Political party strength in New Hampshire
Appearance
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of New Hampshire:
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State House of Representatives
- State delegation to the U.S. Senate
- State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
The parties are as follows: American (A), Democratic (D), Democratic-Republican (DR), Federalist (F), Independent (I), no party (N), National Republican (NR), Republican (R), Whig (W), and a tie or coalition within a group of elected officials.
Year | Executive office | General Court | United States Congress | Electoral College votes | ||||||
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Governor | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House At-large District | |||||
1631 | Thomas Wiggin[1] | |||||||||
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1636 | ||||||||||
1637 | George Burdett[1] | |||||||||
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1640 | ||||||||||
1641 | ... | |||||||||
1776 | Meshech Weare (N) | |||||||||
1777 | ||||||||||
1778 | ||||||||||
1779 | ||||||||||
1780 | ||||||||||
1781 | ||||||||||
1782 | ||||||||||
1783 | ||||||||||
1784 | ||||||||||
1785 | John Langdon (N) | |||||||||
1786 | John Sullivan (F) | |||||||||
1787 | ||||||||||
1788 | John Langdon (DR) | |||||||||
1789 | John Sullivan (F)[2] | Paine Wingate (AA) | John Langdon (PA) | 3PA | George Washington and John Adams (PA) | |||||
1790 | Josiah Bartlett (DR) | |||||||||
1791 | ||||||||||
1792 | ||||||||||
1793 | Samuel Livermore (PA/F) | John Langdon (AA/DR) | 3PA, 1AA | |||||||
1794 | John Taylor Gilman (F) | |||||||||
1795 | 3F, 1DR | |||||||||
1796 | John Adams and Oliver Ellsworth (F) | |||||||||
1797 | 4F | |||||||||
1798 | ||||||||||
1799 | ||||||||||
1800 | John Adams and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (F) | |||||||||
1801 | Simeon Olcott (F) | James Sheafe (F) | ||||||||
1802 | William Plumer (F) | |||||||||
1803 | 5F | |||||||||
1804 | Thomas Jefferson and George Clinton (DR) | |||||||||
1805 | John Langdon (DR) | Nicholas Gilman (DR) | ||||||||
1806 | ||||||||||
1807 | Nahum Parker (DR) | 5DR | ||||||||
1808 | Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and Rufus King (F) | |||||||||
1809 | Jeremiah Smith (F) | 5F | ||||||||
1810 | John Langdon (DR) | Charles Cutts (DR) | ||||||||
1811 | 4DR, 1F | |||||||||
1812 | William Plumer (DR) | DeWitt Clinton and Jared Ingersoll (F) | ||||||||
1813 | John Taylor Gilman (F) | Jeremiah Mason (F) | 6F | |||||||
1814 | Thomas W. Thompson (F) | |||||||||
1815 | ||||||||||
1816 | William Plumer (DR) | James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins (DR) | ||||||||
1817 | David L. Morril (DR) | Clement Storer (DR) | 6DR | |||||||
1818 | ||||||||||
1819 | Samuel Bell (DR) | John Fabyan Parrott (DR) | ||||||||
1820 | ||||||||||
1821 | ||||||||||
1822 | ||||||||||
1823 | Levi Woodbury (DR) | Samuel Bell (NR) | 6Adams-Clay DR | |||||||
1824 | David L. Morril (DR) | John Quincy Adams and John C. Calhoun (A) | ||||||||
1825 | Levi Woodbury (J) | 5A, 1J | ||||||||
1826 | ||||||||||
1827 | Benjamin Pierce (DR) | |||||||||
1828 | John Bell (NR) | John Quincy Adams and Richard Rush (NR) | ||||||||
1829 | Benjamin Pierce (D) | 6J | ||||||||
1830 | Matthew Harvey (D)[3] | |||||||||
1831 | Joseph M. Harper (D)[4] | Isaac Hill (J) | ||||||||
Samuel Dinsmoor (D) | ||||||||||
1832 | Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren (D) | |||||||||
1833 | 5J | |||||||||
1834 | William Badger (D) | |||||||||
1835 | Henry Hubbard (D) | |||||||||
