Editing South Dakota State University (section)

===Government===
*[[Philo Hall]] (1886), [[United States Representative|U.S. Representative from South Dakota]] and sixth [[Attorney General of South Dakota]]
*[[Clarence C. Caldwell]] (1902), ninth Attorney General of South Dakota
*[[Sigurd Anderson]], 19th Governor and Attorney General of South Dakota
*[[Ben Reifel]] (1932), U.S. Representative from South Dakota, first Lakota Indian member of Congress
*[[Francis G. Dunn]] (1935), Chief Justice, [[South Dakota Supreme Court]]
*[[Andrew Wendell Bogue]] (1941), Chief Judge, [[United States District Court for the District of South Dakota]]
*[[Gordon Mydland]] (1944), 23rd Attorney General of South Dakota
*[[Richard F. Kneip]] (1945), sixth [[United States Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore]] and 25th [[Governor of South Dakota]]
*[[William Dougherty]] (1954), [[Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota]]
*[[Frank Denholm]] (1956), U.S. Representative from South Dakota
*[[Kermit A. Sande]] (1964), 24th Attorney General of South Dakota
*[[Tom Daschle]] (1969), [[Senate Majority Leader|United States Majority Leader]] of the [[United States Senate]] and U.S. Representative from South Dakota
*[[Larry Long (politician)|Larry Long]] (1969), 29th Attorney General of South Dakota
*[[Randy Seiler]], 41st [[United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota]]
*[[Alan Lance]] (1971), 31st [[Attorney General of Idaho]], Judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims]], and National Commander of [[The American Legion]]
*[[David Gilbertson]] (1972), former Chief Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court
*[[Mike Rounds]] (1976), current [[United States Senator|U.S. Senator from South Dakota]] and 31st Governor of South Dakota
*[[Stephen Censky]] (1981), former [[United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture]]
*[[Carole Hillard]] (1982), Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota
*[[Kristie Fiegen]] (1984), Chairwoman of [[South Dakota Public Utilities Commission]]
*[[Gregory J. Stoltenburg]] (1984), current presiding judge, [[South Dakota Circuit Courts|Third Circuit Court of South Dakota]]
*[[Mark Salter (South Dakota judge)|Mark Salter]] (1990), current Associate Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court
*[[Jason Frerichs]] (2007), former South Dakota Senate Minority Leader
*[[Kristi Noem]] (2012), U.S. Representative from South Dakota; first female [[Governor of South Dakota]]
*[[James Abourezk|Charles Abourezk]], current Chief Justice, [[Rosebud Sioux Tribe|Rosebud Sioux Tribe Supreme Court]]