List of United States Senators from New Hampshire
New Hampshire's current senators are Jeanne Shaheen (D) and Kelly Ayotte (R). Senator Shaheen is currently serving her second term, and Senator Ayotte is currently serving her first term in the United States Senate.
ß== List of Senators ==
Class 2 Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014. The next election will be in 2020. |
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Class 3 Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1998, 2004, and 2010, and 2016. The next election will be in 2022. | ||||||||||
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# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T e r m |
T e r m |
Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
1 | Paine Wingate |
Anti- Administration |
March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793 |
Elected in 1788. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
1 | 1st Congress | 1 | Elected in 1788. | March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1801 |
Pro- Administration |
John Langdon |
1 |
2nd Congress | ||||||||||||
2 | Samuel Livermore |
Pro- Administration |
March 4, 1793 – June 12, 1801 |
Elected in 1792 | 2 | 3rd Congress | Anti- Administration | |||||
Federalist | 4th Congress | 2 | Re-election year unknown. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Democratic- Republican | ||||||||
5th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1798. Resigned. |
3 | 6th Congress | ||||||||||
7th Congress | 3 | Elected in 1801. Resigned. |
March 4, 1801 – June 14, 1802 |
Federalist | James Sheafe |
2 | ||||||
Vacant | June 12, 1801 – June 17, 1801 |
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3 | Simeon Olcott |
Federalist | June 17, 1801 – March 3, 1805 |
Elected in 1801 to finish Livermore's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | ||||||||
June 14, 1802 – June 17, 1802 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected in 1802 to finish Sheafe's term. Retired. |
June 17, 1802 – March 3, 1807 |
Federalist | William Plumer |
3 | ||||||||
8th Congress | ||||||||||||
4 | Nicholas Gilman |
Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1805 – May 2, 1814 |
Elected in 1804 | 4 | 9th Congress | ||||||
10th Congress | 4 | Elected in 1807. Resigned. |
March 4, 1807 – June 1, 1810 |
Democratic- Republican |
Nahum Parker | 4 | ||||||
11th Congress | ||||||||||||
June 1, 1810 – June 21, 1810 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected in 1810 to finish Parker's term. | June 21, 1810 – March 3, 1813 |
Federalist | Charles Cutts | 5 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1811. Died. |
5 | 12th Congress | ||||||||||
13th Congress | 5 | Legislature failed to elect. | March 3, 1813 – April 2, 1813 |
Vacant | ||||||||
Appointed to continue the term. Retired when successor elected. |
April 2, 1813 – June 10, 1813 |
Federalist | Charles Cutts | |||||||||
Elected in 1813 to finish Cutts's term. Resigned. |
June 10, 1813 – June 16, 1817 |
Federalist | Jeremiah Mason |
6 | ||||||||
Vacant | May 2, 1814 – June 24, 1814 |
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5 | Thomas W. Thompson |
Federalist | June 24, 1814 – March 3, 1817 |
Elected in 1814 to finish Gilman's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | ||||||||
14th Congress | ||||||||||||
6 | David L. Morril |
Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823 |
Elected in 1817. Retired. |
6 | 15th Congress | ||||||
June 16, 1817 – June 27, 1817 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected in 1817 to finish Mason's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
June 27, 1817 – March 3, 1819 |
Democratic- Republican |
Clement Storer |
7 | ||||||||
16th Congress | 6 | Elected in 1819. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1825 |
Democratic- Republican |
John Fabyan Parrott |
8 | ||||||
17th Congress | ||||||||||||
7 | Samuel Bell |
Adams Republican |
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1835 |
Elected in 1823 | 7 | 18th Congress | Adams Republican | |||||
Anti- Jacksonian |
19th Congress | 7 | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | March 3, 1825 – March 16, 1825 |
Vacant | |||||||
Elected in 1825. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
March 16, 1825 – March 3, 1831 |
Jacksonian | Levi Woodbury |
9 | ||||||||
Adams | 20th Congress | |||||||||||
Anti- Jacksonian |
Re-elected in 1828 or 1829. Retired. |
8 | 21st Congress | |||||||||
22nd Congress | 8 | Elected in 1831. Resigned to become N.H. Governor. |
March 4, 1831 – May 30, 1836 |