1836 | Isaac Hill (D) | John Page (J) | Martin Van Buren and Richard Mentor Johnson (D) | |||||||
1837 | Franklin Pierce (D) | 5D | ||||||||
1838 | ||||||||||
1839 | John Page (D) | |||||||||
1840 | ||||||||||
1841 | Levi Woodbury (D) | |||||||||
1842 | Henry Hubbard (D) | Leonard Wilcox (D) | ||||||||
1843 | Charles G. Atherton (D) | 4D | ||||||||
1844 | John Hardy Steele (D) | James K. Polk and George M. Dallas (D) | ||||||||
1845 | 3D, 1 Vacant | |||||||||
1846 | Anthony Colby (W) | Benning W. Jenness (D) | ||||||||
Joseph Cilley (D) | ||||||||||
1847 | Jared W. Williams (D) | John P. Hale (FS) | U.S. House District 1 | U.S. House District 2 | U.S. House District 3 | U.S. House District 4 | ||||
Amos Tuck (I) | Charles H. Peaslee (D) | James Wilson II (W) | James Hutchins Johnson (D) | |||||||
1848 | Lewis Cass and William Orlando Butler (D) | |||||||||
1849 | Samuel Dinsmoor, Jr. (D) | Moses Norris, Jr. (D) | Amos Tuck (FS) | Harry Hibbard (D) | ||||||
1850 | George W. Morrison (D) | |||||||||
1851 | Amos Tuck (W) | Jared Perkins (W) | ||||||||
1852 | Noah Martin (D) | Franklin Pierce and William R. King (D) | ||||||||
1853 | Charles G. Atherton (D) | U.S. House District 1 | U.S. House District 2 | U.S. House District 3 | ||||||
George W. Kittredge (D) | George W. Morrison (D) | Harry Hibbard (D) | ||||||||
1854 | Nathaniel B. Baker (D) | Jared W. Williams (D) | ||||||||
1855 | Ralph Metcalf (A) | vacant | John S. Wells (D) | James Pike (A) | Mason Tappan (A) | Aaron H. Cragin (A) | ||||
John P. Hale (R) | James Bell (R) | |||||||||
1856 | John C. Frémont and William L. Dayton (R) | |||||||||
1857 | William Haile (R) | Daniel Clark (R) | James Pike (R) | Mason Tappan (R) | Aaron H. Cragin (R) | |||||
1858 | ||||||||||
1859 | Ichabod Goodwin (R) | Gilman Marston (R) | Thomas M. Edwards (R) | |||||||
1860 | Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin (R) | |||||||||
1861 | Nathaniel S. Berry (R) | Edward H. Rollins (R) | ||||||||
1862 | ||||||||||
1863 | Joseph A. Gilmore (R) | Daniel Marcy (D) | James W. Patterson (R) | |||||||
1864 | Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson (NU) | |||||||||
1865 | Frederick Smyth (R) | Aaron H. Cragin (R) | Gilman Marston (R) | |||||||
1866 | George G. Fogg (R) | |||||||||
1867 | Walter Harriman (R) | James W. Patterson (R) | Jacob Hart Ela (R) | Aaron Fletcher Stevens (R) | Jacob Benton (R) | |||||
1868 | Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax (R) | |||||||||
1869 | Onslow Stearns (R) | |||||||||
1870 | ||||||||||
1871 | James A. Weston (D) | Ellery Albee Hibbard (D) | Samuel Newell Bell (D) | Hosea Washington Parker (D) | ||||||
1872 | Ezekiel A. Straw (R) | Ulysses S. Grant and Henry Wilson (R) | ||||||||
1873 | Bainbridge Wadleigh (R) | William B. Small (R) | Austin F. Pike (R) | |||||||
1874 | James A. Weston (D) | |||||||||
1875 | Person Colby Cheney (R) | Frank Jones (D) | Samuel Newell Bell (D) | Henry W. Blair (R) | ||||||
1876 | Rutherford B. Hayes and William A. Wheeler (R) | |||||||||
1877 | Benjamin F. Prescott (R) | Edward H. Rollins (R) | James Frankland Briggs (R) | |||||||
1878 | ||||||||||
1879 | Nathaniel Head (R) | 20R, 4D | 168R, 100D, 11G | Charles H. Bell (R) | Joshua G. Hall (R) | Evarts Worcester Farr (R) | ||||
1880 | Henry W. Blair (R) | James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur (R) | ||||||||
1881 | Charles H. Bell (R) | 16R, 8D | 179R, 114D | Ossian Ray (R) | ||||||
1882 | ||||||||||
1883 | Samuel W. Hale (R) | 17R, 7D | 188R, 121D, 1I | Austin F. Pike (R) | U.S. House District 1 | U.S. House District 2 | ||||
Martin Alonzo Haynes (R) | Ossian Ray (R) | |||||||||
1884 | James G. Blaine and John A. Logan (R) | |||||||||
