List of governors of New Hampshire
Appearance
This is a list of governors of New Hampshire, in the United States.
List of governors
[change | change source]The last of the colonial governors of New Hampshire fled in 1775.
- Parties
Democratic Federalist Democratic-Republican National Republican Whig Republican Know Nothing
# | Image | Governor | Took office | Left office | Party | Notes |
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1 | Meshech Weare | June 15, 1776 | June 1, 1785 | Independent | ||
2 | John Langdon | June 1, 1785 | June 7, 1786 | Independent | ||
3 | John Sullivan | June 7, 1786 | June 4, 1788 | Federalist | ||
(2) | John Langdon | June 4, 1788 | January 22, 1789 | Democratic-Republican | ||
(3) | John Sullivan | January 22, 1789 | June 5, 1790 | Federalist | [1] | |
4 | Josiah Bartlett | June 5, 1790 | June 5, 1794 | Democratic-Republican | [source?] | |
5 | John Taylor Gilman | June 5, 1794 | June 6, 1805 | Federalist | ||
(2) | John Langdon | June 6, 1805 | June 8, 1809 | Democratic-Republican | ||
6 | Jeremiah Smith | June 8, 1809 | June 5, 1810 | Federalist | ||
(2) | John Langdon | June 5, 1810 | June 5, 1812 | Democratic-Republican | ||
7 | William Plumer | June 5, 1812 | June 3, 1813 | Democratic-Republican | ||
(5) | John Taylor Gilman | June 3, 1813 | June 6, 1816 | Federalist | ||
(7) | William Plumer | June 6, 1816 | June 3, 1819 | Democratic-Republican | ||
8 | Samuel Bell | June 3, 1819 | June 5, 1823 | Democratic-Republican | ||
9 | Levi Woodbury | June 5, 1823 | June 3, 1824 | Democratic-Republican | ||
10 | David L. Morril | June 3, 1824 | June 7, 1827 | Democratic-Republican | ||
11 | Benjamin Pierce | June 7, 1827 | June 5, 1828 | Democratic-Republican | ||
12 | John Bell | June 5, 1828 | June 4, 1829 | National Republican | ||
(11) | Benjamin Pierce | June 4, 1829 | June 3, 1830 | Democratic | ||
13 | Matthew Harvey | June 3, 1830 | February 28, 1831 | Democratic | [2] | |
— | Joseph M. Harper | February 28, 1831 | June 2, 1831 | Democratic | [3] | |
14 | Samuel Dinsmoor | June 2, 1831 | June 5, 1834 | Democratic | ||
15 | William Badger | June 5, 1834 | June 2, 1836 | Democratic | ||
16 | Isaac Hill | June 2, 1836 | June 5, 1839 | Democratic | ||
17 | John Page | June 5, 1839 | June 2, 1842 | Democratic | ||
18 | Henry Hubbard | June 2, 1842 | June 6, 1844 | Democratic | ||
19 | John H. Steele | June 6, 1844 | June 4, 1846 | Democratic | ||
20 | Anthony Colby | June 4, 1846 | June 3, 1847 | Whig | ||
21 | Jared W. Williams | June 3, 1847 | June 7, 1849 | Democratic | ||
22 | Samuel Dinsmoor Jr. | June 7, 1849 | June 3, 1852 | Democratic | ||
23 | Noah Martin | June 3, 1852 | June 8, 1854 | Democratic | ||
24 | Nathaniel B. Baker | June 8, 1854 | June 7, 1855 | Democratic | ||
25 | Ralph Metcalf | June 7, 1855 | June 4, 1857 | Know Nothing | ||
26 | William Haile | June 4, 1857 | June 2, 1859 | Republican | ||
27 | Ichabod Goodwin | June 2, 1859 | June 6, 1861 | Republican | ||
28 | Nathaniel S. Berry | June 6, 1861 | June 3, 1863 | Republican | ||
29 | Joseph A. Gilmore | June 3, 1863 | June 8, 1865 | Republican | ||
30 | Frederick Smyth | June 8, 1865 | June 6, 1867 | Republican | ||
31 | Walter Harriman | June 6, 1867 | June 3, 1869 | Republican | ||
32 | Onslow Stearns | June 3, 1869 | June 8, 1871 | Republican | ||
33 | James A. Weston | June 8, 1871 | June 6, 1872 | Democratic | ||
34 | Ezekiel A. Straw | June 6, 1872 | June 3, 1874 | Republican | ||
(33) | James A. Weston | June 3, 1874 | June 10, 1875 | Democratic | ||
35 | Person C. Cheney | June 10, 1875 | June 7, 1877 | Republican | ||
36 | Benjamin F. Prescott | June 7, 1877 | June 5, 1879 | Republican | ||
37 | Natt Head | June 5, 1879 | June 2, 1881 | Republican | ||
38 | Charles H. Bell | June 2, 1881 | June 7, 1883 | Republican | ||
39 | Samuel W. Hale | June 7, 1883 | June 4, 1885 | Republican | ||
40 | Moody Currier | June 4, 1885 | June 2, 1887 | Republican | ||
41 | Charles H. Sawyer | June 2, 1887 | June 6, 1889 | Republican | ||
42 | David H. Goodell | June 6, 1889 | January 8, 1891 | Republican | ||
43 | Hiram A. Tuttle | January 8, 1891 | January 5, 1893 | Republican | ||
44 | John Butler Smith | January 5, 1893 | January 3, 1895 | Republican | ||
45 | Charles A. Busiel | January 3, 1895 | January 7, 1897 | Republican | ||
