List of United States senators from New Hampshire
Appearance
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.
List of Senators
Class 2Class 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. | C | Class 3Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1998, 2004, and 2010. The next election will be in 2016. | ||||||||||
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# | Senator | Party | Dates in office | Electoral history | T | T | Electoral history | Dates in office | Party | Senator | # | |
1 | Paine Wingate |
Anti- Administration |
March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793 |
Elected in 1788. [data missing] |
1 | 1st | 1 | Elected in 1788. | March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1801 |
Pro- Administration |
John Langdon |
1 |
2nd | ||||||||||||
2 | Samuel Livermore |
Pro- Administration |
March 4, 1793 – June 12, 1801 |
Elected in 1792 | 2 | 3rd | Anti- Administration | |||||
Federalist | 4th | 2 | Re-election year unknown. [data missing] |
Democratic- Republican | ||||||||
5th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1798. Resigned. |
3 | 6th | ||||||||||
7th | 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 missing] | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||
4 | Nicholas Gilman |
Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1805 – May 2, 1814 |
Elected in 1804 | 4 | 9th | ||||||
10th | 4 | Elected in 1807. Resigned. |
March 4, 1807 – June 1, 1810 |
Democratic- Republican |
Nahum Parker | 4 | ||||||
11th | ||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
13th | 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 missing] | ||||||||
14th | ||||||||||||
6 | David L. Morril |
Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823 |
Elected in 1817. Retired. |
6 | 15th | ||||||
June 16, 1817 – June 27, 1817 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected in 1817 to finish Mason's term. [data missing] |
June 27, 1817 – March 3, 1819 |
Democratic- Republican |
Clement Storer |
7 | ||||||||
16th | 6 | Elected in 1819. [data missing] |
March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1825 |
Democratic- Republican |
John Fabyan Parrott |
8 | ||||||
17th | ||||||||||||
7 | Samuel Bell |
Adams Republican |
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1835 |
Elected in 1823 | 7 | 18th | Adams Republican | |||||
Anti- Jacksonian |
19th | 7 | [data missing] | March 3, 1825 – March 16, 1825 |
Vacant | |||||||
Elected in 1825. [data missing] |
March 16, 1825 – March 3, 1831 |
Jacksonian | Levi Woodbury |
9 | ||||||||
Adams | 20th | |||||||||||
Anti- Jacksonian |
Re-elected in 1828 or 1829. Retired. |
8 | 21st | |||||||||
22nd | 8 | Elected in 1831. Resigned to become N.H. Governor. |
March 4, 1831 – May 30, 1836 |
Jacksonian | Isaac Hill |
10 | ||||||
23rd | ||||||||||||
8 | Henry Hubbard |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1841 |
Elected in 1835. Retired to run for Governor. |
9 | 24th | ||||||
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 | 9 | Elected in 1837. Resigned. |
March 4, 1837 – February 28, 1842 |
Democratic | Franklin Pierce |
12 | |||||
26th | ||||||||||||
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 | ||||||
Appointed to continue Pierce's term. Elected in June 1842 to finish Pierce's term. [data missing] |
March 1, 1842 – March 3, 1843 |
Democratic | Leonard Wilcox |
13 | ||||||||
28th | 10 | Elected in 1843. [data missing] |
March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849 |
Democratic | Charles G. Atherton |
14 | ||||||
29th | ||||||||||||
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 | ||||||
Free Soil | 31st | 11 | Elected in 1848 or 1849. Died. |
March 4, 1849 – January 11, 1855 |
Democratic | Moses Norris, Jr. |
15 | |||||
32nd | ||||||||||||
13 | Charles G. Atherton |
Democratic | March 4, 1853 – November 15, 1853 |
Elected in 1852. Died. |
12 | 33rd | ||||||
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 missing] |
January 16, 1855 – March 3, 1855 |
Democratic | John S. Wells |
16 | ||||||||
34th | 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 | ||||||||||||
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 missing] |
13 | 36th | ||||||||||
37th | 13 | Re-elected in 1861. Resigned. | ||||||||||
38th | ||||||||||||
16 | Aaron H. Cragin |
Republican | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1877 |
Elected in 1864 | 14 | 39th | ||||||
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 | 14 | Elected in 1866 or 1867. Lost renomination |
March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873 |
Republican | James W. Patterson |
20 | ||||||
41st | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1870. [data missing] |
15 | 42nd | ||||||||||
43rd | 15 | Elected in 1872. Lost re-election. |
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879 |
Republican | Bainbridge Wadleigh |
21 | ||||||
44th | ||||||||||||
17 | Edward H. Rollins |
Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883 |
Elected in 1876. Lost re-election. |
