United States congressional delegations from South Dakota

South Dakota

Census Topic	Value
Population	886,667
Gender	50.5% Male 49.5% Female
Race	80.7% White 2% Black 1.5% Asian 8.8% Native American 0.1% Pacific Islander 1.7% Other (single race) 5.3% Multiple
Ethnicity	4.4% Hispanic or Latino origin
Median household income	$72,421
High school graduation rate	93%
College graduation rate	31.1%
Upcoming elections	U.S. House, 2026 U.S. Senate, 2026

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 census and 2023 ACS data. Percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1%.

This page displays the current and historical members of U.S. Congress from South Dakota. Here is the current partisan breakdown of the congressional members from South Dakota.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from South Dakota
Party	U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
Democratic	0	0	0
Republican	2	1	3
Independent	0	0	0
Vacancies	0	0	0
Total	2	1	3

Current members

U.S. Senate

See also: Classes of United States Senators

The current members of the U.S. Senate from South Dakota are:

Office	Name	Party	Date assumed office	Date term ends
U.S. Senate South Dakota	Mike Rounds	Republican	January 3, 2015	January 3, 2027
U.S. Senate South Dakota	John Thune	Republican	January 3, 2005	January 3, 2029

U.S. House

The current members of the U.S. House from South Dakota are:

Office	Name	Party	Date assumed office	Date term ends
U.S. House South Dakota At-large District	Dusty Johnson	Republican	January 3, 2019	January 3, 2027

Historical members

U.S. Senate

Historical Representation to the U.S. Senate by Party from South Dakota
Party	Total
Democratic	7
Republican	20

Class 2 Senators from South Dakota
Senator	Years Served	Party
Richard F. Pettigrew	1889-1901	Republican
Robert J. Gamble	1901-1913	Republican
Thomas Sterling	1913-1925	Republican
William H. McMaster	1925-1931	Republican
William J. Bulow	1931-1943	Democratic
Harlan J. Bushfield	1943-1948	Republican
Vera C. Bushfield	1948-1948	Republican
Karl E. Mundt	1948-1973	Republican
James G. Abourezk	1973-1979	Democratic
Larry L. Pressler	1979-1997	Republican
Tim Johnson	1997-2015	Democratic
Mike Rounds	2015-Present	Republican

Class 3 Senators from South Dakota
Senator	Years Served	Party
Gideon C. Moody	1889-1891	Republican
James H. Kyle	1891-1901	Republican
Alfred B. Kittredge	1901-1909	Republican
Coe I. Crawford	1909-1915	Republican
Edwin S. Johnson	1915-1921	Democratic
Peter Norbeck	1921-1936	Republican
Herbert E. Hitchcock	1936-1938	Democratic
Gladys Pyle	1938-1939	Republican
J. Chandler Chan Gurney	1939-1951	Republican
Francis H. Case	1951-1962	Republican
Joseph H. Bottum	1962-1963	Republican
George S. McGovern	1963-1981	Democratic
James Abdnor	1981-1987	Republican
Thomas A. Daschle	1987-2005	Democratic
John Thune	2005-Present	Republican

2000s

Historical Representation to the U.S. House by Party in the 2000s from South Dakota
Party	Total
Democratic	1
Republican	3
Total Representatives	4

Representatives to the U.S. House in South Dakota 2000s

Representatives to the U.S. House from South Dakota
Representative	Years Served	Party
Bill Janklow	2003–2004	Republican
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin	2004–2011	Democratic
Kristi Noem	2011-2019	Republican
Dusty Johnson	2019 - present	Republican

1900s

Historical Representation to the U.S. House by Party in the 1900s from South Dakota
Party	Total
Democratic	8
Republican	16
Total Representatives	24

Representatives to the U.S. House from South Dakota
Representative	Years Served	Party
Eben W. Martin	1901–1915	Republican
William H. Parker	1907–1908	Republican
Philo Hall	1907–1909	Republican
Charles H. Dillon	1913–1919	Republican
Harry L. Gandy	1915–1921	Democratic
Royal C. Johnson	1915–1933	Republican
Charles A. Christopherson	1919–1933	Republican
William Williamson	1921–1933	Republican
Theodore B. Werner	1933–1937	Democratic
Fred H. Hildebrandt	1933–1939	Democratic
Francis Case	1937–1951	Republican
Karl E. Mundt	1939–1948	Republican
Harold O. Lovre	1949–1957	Republican
E. Y. Berry	1951–1971	Republican
George McGovern	1957–1961	Democratic
Ben Reifel	1961–1971	Republican
James Abourezk	1971–1973	Democratic
Frank E. Denholm	1971–1975	Democratic
James Abdnor	1973–1981	Republican
Larry Pressler	1975–1979	Republican
Tom Daschle	1979–1987	Democratic
Clint Roberts	1981–1983	Republican
Tim Johnson	1987–1997	Democratic
John R. Thune	1997–2003	Republican

1800s

Historical Representation to the U.S. House by Party in the 1800s from South Dakota
Party	Total
Populist	2
Republican	7
Total Representatives	9

Representatives to the U.S. House from South Dakota
Representative	Years Served	Party
John Rankin Gamble	1891	Republican
Oscar S. Gifford	1889–1891	Republican
John A. Pickler	1889–1897	Republican
John L. Jolley	1891–1893	Republican
William V. Lucas	1893–1895	Republican
Robert J. Gamble	1895–1897	Republican
John Edward Kelley	1897–1899	Populist
Freeman T. Knowles	1897–1899	Populist
Charles H. Burke	1899–1907, 1909-1915	Republican

Footnotes

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South Dakota's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Mike Rounds (R)

John Thune (R)

Representatives

Dusty Johnson (R)

Republican Party (3)