William "Bill" Janklow Official Bio

William "Bill" Janklow

William John Janklow was an American politician and member of the Republican Party who holds the record for the longest tenure as Governor of South Dakota: sixteen years in office. Janklow had the third-longest gubernatorial tenure in post-Constitutional U.S. history at 5,851 days. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
William "Bill" Janklow has 44 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1985 Meeting as a Governor. The year with the most videos was 1986 with 10 videos. Most appearances with John M. Engler (7), Bill Clinton (7), Tom Ridge (7). Most common tags: South Dakota, Education Policy, State Politics.

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Previously

U.S. Representative, R-SD January 3, 2003 - January 20, 2004 Videos: 8 Governor,
R-South Dakota c. January 1, 1979 - c. January 1, 1987 Videos: 33 U.S. Representative Candidate, South Dakota
R c. January 1, 2002 - c. November 5, 2002 Videos: 1 Governor,
R-South Dakota c. January 1, 1994 - c. January 1, 2002 Videos: 2

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Past Elections

Ideology data is based on DW-NOMINATE statistics developed by Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal. More information can be found at Voteview .

Historic election results compiled from data found on FEC.gov

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