Bill Janklow, American lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of South Dakota (born 1939)

Bill Janklow

American politician (1939–2012)

William John Janklow was an American lawyer and politician and member of the Republican Party. He holds the record for the longest tenure as the governor of South Dakota: sixteen years in office. Janklow had the third-longest gubernatorial tenure in post-Constitutional U.S.…

Governor of South Dakota

The governor of South Dakota is the head of government of South Dakota. The governor is elected to a four-year term in even years when there is no presidential election.