South Dakota Hall of Fame Inductees’ Service in the SD & US Legislature

Biographies of each inductee can be found on our Inductee & Legacy of Achievement Directory by clicking here.
Featured Inductees are in alphabetical order.

1. James W. Abbott

SD House 1991-1992

2. Gene Abdallah

SD House 2001-2022
SD House 2011-2012
SD Senate 2022-2010

3. James Abdnor

SD Senate 1957-1968

US House 1973-1981
US Senate 1981-1987

4. James Abourezk

US House 1971-1973
US Senate 1973-1979

5. Stanford ‘Stan’ Adelstein

SD House 2001-2004
SD Senate 2005-2006
SD Senate 2009-2013

6. Thornton Babcock

SD House 1923-1930

7. William H. H. Beadle

SD House 1877-1878

8. Thomas Berry

SD House 1925-1930
SD Governor 1933-1937

9. Andrew Bogue

SD Senate 1929-1932

10. John Boland

SD Senate 1929-1936

11. August ‘Gus’ Buche

SD Senate 1933-1936

12. Charles Burke

SD House 1895-1898

13. Gary Cammack

SD House 2013-2014
SD House 2023-2024
SD Senate 2015-2022

14. Henry Carlson Jr.

SD Senate 1977-1978
SD Senate 1983-1984

15. Bernard Christenson

SD House 1985-1987

16. Charles ‘Eddie’ Clay

SD House 1967-1974

17. Charles Croes

SD House 1921-1924

18. Frank Cundill

SD House 1923-1924
SD Senate 1925-1928

19. Thomas Daschle

US House 1978-1987
US Senate 1987-2005

20. Dennis Daugaard

SD Senate 1997-2022
SD Governor 2011-2019

21. Robert Dowdell

SD House 1895-1896
SD Senate 1907-1908
SD Senate 1917-1918
SD Senate 1925-1928
SD Senate 1931-1932

22. Robert Driscoll

SD House 1919-1920

23. James B. Dunn

SD House 1971-1972
SD Senate 1973-2000

24. Robert ‘Bob’ Duxbury

SD House 1985-1998
SD Senate 1981-1982
SD Senate 1999-2004

25. Newton Edmunds

Council 1879-1880

26. Carroll Erskine

SD Senate 1921-1928

27. Frank Farrar

SD Governor 1969-1971

28. Carl Fischer

SD Senate 1967-1971

29. Joseph Foss

SD Governor 1955-1959

30. Wilbur Foss

SD Senate 1961-1963

31. Shirley Halleen

SD House 1981-1984

32. Ernest Ham

SD House 1957-1966

33. Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin

US House 2004-2011

34. Carole Hillard

SD House 1991-1994
Lt. Governor 1995-2022

35. Marvis Hogen

SD House 1973-1978
SD Senate 1979-1982

36. L. Roy Houck

SD Senate 1949-1954

37. Bernie Hunhoff

SD House 2009-2014
SD Senate 1993-1998
SD Senate 2015-2016

38. Dwight ‘Bill’ Hustead

SD House 1963-1966
SD Senate 1967-1968

39. William ‘Bill’ Janklow

SD Governor 1995-2003

US House 2003-2004

40. Tim Johnson

SD House 1979-1984
SD Senate 1983-1986
SD Senate 1997-2015

US House 1987-1997

41. Kay Jorgensen

SD House 1979-1984
SD House 1993-1998

42. Sherman Judy

SD House 1925-1928

43. Richard Kneip

SD Senate 1965-1970
SD Governor 1971-1978

44. Shantel Krebs

SD House 2005-2010
SD Senate 2011-2014

45. Alice Kundert

SD House 1991-1994

46. Francis ‘Peg’ Lamont

SD Senate 1975-1988

47. Gene Lebrun

SD House 1971-1974

48. Louell Louis Lillibridge

SD House 1947-1950
SD Senate 1955-1956

49. Carl Emil Loriks

SD Senate 1927-1928
SD Senate 1931-1934

50. John Manke

SD Senate 1981-1985

51. Glenn Martens

SD Senate 1923-1924

52. George McGovern

US House 1957-1961
US Senate 1963-1981

53. Roger McKellips

SD Senate 1977-1978
SD Senate 1981-1994

54. George S. Mickelson

SD House 1975-1980
SD Governor 1987-1993

55. George T. Mickelson

SD House 1937-1942
SD Governor 1947-1951

56. Arthur Mellette

SD Governor 1889-1893

57. Archie Moore

SD Senate 1959-1962

58. George Mortimer

SD House 1967-1986

59. Peter Norbeck

SD Senate 1909-1914

60. Herbert Ortman

SD House 1955-1958

61. Joseph Parmley

SD House 1905-1908

62. Tad Perry

SD House 2011-2012

63. Lyndell Petersen

SD Senate 1977-1994

64. Richard Pettigrew

SD House 1872
SD Council 1885-1886
SD Council 1877-1880

65. James ‘Scotty’ Philip

SD Senate 1899-1900

66. Larry Pressler

US House 1975-1979
US Senate 1979-1997

67. Gladys Pyle

SD House 1923-1926

68. Henry Quinn

SD Senate 1967-1972

69. Arthur ‘Joe’ Quintal

SD Senate 1969-1974

70. Ben Radcliffe

SD House 1955-1962

71. Jack Rentschler

SD House 1991-1992

72. Joseph Robbie

SD House 1949-1950

73. Clint Roberts

SD Senate 1973-1978

74. Louis Sebert

SD House 1999-2006

75. George Shanard

SD Senate 1975-1992

76. Jerry Shoener

SD Senate 1993-2000

77. Thomas Shortbull

SD Senate 1983-1988

78. Theodore Spaulding

SD Senate 1977-1978

79. Arthur Spiry

SD Senate 1969-1974

80. John Stanage

SD House 1862-1862

81. Billie H. Sutton

SD Senate 1973-1978

82. John ‘Matt’ Sutton

SD House 1963-1966

83. Rex Terry

SD Senate 1941-1948

84. Carveth Thompson

SD House 1969-1972

85. Craig Tieszen

SD House 2017-2017
SD Senate 2009-2016

86. Wayne Unzicker

SD House 1963-1966
SD Senate 1967-1968

87. John Verschoor

SD House 1939-1942
SD House 1959-1962

88. John Vucurevich

SD House 1947-1950
SD Senate 1951-1956

89. Harvey Wollman

SD Senate 1969-1974
SD Governor 1978-1979