South Dakota’s First Ladies and Gentlemen

#	FIRST LADY OR GENTLEMAN	LIVED	MARRIED
1	Margaret (Wylie) Mellette	1843–1938	1866–1896
2	Martha (Frizzell) Sheldon	1854–1942	1875–1898
3	Annie (Chappell) Lee	1851–1918	1872–1918
4	Eunice (Slye) Herreid	1859–1940	1881–1928
5	Mary Ellen (Masten) Elrod	1863–1943	1884–1935
6	Lavinia (Robinson) Crawford	1870–1959	1896–1944
7	Florence (Albert) Vessey	1862–1933	1882–1929
8	Emilie (Beaver) Byrne	1866–1965	1888–1927
9	Lydia (Anderson) Norbeck	1873–1961	1900–1936
10	Harriet (Russell) McMaster	1879–1969	1902–1968
11	Gertrude (Bertleson) Gunderson	1871–1956	1892–1933
12	Sarah (Johnson) Bulow	1885–1976	1921–1960
13	Elizabeth Jane (Parliament) Green	1877–1976	1899–1945
14	Lorena “Rena” (McLain) Berry	1879–1963	1905–1951
15	Elizabeth (Ward) Jensen	1895–1985	1925–1964
16	Vera (Cahalan) Bushfield¹	1889–1976	1912–1948
17	Emily (Auld) Sharpe	1883–1957	1918–1957
18	Madge (Turner) Mickelson	1903–2006	1927–1965
19	Vivian (Walz) Anderson	1911–1981	1937–1981
20	June (Shakstad) Foss	1919–1970	1942–1967²
21	Lorna (Buntrock) Herseth³	1909–1994	1937–1969
22	Florence (Dexter) Gubbrud	1914–2006	1939–1987
23	Borghild Boe⁴	1906–1994
24	Patricia (Henley) Farrar	1931–2015	1953–2015
25	Nancy (Pankey) Kneip	1938–	1958–1987
26	Anne (Geigel) Wollman	1936–	1958–2022
27	Mary Dean (Thom) Janklow	1943–	1960–2012
28	Linda (McCahren) Mickelson	1941–	1963–1993
29	Patricia (Kilber) Miller	1953–	1993–2015
30	Mary Dean (Thom) Janklow	1943–	1960–2012
31	Jean (Vedvei) Rounds	1956–2021	1978–2021
32	Linda (Schmidt) Daugaard	1953–	1981–
33	Bryon Noem⁵	1969–	1992–
34	Sandy (Murphy) Rhoden	1957–	1981–

Succeeded her husband in the U.S. Senate upon his death in 1948.
Joe and June Foss divorced in 1967. Joe Foss subsequently married Donna “Didi” Wild Hall.
Served as Secretary of State from 1973–79.
Borghild Boe acted as hostess for her brother, Nils Boe, who was a bachelor.
As the husband of the state’s first female governor, Bryon Noem was the first “First Gentleman.”

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