Jacksonian | Isaac Hill |
10 | ||||||
23rd Congress | ||||||||||||
8 | Henry Hubbard |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1841 |
Elected in 1835. Retired to run for Governor. |
9 | 24th Congress | ||||||
May 30, 1836 – June 8, 1836 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected in 1836 to finish Hill's term. Lost re-election. |
June 8, 1836 – March 3, 1837 |
Jacksonian | John Page |
11 | ||||||||
Democratic | 25th Congress | 9 | Elected in 1837. Resigned. |
March 4, 1837 – February 28, 1842 |
Democratic | Franklin Pierce |
12 | |||||
26th Congress | ||||||||||||
9 | Levi Woodbury |
Democratic | March 4, 1841 – September 20, 1845 |
Elected in 1841. Resigned to become Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. |
10 | 27th Congress | ||||||
Appointed to continue Pierce's term. Elected in June 1842 to finish Pierce's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
March 1, 1842 – March 3, 1843 |
Democratic | Leonard Wilcox |
13 | ||||||||
28th Congress | 10 | Elected in 1843. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849 |
Democratic | Charles G. Atherton |
14 | ||||||
29th Congress | ||||||||||||
Vacant | September 20, 1845 – December 1, 1845 |
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10 | Benning W. Jenness |
Democratic | December 1, 1845 – June 13, 1846 |
Appointed to continue Woodbury's term. Lost election to finish Woodbury's term. | ||||||||
11 | Joseph Cilley |
Liberty | June 13, 1846 – March 3, 1847 |
Elected in 1846 to finish Woodbury's term. Lost election to next term. | ||||||||
12 | John P. Hale |
Independent Democratic | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853 |
Elected in 1846. Retired to run for U.S. President. |
11 | 30th Congress | ||||||
Free Soil | 31st Congress | 11 | Elected in 1848 or 1849. Died. |
March 4, 1849 – January 11, 1855 |
Democratic | Moses Norris, Jr. |
15 | |||||
32nd Congress | ||||||||||||
13 | Charles G. Atherton |
Democratic | March 4, 1853 – November 15, 1853 |
Elected in 1852. Died. |
12 | 33rd Congress | ||||||
Vacant | November 15, 1853 – November 29, 1853 |
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14 | Jared W. Williams |
Democratic | November 29, 1853 – July 15, 1854 |
Appointed to continue Atherton's term. Appointment expired without election | ||||||||
Vacant | July 15, 1854 – July 30, 1855 |
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January 11, 1855 – January 16, 1855 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to finish Norris's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
January 16, 1855 – March 3, 1855 |
Democratic | John S. Wells |
16 | ||||||||
34th Congress | 12 | Legislature failed to elect. | March 4, 1855 – July 29, 1855 |
Vacant | ||||||||
15 | John P. Hale |
Republican | July 30, 1855 – March 3, 1865 |
Elected in 1855 to finish Atherton's term | Elected late in 1855. Died. |
July 30, 1855 – May 26, 1857 |
Republican | James Bell |
17 | |||
35th Congress | ||||||||||||
May 26, 1857 – June 27, 1857 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected in 1857 to finish Bell's term. | June 27, 1857 – July 27, 1866 |
Republican | Daniel Clark |
18 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1859. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
13 | 36th Congress | ||||||||||
37th Congress | 13 | Re-elected in 1861. Resigned. | ||||||||||
38th Congress | ||||||||||||
16 | Aaron H. Cragin |
Republican | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1877 |
Elected in 1864 | 14 | 39th Congress | ||||||
July 27, 1866 – August 31, 1866 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to finish Clark's term. Retired. |
August 31, 1866 – March 3, 1867 |
Republican | George G. Fogg |
19 | ||||||||
40th Congress | 14 | Elected in 1866 or 1867. Lost renomination |
March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873 |
Republican | James W. Patterson |
20 | ||||||
41st Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1870. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
15 | 42nd Congress | ||||||||||
43rd Congress | 15 | Elected in 1872. Lost re-election. |
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879 |
Republican | Bainbridge Wadleigh |
21 | ||||||
44th Congress | ||||||||||||
17 | Edward H. Rollins |
Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883 |
Elected in 1876. Lost re-election. |
16 | 45th Congress | ||||||
46th Congress | 16 | Legislature failed to elect | March 3, 1879 – March 18, 1879 |
Vacant | ||||||||
Appointed to fill vacancy caused by legislature's failure to elect. Retired. |
March 18, 1879 – June 18, 1879 |
