Hyatt E. Covey was lieutenant governor of South Dakota from 1927 to 1929. He was a member of the Republican Party and served with a Democratic Party governor. He was from Hamill, South Dakota

Hamill, South Dakota

Hamill is a census-designated place in Tripp County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 11 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and is water....

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Biography

He was born at LeRoy, Illinois, and attended normal school at Normal, Illinois

Normal, Illinois

Normal is an incorporated town in McLean County, Illinois, United States. It had a population of 52,497 as of the 2010 census. Normal is the smaller of two principal municipalities of the Bloomington-Normal metropolitan area...

. He graduated from the University of Chicago

University of Chicago

The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...

, with an A. B. degree in 1901, and became principal of the Montevideo, Minnesota

Montevideo, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 5,346 people, 2,353 households, and 1,444 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,190.5 people per square mile . There were 2,551 housing units at an average density of 568.1 per square mile...

, high school before homesteading in Tripp County, South Dakota

Tripp County, South Dakota

As of the census of 2000, there were 6,430 people, 2,550 households, and 1,721 families residing in the county. The population density was 4 people per square mile . There were 3,036 housing units at an average density of 2 per square mile...

 in 1912. He commenced farming and stock raising and served in the state senate of the South Dakota Legislature

South Dakota Legislature

The South Dakota State Legislature is the legislative branch of the government of South Dakota. It is a bicameral legislative body, consisting of the South Dakota Senate, which has 35 members, and the South Dakota House of Representatives, which has 70 members...

, being elected in 1918, 1920, 1922, and 1924. He was elected lieutenant governor in 1926. He died in Tripp County.