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U.S. Senators from South Dakota:
Name	Dates of Service
*Class 2*
Richard F. Pettigrew (R,SR) Robert J. Gamble (R) Thomas Sterling (R) William H. McMaster (R) William J. Bulow (D) Harlan J. Bushfield (R) Vera C. Bushfield (R) Karl E. Mundt (R) James G. Abourezk (D) Larry L. Pressler (R) Tim Johnson (D)	1889-1901 1901-1913 1913-1925 1925-1931 1931-1943 1943-1948 1948-1948 1948-1973 1973-1979 1979-1997 1997-

Name	Dates of Service
*Class 3*
Gideon C. Moody (R) James H. Kyle (PO,R) Alfred B. Kittredge (R) Coe I. Crawford (R) Edwin S. Johnson (D) Peter Norbeck (R) Herbert E. Hitchcock (D) Gladys Pyle (R) J. Chandler (Chan) Gurney (R) Francis H. Case (R) Joseph H. Bottum (R) George S. McGovern (D) James Abdnor (R) Thomas A. Daschle (D) John Thune (R)	1889-1891 1891-1901 1901-1909 1909-1915 1915-1921 1921-1936 1936-1938 1938-1939 1939-1951 1951-1962 1962-1963 1963-1981 1981-1987 1987-2005 2005---

Senate Service
Longest Service (24 years or more): Karl E. Mundt

South Dakota Senators Who Served in Leadership Positions
Republican Conference Secretary: J. Chandler Gurney Democratic Conference Chairman: Thomas A. Daschle Democratic Policy Committee Co-Chairman: Thomas A. Daschle Minority Leader: Thomas A. Daschle Majority Leader: Thomas A. Daschle Standing Committee Chairs Since 1947: Armed Services: J. Chandler Gurney Commerce, Science and Transportation: Larry L. Pressler District of Columbia: Francis H. Case Ethics: Tim Johnson
South Dakota Citizens Honored in the Capitol's Art Collection
Statuary: William Henry Harrison Beadle by H. Daniel Webster (Statuary Hall); Joseph Ward by Bruno Beghé (Hall of Columns).

Unusual Facts
Senator Richard Pettigrew of Sioux Falls walked out of the Republican National Convention at St. Louis in 1896, when the convention refused to accept a free coinage of silver position in the party's platform. (In 1917, former Senator Pettigrew was indicted for sedition during the first World War, but the indictment was later dismissed.) In 1972 the Senate Republican Conference stripped Senator Karl E. Mundt of his three committee assignments. Mundt, who had not appeared in the Senate since suffering a stroke in late 1969, had been ranking minority member of the Government Relations Committee and second ranking member on both the Appropriations and Foreign Relations Committees. Among the forty-five Senate Republicans, Mundt ranked third. His poor health prevented him from seeking a fifth term in the Senate.


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