16 | 45th | ||||||
46th | 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 | ||||||||||||
Vacant | March 4, 1883 – August 2, 1883 |
Legislature failed to elect. | 17 | 48th | ||||||||
18 | Austin F. Pike |
Republican | August 2, 1883 – October 8, 1886 |
Elected late in 1883. Died. | ||||||||
49th | 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 | ||||||||||||
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 missing] |
18 | 51st | ||||||
22 | William E. Chandler |
Republican | June 18, 1889 – March 3, 1901 |
Elected in 1889 to finish the term. | ||||||||
52nd | 18 | Elected in 1891. | March 4, 1891 – August 17, 1918 |
Republican | Jacob Harold Gallinger |
24 | ||||||
53rd | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1895. Lost renomination. |
19 | 54th | ||||||||||
55th | 19 | Re-elected in 1897. | ||||||||||
56th | ||||||||||||
23 | Henry E. Burnham |
Republican | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1913 |
Elected in 1900. | 20 | 57th | ||||||
58th | 20 | Re-elected in 1903. | ||||||||||
59th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1906. Retired. |
21 | 60th | ||||||||||
61st | 21 | Re-elected in 1909. | ||||||||||
62nd | ||||||||||||
24 | Henry F. Hollis |
Democratic | March 13, 1913 – March 3, 1919 |
Elected in 1912. Retired. |
22 | 63rd | ||||||
64th | 22 | Re-elected in 1914. Died. | ||||||||||
65th | ||||||||||||
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 | ||||||
67th | 23 | Re-elected in 1920. | ||||||||||
68th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1924. | 24 | 69th | ||||||||||
70th | 24 | Re-elected in 1926. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
71st | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1930. Retired. |
25 | 72nd | ||||||||||
73rd | 25 | Elected in 1932. Lost re-election. |
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939 |
Democratic | Fred H. Brown |
27 | ||||||
74th | ||||||||||||
26 | Styles Bridges |
Republican | January 3, 1937 – November 26, 1961 |
Elected in 1936. | 26 | 75th | ||||||
76th | 26 | Elected in 1938. | January 3, 1939 – July 24, 1953 |
Republican | Charles W. Tobey |
28 | ||||||
77th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1942. | 27 | 78th | ||||||||||
79th | 27 | Re-elected in 1944. | ||||||||||
80th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1948. | 28 | 81st | ||||||||||
82nd | 28 | Re-elected in 1950. Died. | ||||||||||
83rd | ||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
85th | 29 | Re-elected in 1956. | ||||||||||
86th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1960. Died. |
30 | 87th | ||||||||||
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 | 30 | Re-elected in 1962. | ||||||||||
89th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1966. | 31 | 90th | ||||||||||
91st | 31 | Re-elected in 1968. Retired, then resigned early. | ||||||||||
92nd | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1972. Lost re-election. |
32 | 93rd | ||||||||||
Appointed to finish Cotton's term. | December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975 |
Republican | Louis C. Wyman |
31 | ||||||||
94th | 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 | ||||||||||||
29 | Gordon J. Humphrey |
Republican | January 3, 1979 – December 4, 1990 |
Elected in 1978. | 33 | 96th | ||||||
Appointed to finish Durkin's term, having been elected to the next term. | December 29, 1980 – January 3, 1993 |
Republican | Warren Rudman |
34 | ||||||||
97th | 33 | Elected in 1980. | ||||||||||
98th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1984. Retired and resigned early to take his seat in the New Hampshire Senate. |
34 | 99th | ||||||||||
100th | 34 | Re-elected in 1986. Retired. | ||||||||||
101st | ||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
103rd | 35 | Elected in 1992. | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2011 |
Republican | Judd Gregg |
35 | ||||||
104th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1996. Lost renomination. |
36 | 105th | ||||||||||
106th | 36 | Re-elected in 1998. | ||||||||||
107th | ||||||||||||
31 | John E. Sununu |
Republican | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009 |
Elected in 2002. Lost re-election. |
37 | 108th | ||||||
109th | 37 | Re-elected in 2004. Retired. | ||||||||||
110th | ||||||||||||
32 | Jeanne Shaheen |
Democratic | January 3, 2009 – Present |
Elected in 2008. | 38 | 111th | ||||||
112th | 38 | Elected in 2010. | January 3, 2011 – Present |
Republican | Kelly Ayotte |
36 | ||||||
113th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2014. | 39 | 114th | ||||||||||
115th | 39 | To be decided in the 2016 election. | ||||||||||
116th | ||||||||||||
To be decided in the 2020 election. | 40 | 117th | ||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T | C | T | Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # |
Class 2 | Class 3 |
Living former U.S. senators from New Hampshire
As of October 2016[update], 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 | 2011–2016 | 3 | June 27, 1968 |