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These tables are historical listings of members of the South Dakota House of Representatives who served from statehood in 1889 until the present.

Members of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1889-1893)

 * 1889-1893, 124 representatives elected from 50 districts.

Members of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1893-1919)

 * 1893-1899, 83 representatives elected from 48 districts.
 * 1899-1909, 87 representatives elected from 48 districts. From 1905 to 1909, 89 members were elected.
 * 1909-1913, 104 representatives elected from 53 districts.
 * 1913-1919, 103 representatives elected from 59 districts.

Members of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1919-1939)

 * 103 representatives elected from 61 districts.

Members of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1939-1967)

 * 1939-1953, 75 representatives elected from 59 districts.
 * 1953-1965, 75 representatives elected from 54 districts.
 * 1965-1967, 75 representatives elected from 55 districts.

Members of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1967-1985)

 * 1967-1973, 75 representatives elected from 39 districts.
 * 1973-1985, 70 representatives elected from 28 districts.

Members of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1985-present)

 * 70 representatives elected from 35 districts.

Districts 28A and 28B
District 28 was divided into two single-member districts in 1991. These districts were eliminated in 1997 and representatives were elected at-large. . In 2000, the U.S. Department of Justice sued alleging the change diluted Native American voting rights. Single member districts were restored in 2001.

Districts 26A and 26B
District 26 was divided into two single-member districts in December 2005 after a lawsuit was filed by several Native American individuals alleging voter discrimination in the make up of Districts 27 and 26. In 2005, Judge Karen E. Schreier of the U.S. District Court for South Dakota ruled in favor of the plantiffs and ordered the South Dakota Legislature to redraw the boundaries of Districts 27 and 26 to more accurately reflect the Native American population in those areas. That order was upheld on appeal to the Eighth Circuit