin Gamble	1891	Republican	At-large
Robert J. Gamble	1895–1897 1895–1897	Republican	At-large
Harry L. Gandy	1915–1921	Democratic	3rd
Oscar S. Gifford	1889–1891	Republican	At-large
Philo Hall	1907–1909	Republican	At-large
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin	2004–2011	Democratic	At-large
Fred H. Hildebrandt	1933–1939	Democratic	1st
Bill Janklow	2003–2004	Republican	At-large
Royal C. Johnson	1915–1933	Republican	2nd
Tim Johnson	1987–1997	Democratic	At-large
John L. Jolley	1891–1893	Republican	At-large
John Edward Kelley	1897–1899	Populist	At-large
Freeman T. Knowles	1897–1899	Populist	At-large
Harold O. Lovre	1949–1957	Republican	1st
William V. Lucas	1893–1895	Republican	At-large
Eben W. Martin	1901–1915	Republican	At-large, 3rd
George McGovern	1957–1961	Democratic	1st
Karl E. Mundt	1939–1948	Republican	1st
Kristi Noem	2011-present	Republican	At-large
William H. Parker	1907–1908	Republican	At-large
John A. Pickler	1889–1897	Republican	At-large
Larry Pressler	1975–1979	Republican	1st
Ben Reifel	1961–1971	Republican	1st
Clint Roberts	1981–1983	Republican	2nd
John R. Thune	1997–2003	Republican	At-large
Theodore B. Werner	1933–1937	Democratic	2nd
William Williamson	1921–1933	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	February 24, 1931
Larry Pressler	1975–1979	1st	March 29, 1942
Tom Daschle	1979–1987	1st (1979–1983) At-large (1983–1987)	December 9, 1947
Clint Roberts	1981–1983	2nd	January 30, 1935
Tim Johnson	1987–1997	At-large	December 28, 1946
John R. Thune	1997–2003	At-large	January 7, 1961
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin	2004–2011	At-large	December 3, 1970

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