46 | George A. Ramsdell | January 7, 1897 | January 5, 1899 | Republican | ||
47 | Frank W. Rollins | January 5, 1899 | January 3, 1901 | Republican | ||
48 | Chester B. Jordan | January 3, 1901 | January 1, 1903 | Republican | ||
49 | Nahum J. Bachelder | January 1, 1903 | January 5, 1905 | Republican | ||
50 | John McLane | January 5, 1905 | January 3, 1907 | Republican | ||
51 | Charles M. Floyd | January 3, 1907 | January 7, 1909 | Republican | ||
52 | Henry B. Quinby | January 7, 1909 | January 5, 1911 | Republican | ||
53 | Robert P. Bass | January 5, 1911 | January 2, 1913 | Republican | ||
54 | Samuel D. Felker | January 2, 1913 | January 1, 1915 | Democratic | ||
55 | Rolland H. Spaulding | January 1, 1915 | January 2, 1917 | Republican | ||
56 | Henry W. Keyes | January 2, 1917 | January 6, 1919 | Republican | ||
57 | John H. Bartlett | January 6, 1919 | January 6, 1921 | Republican | ||
58 | Albert O. Brown | January 6, 1921 | January 4, 1923 | Republican | ||
59 | Fred H. Brown | January 4, 1923 | January 1, 1925 | Democratic | ||
60 | John Gilbert Winant | January 1, 1925 | January 6, 1927 | Republican | ||
61 | Huntley N. Spaulding | January 6, 1927 | January 3, 1929 | Republican | ||
62 | Charles W. Tobey | January 3, 1929 | January 1, 1931 | Republican | ||
(60) | John Gilbert Winant | January 1, 1931 | January 3, 1935 | Republican | ||
63 | Styles Bridges | January 3, 1935 | January 7, 1937 | Republican | ||
64 | Francis P. Murphy | January 7, 1937 | January 2, 1941 | Republican | ||
65 | Robert O. Blood | January 2, 1941 | January 4, 1945 | Republican | ||
66 | Charles M. Dale | January 4, 1945 | January 6, 1949 | Republican | ||
67 | Sherman Adams | January 6, 1949 | January 1, 1953 | Republican | ||
68 | Hugh Gregg | January 1, 1953 | January 6, 1955 | Republican | ||
69 | Lane Dwinell | January 6, 1955 | January 1, 1959 | Republican | ||
70 | Wesley Powell | January 1, 1959 | January 3, 1963 | Republican | ||
71 | John W. King | January 3, 1963 | January 2, 1969 | Democratic | ||
72 | Walter R. Peterson Jr. | January 2, 1969 | January 4, 1973 | Republican | ||
73 | Meldrim Thomson Jr. | January 4, 1973 | January 4, 1979 | Republican | ||
74 | Hugh J. Gallen | January 4, 1979 | December 29, 1982 | Democratic | [4] | |
— | Vesta M. Roy | December 29, 1982 | January 6, 1983 | Republican | [4] | |
75 | John H. Sununu | January 6, 1983 | January 4, 1989 | Republican | ||
76 | Judd Gregg | January 4, 1989 | January 2, 1993 | Republican | [5][6] | |
— | Ralph D. Hough | January 2, 1993 | January 7, 1993 | Republican | [5][6] | |
77 | Steve Merrill | January 7, 1993 | January 9, 1997 | Republican | ||
78 | Jeanne Shaheen | January 9, 1997 | January 9, 2003 | Democratic | ||
79 | Craig Benson | January 9, 2003 | January 6, 2005 | Republican | ||
80 | John Lynch | January 6, 2005 | January 3, 2013 | Democratic | ||
81 | Maggie Hassan | January 3, 2013 | January 2, 2017 | Democratic | [7] | |
— | Chuck Morse | January 3, 2017 | January 5, 2017 | Republican | [7] | |
82 | Chris Sununu | January 5, 2017 | present | Republican |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Resigned to take a seat in a federal court.
- ↑ Resigned to take a seat on the United States District Court for New Hampshire.
- ↑ As president of the state senate, acted as governor for unexpired term.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hugh Gallen fell ill and yielded his powers to the president of the state senate, Vesta Roy; he died on December 29, 1982.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Judd Gregg resigned from the governorship on January 2, 1993 to take seat in the United States Senate; president of the state senate Ralph D. Hough served as acting governor until governor-elect Steve Merrill was sworn in January 7.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Soloman, Dave (December 15, 2016). "Hassan to resign as governor on Jan. 2, ahead of swearing-in as U.S. senator". New Hampshire Union Leader. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Maggie Hassan resigned from the governorship at the end of January 2, 2017, to take a seat in the United States Senate, twelve hours later. President of the state senate Chuck Morse became acting governor and served until January 5, 2017, when Governor-elect Chris Sununu took office.