title: List of speakers of the South Dakota House of Representatives
text: # 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.
  
  | # | Speaker | Party | City | County | Term | Other office | Term |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Sutton E. Young | Republican | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | 1889–1890 | | |
  | 2 | Charles X. Seward | Republican | Watertown | Codington | 1891–1892 | | |
  | 3 | James Marshall Lawson | Republican | Aberdeen | Brown | 1893–1894 | State Senator SD President Pro Tempore | 1899–1906 1901–1902 |
  | 4 | Charles Tisdale Howard | Republican | Redfield | Spink | 1895–1896 | | |
  | 5 | John Colvin | Populist | Mitchell | Davison | 1897–1898 | | |
  | 6 | Albert G. Somers | Republican | Strouseton | Grant | 1899–1902 | | |
  | 7 | John L. Browne | Republican | Aberdeen | Brown | 1903–1906 | | |
  | 8 | Morris J. Chaney | Republican | Wakonda | Clay | 1907–1910 | | |
  | 9 | Charles J. Morris | Republican | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | 1911–1912 | | |
  | 10 | Peter J. Tscharner | Republican | Lemmon | Perkins | 1913–1914 | | |
  | 11 | Charles A. Christopherson | Republican | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | 1915–1916 | U.S. Congressman | 1919–1933 |
  | 12 | A.C. Roberts | Republican | Pierpont | Day | 1917–1918 | | |
  | 13 | Lewis Benson | Republican | Flandreau | Moody | 1919–1920 | | |
  | 14 | Christian O. Berdahl | Republican | Garretson | Minnehaha | 1921–1922 | | |
  | 15 | Emmet Orville Frescoln | Republican | Winner | Tripp | 1923–1924 | | |
  | 16 | Charles S. McDonald | Republican | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | 1925–1926 | | |
  | 17 | Ray F. Williamson | Republican | Aberdeen | Brown | 1927–1928 | | |
  | 18 | Daniel K. Loucks | Republican | Watertown | Codington | 1929–1930 | | |
  | 19 | B.W. McVeigh | Republican | Britton | Marshall | 1931–1932 | | |
  | 20 | George Abild | Democratic | Pukwana | Brule | 1933–1934 | | |
  | 21 | W. J. Eggert | Democratic | Rockham | Faulk | 1935–1936 | | |
  | 22 | Albert C. Miller | Republican | Kennebec | Lyman | 1937–1940 | Lieutenant Governor South Dakota Attorney General | 1941–1945 1961-1963 |
  | 23 | George T. Mickelson | Republican | Selby | Walworth | 1941–1942 | South Dakota Attorney General Governor | 1943–1947 1947–1951 |
  | 24 | O.H. Hove | Republican | Colman | Moody | 1943–1944 | | |
  | 25 | Anton Christian Halls | Republican | Garretson | Minnehaha | 1945–1946 | | |
  | 26 | George Wininger Mills | Republican | Wall | Pennington | 1947–1948 | | |
  | 27 | Arthur E. Munck | Republican | Pierre | Hughes | 1949–1950 | | |
  | 28 | Hugh H. Stokes | Republican | Flandreau | Moody | 1951–1952 | | |
  | 29 | Hobart H. Gates | Republican | Custer | Custer | 1953–1954 | | |
  | 30 | Nils A. Boe | Republican | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | 1955–1958 | Lieutenant Governor Governor | 1963–1965 1965–1969 |
  | 31 | Archie M. Gubbrud | Republican | Alcester | Lincoln | 1959–1960 | Governor | 1961–1965 |
  | 32 | Carl T. Burgess | Republican | Rapid City | Pennington | 1961–1962 | | |
  | 33 | Paul E. Brown | Republican | Arlington | Kingsbury | 1963–1964 | | |
  | 34 | Charles C. Droz | Republican | Miller | Hand | 1965–1966 | | |
  | 35 | James D. Jelbert | Republican | Spearfish | Lawrence | 1967–1968 | | |
  | 36 | Dexter H. Gunderson | Republican | Irene | Clay | 1969–1970 | | |
  | 37 | Donald E. Osheim | Republican | Watertown | Codington | 1971–1972 | | |
  | 38 | Gene N. Lebrun | Democratic | Rapid City | Pennington | 1973–1974 | | |
  | 39 | Joseph H. Barnett | Republican | Aberdeen | Brown | 1975–1976 | | |
  | 40 | Lowell C. Hansen II | Republican | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | 1977–1978 | Lieutenant Governor | 1979–1986 |
  | 41 | George S. Mickelson | Republican | Brookings | Brookings | 1979–1980 | Governor | 1987–1993 |
  | 42 | Walter Dale Miller | Republican | New Underwood | Pennington | 1981–1982 | Lieutenant Governor Governor | 1987–1993 1993–1994 |
  | 43 | Jerome B. Lammers | Republican | Madison | Lake | 1983–1984 | | |
  | 44 | Donald J. Ham | Republican | Rapid City | Pennington | 1985–1986 | | |
  | 45 | Debra R. Anderson | Republican | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | 1987–1988 | | |
  | 46 | Royal J. 'Bud' Wood | Republican | Warner | Brown | 1989–1990 | | |
  | 47 | E. James 'Jim' Hood | Republican | Spearfish | Lawrence | 1991–1992 | | |
  | 48 | Steve K. Cutler | Republican | Claremont | Brown | 1993–1994 | | |
  | 49 | Harvey C. Krautschun | Republican | Spearfish | Lawrence | 1995–1996 | | |
  | 50 | Rexford A. 'Rex' Hagg | Republican | Rapid City | Pennington | 1997–1998 | | |
  | 51 | Roger W. Hunt | Republican | Brandon | Minnehaha | 1999–2000 | | |
  | 52 | Scott G. Eccarius | Republican | Rapid City | Pennington | 2001–2002 | | |
  | 53 | Matthew J. W. Michels | Republican | Yankton | Yankton | 2003–2006 | Lieutenant Governor | 2011–2019 |
  | 54 | Thomas J. Deadrick | Republican | Platte | Charles Mix | 2007–2010 | | |
  | 55 | Valentine Rausch | Republican | Big Stone City | Grant | 2011–2012 | | |
  | 56 | Brian Gosch | Republican | Rapid City | Pennington | 2013–2014 | | |
  | 57 | Dean Wink | Republican | Howes | Meade | 2015–2016 | | |
  | 58 | Mark Mickelson | Republican | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | 2017–2018 | | |
  | 59 | Steven Haugaard | Republican | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | 2019–2020 | | |
  | 60 | Spencer Gosch | Republican | Glenham | Walworth | 2021–2022 | | |
  | 61 | Hugh Bartels | Republican | Watertown | Codington | 2023–present | | |
  