Republican | Charles H. Bell |
22 | ||||||||
June 18, 1879 – June 20, 1879 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected in 1879 to finish the vacant term. | June 20, 1879 – March 3, 1885 |
Republican | Henry W. Blair |
23 | ||||||||
47th Congress | ||||||||||||
Vacant | March 4, 1883 – August 2, 1883 |
Legislature failed to elect. | 17 | 48th Congress | ||||||||
18 | Austin F. Pike |
Republican | August 2, 1883 – October 8, 1886 |
Elected late in 1883. Died. | ||||||||
49th Congress | 17 | Legislature failed to elect. | March 3, 1885 – March 5, 1885 |
Vacant | ||||||||
Appointed to continue the vacant term. Elected June 17, 1885 to finish the vacant term. Lost renomination. |
March 5, 1885 – March 3, 1891 |
Republican | Henry W. Blair | |||||||||
Vacant | October 8, 1886 – November 14, 1886 | |||||||||||
19 | Person Colby Cheney |
Republican | November 14, 1886 – June 14, 1887 |
Appointed to continue Pike's term. Retired when successor qualified. | ||||||||
50th Congress | ||||||||||||
20 | William E. Chandler |
Republican | June 14, 1887 – March 3, 1889 |
Elected in 1887 to finish Pike's term. Legislature failed to elect. | ||||||||
21 | Gilman Marston |
Republican | March 4, 1889 – June 18, 1889 |
Appointed to start term when legislature failed to elect. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
18 | 51st Congress | ||||||
22 | William E. Chandler |
Republican | June 18, 1889 – March 3, 1901 |
Elected in 1889 to finish the term. | ||||||||
52nd Congress | 18 | Elected in 1891. | March 4, 1891 – August 17, 1918 |
Republican | Jacob Harold Gallinger |
24 | ||||||
53rd Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1895. Lost renomination. |
19 | 54th Congress | ||||||||||
55th Congress | 19 | Re-elected in 1897. | ||||||||||
56th Congress | ||||||||||||
23 | Henry E. Burnham |
Republican | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1913 |
Elected January 15, 1901.[1] | 20 | 57th Congress | ||||||
58th Congress | 20 | Re-elected in 1903. | ||||||||||
59th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1906. Retired. |
21 | 60th Congress | ||||||||||
61st Congress | 21 | Re-elected in 1909. | ||||||||||
62nd Congress | ||||||||||||
24 | Henry F. Hollis |
Democratic | March 13, 1913 – March 3, 1919 |
Elected in 1912. Retired. |
22 | 63rd Congress | ||||||
64th Congress | 22 | Re-elected in 1914. Died. | ||||||||||
65th Congress | ||||||||||||
August 17, 1918 – September 2, 1918 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Gallinger's term. Retired. |
September 2, 1918 – November 5, 1918 |
Republican | Irving W. Drew |
25 | ||||||||
Elected in 1918 to finish Gallinger's term. | November 6, 1918 – March 3, 1933 |
Republican | George H. Moses |
26 | ||||||||
25 | Henry W. Keyes |
Republican | March 4, 1919 – January 3, 1937 |
Elected in 1918. | 23 | 66th Congress | ||||||
67th Congress | 23 | Re-elected in 1920. | ||||||||||
68th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1924. | 24 | 69th Congress | ||||||||||
70th Congress | 24 | Re-elected in 1926. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
71st Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1930. Retired. |
25 | 72nd Congress | ||||||||||
73rd Congress | 25 | Elected in 1932. Lost re-election. |
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939 |
Democratic | Fred H. Brown |
27 | ||||||
74th Congress | ||||||||||||
26 | Styles Bridges |
Republican | January 3, 1937 – November 26, 1961 |
Elected in 1936. | 26 | 75th Congress | ||||||
76th Congress | 26 | Elected in 1938. | January 3, 1939 – July 24, 1953 |
Republican | Charles W. Tobey |
28 | ||||||
77th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1942. | 27 | 78th Congress | ||||||||||
79th Congress | 27 | Re-elected in 1944. | ||||||||||
80th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1948. | 28 | 81st Congress | ||||||||||
82nd Congress | 28 | Re-elected in 1950. Died. | ||||||||||
83rd Congress | ||||||||||||
July 24, 1953 – August 14, 1953 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Tobey's term. Lost nomination to finish Tobey's term. |
August 14, 1953 – November 7, 1954 |
Republican | Robert W. Upton |
29 | ||||||||
Elected in 1954 to finish Tobey's term. | November 8, 1954 – December 31, 1974 |
Republican | Norris Cotton |
30 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1954. | 29 | 84th Congress | ||||||||||
85th Congress | 29 | Re-elected in 1956. | ||||||||||
86th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1960. Died. |
30 | 87th Congress | ||||||||||
Vacant | November 26, 1961 – January 10, 1962 |
