1900 South Dakota gubernatorial election

1900 South Dakota gubernatorial election

← 1898 November 6, 1900 1902 →
 
Nominee Charles N. Herreid Burre H. Lien
Party Republican Fusion
Popular vote 53,803 40,091
Percentage 56.31% 41.96%

County results
Herreid:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Lien:      40–50%      50–60%
No Vote:      

Governor of South Dakota before election

Andrew E. Lee
Populist

Elected Governor of South Dakota

Charles N. Herreid
Republican

The 1900 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1900. Incumbent Governor Andrew E. Lee, a Populist elected under Fusion with Populists, Free Silver Republicans, and Democrats, opted to run for Congress rather than for a third term. Former Sioux Falls Mayor Burre H. Lien won the Fusion nomination and ran against former Lieutenant Governor Charles N. Herreid. However, despite the closeness of the 1896 and 1898 elections, the Fusion's luck ran out; Herreid defeated Lien in a landslide to reclaim the office for the Republican Party.