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South Dakota Former Attorneys General

Home / Attorneys General / Past Attorneys General / South Dakota Former Attorneys General

A chronological list of past South Dakota attorneys general is below.

Return to full list of past attorneys general or learn more about the current South Dakota Attorney General.

Jason Ravnsborg 2019 – Present
Marty Jackley 2009 – 2019
Mark Barnett 1991 – 2003
Roger Tellinghuisen 1987 – 1991
Mark Meierhenry 1979 – 1987
William J. Janklow 1975 – 1979
Kermit A. Sande 1973 – 1975
Gordon J. Mydland 1969 – 1973
Frank L. Farrar 1963 – 1969
A.C. Miller 1961 – 1963
Parnell J. Donahue 1959 – 1961
Phil Sauders 1955 – 1959
Ralph A Dunham 1951 – 1955
Sigurd Anderson 1947 – 1951
George T. Mickelson 1943 – 1947
Leo A. Temmey 1939 – 1943
Walter Conway 1933 – 1937
Merrell Q. Sharpe 1929 – 1933
Buell F. Jones 1923 – 1929
Byron S. Payne 1919 – 1923
Clarence C. Caldwell 1915 – 1919
Royal C. Johnson 1911 – 1915
S.W. Clark 1907 – 1911

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