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27 | Maurice J. Murphy, Jr. |
Republican | January 10, 1962 – November 6, 1962 |
Appointed to continue Bridges's term. Lost nomination to finish Bridges's term. | ||||||||
28 | Thomas J. McIntyre |
Democratic | November 7, 1962 – January 3, 1979 |
Elected in 1962 to finish Bridge's term. | ||||||||
88th Congress | 30 | Re-elected in 1962. | ||||||||||
89th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1966. | 31 | 90th Congress | ||||||||||
91st Congress | 31 | Re-elected in 1968. Retired, then resigned early. | ||||||||||
92nd Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1972. Lost re-election. |
32 | 93rd Congress | ||||||||||
Appointed to finish Cotton's term. | December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975 |
Republican | Louis C. Wyman |
31 | ||||||||
94th Congress | 32 | Contested election between Louis C. Wyman and John A. Durkin. | January 3, 1975 – August 8, 1975 |
Vacant | ||||||||
Appointed to continue term after contested election. |
August 8, 1975 – September 18, 1975 |
Republican | Norris H. Cotton |
32 | ||||||||
Won election contest. Lost re-election, and resigned early. |
September 18, 1975 – December 29, 1980 |
Democratic | John A. Durkin |
33 | ||||||||
95th Congress | ||||||||||||
29 | Gordon J. Humphrey |
Republican | January 3, 1979 – December 4, 1990 |
Elected in 1978. | 33 | 96th Congress | ||||||
Appointed to finish Durkin's term, having been elected to the next term. | December 29, 1980 – January 3, 1993 |
Republican | Warren Rudman |
34 | ||||||||
97th Congress | 33 | Elected in 1980. | ||||||||||
98th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1984. Retired and resigned early to take his seat in the New Hampshire Senate. |
34 | 99th Congress | ||||||||||
100th Congress | 34 | Re-elected in 1986. Retired. | ||||||||||
101st Congress | ||||||||||||
Vacant | December 4, 1990 – December 7, 1990 |
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30 | Bob Smith |
Republican | December 7, 1990 – January 3, 2003 |
Appointed early to finish Humphrey's term, having already been elected to the next term. | ||||||||
Elected in 1990. | 35 | 102nd Congress | ||||||||||
103rd Congress | 35 | Elected in 1992. | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2011 |
Republican | Judd Gregg |
35 | ||||||
104th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1996. Lost renomination. |
36 | 105th Congress | ||||||||||
106th Congress | 36 | Re-elected in 1998. | ||||||||||
107th Congress | ||||||||||||
31 | John E. Sununu |
Republican | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009 |
Elected in 2002. Lost re-election. |
37 | 108th Congress | ||||||
109th Congress | 37 | Re-elected in 2004. Retired. | ||||||||||
110th Congress | ||||||||||||
32 | Jeanne Shaheen |
Democratic | January 3, 2009 – Present |
Elected in 2008. | 38 | 111th Congress | ||||||
112th Congress | 38 | Elected in 2010. Lost re-election. |
January 3, 2011 – January 2017 |
Republican | Kelly Ayotte |
36 | ||||||
113th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2014. | 39 | 114th Congress | ||||||||||
115th Congress | 39 | Elected in 2016. | January 3, 2017 – Present |
Democratic | Maggie Hassan | 37 | ||||||
116th Congress | ||||||||||||
To be decided in the 2020 election. | 40 | 117th Congress | ||||||||||
118th Congress | 40 | To be decided in the 2022 election. | ||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T e r m |
T e r m |
Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
Class 2 | Class 3 |
Living former U.S. senators from New Hampshire
As of October 2016, there are four former senators who are living, three from Class 2 and one from Class 3. The most recent senator to die was Warren Rudman of Class 3 (1980-1993) on November 19, 2012. The most recent Class 2 senator to die was Maurice J. Murphy Jr. (1962) on October 27, 2002. The most recently serving Class 2 senator to die was Thomas J. McIntyre (1962-1979) on August 8, 1992.
Senator | Term of office | Class | Date of birth (and age) |
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Gordon J. Humphrey | 1979–1990 | 2 | October 9, 1940 |
Bob Smith | 1990–2003 | 2 | March 30, 1941 |
Judd Gregg | 1993–2011 | 3 | February 14, 1947 |
John E. Sununu | 2003–2009 | 2 | September 10, 1964 |
Kelly Ayotte | 2011–2017 | 3 | June 27, 1968 |
See also
- United States congressional delegations from New Hampshire
- List of United States Representatives from New Hampshire
References
- ↑ "Burnham Is New Hampshire's Choice". The New York Times. January 16, 1901. p. 3.