1885 | Moody Currier (R) | 16R, 8D | 183R, 122D | Jacob Harold Gallinger (R) | ||||||
1886 | ||||||||||
1887 | Charles H. Sawyer (R) | 15R, 9D | 169R, 138D | Person Colby Cheney (R) | Luther F. McKinney (D) | |||||
1888 | William E. Chandler (R) | Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton (R) | ||||||||
1889 | David H. Goodell (R) | 18R, 6D | 169R, 144D | Gilman Marston (R) | Alonzo Nute (R) | Orren C. Moore (R) | ||||
1890 | William E. Chandler (R) | |||||||||
1891 | Hiram A. Tuttle (R) | 14R, 10D | 185R, 170D | Jacob Harold Gallinger (R) | Luther F. McKinney (D) | Warren F. Daniell (D) | ||||
1892 | Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw Reid (R) | |||||||||
1893 | John Butler Smith (R) | 15R, 9D | 209R, 149D | Henry W. Blair (R) | Henry Moore Baker (R) | |||||
1894 | ||||||||||
1895 | Charles A. Busiel (R) | 21R, 3D | 264R, 99D | Cyrus A. Sulloway (R) | ||||||
1896 | William McKinley and Garret Hobart (R) | |||||||||
1897 | George A. Ramsdell (R) | 22R, 2D | 291R, 66D | Frank Gay Clarke (R) | ||||||
1898 | ||||||||||
1899 | Frank W. Rollins (R) | 250R, 109D, 1ID | ||||||||
1900 | William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt (R) | |||||||||
1901 | Chester B. Jordan (R) | 23R, 1D | 300R, 97D | Henry E. Burnham (R) | Frank Dunklee Currier (R) | |||||
1902 | ||||||||||
1903 | Nahum J. Bachelder (R) | 20R, 4D | 257R, 136D | |||||||
1904 | Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks (R) | |||||||||
1905 | John McLane (R) | 21R, 3D | 286R, 105D | |||||||
1905 | ||||||||||
1907 | Charles M. Floyd (R) | 18R, 6D | 262R, 128D, 1I | |||||||
1908 | William Howard Taft and James S. Sherman (R) | |||||||||
1909 | Henry B. Quinby (R) | 20R, 4D | 269R, 117D, 1I | |||||||
1910 | ||||||||||
1911 | Robert P. Bass (R) | 16R, 8D | 220R, 173D | |||||||
1912 | Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall (D) | |||||||||
1913 | Samuel D. Felker (D) | 14D, 10R | 207R, 195D | Henry F. Hollis (D) | Eugene Elliott Reed (D) | Raymond Bartlett Stevens (D) | ||||
1914 | ||||||||||
1915 | Rolland H. Spaulding (R) | 19R, 4D, 1 Prog. | 250R, 153D, 5 Prog. | Cyrus A. Sulloway (R) | Edward Hills Wason (R) | |||||
1916 | ||||||||||
1917 | Henry W. Keyes (R) | 16R, 8D | 246R, 157D, 1I | Sherman Everett Burroughs (R) | ||||||
1918 | Irving W. Drew (R) | |||||||||
1919 | John H. Bartlett (R) | 19R, 5D | 244R, 160D, 1ID, 1I | Henry W. Keyes (R) | George H. Moses (R) | |||||
1920 | Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge (R) | |||||||||
1921 | Albert O. Brown (R) | 21R, 3D | 294R, 109D, 1I | |||||||
1922 | ||||||||||
1923 | Fred H. Brown (D) | 16R, 8D | 220D, 196R, 2I | William Nathaniel Rogers (D) | ||||||
1924 | Calvin Coolidge and Charles G. Dawes (R) | |||||||||
1925 | John Gilbert Winant (R) | 19R, 5D | 273R, 147D, 1I | Fletcher Hale (R) | ||||||
1926 | ||||||||||
1927 | Huntley N. Spaulding (R) | 20R, 4D | 286R, 131D, 1I | |||||||
1928 | Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis (R) | |||||||||
1929 | Charles W. Tobey (R) | 19R, 5D | 273R, 148D | |||||||
1930 | ||||||||||
1931 | John Gilbert Winant (R) | 254R, 163D | ||||||||
1932 | William Nathaniel Rogers (D) | |||||||||
1933 | 16R, 8D | 225R, 193D | Fred H. Brown (D) | Charles W. Tobey (R) | ||||||
1934 | ||||||||||
1935 | Styles Bridges (R) | 15R, 9D | 213R, 208D, 1I, 2 vac. | |||||||
1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner (D) ![]() | |||||||||
1937 | Francis P. Murphy (R) | 16R, 8D | 230R, 187D, 1I | Styles Bridges (R) | Arthur B. Jenks (R) | |||||
1938 | Alphonse Roy (D) | |||||||||
1939 | 18R, 6D | 269R, 158D | Charles W. Tobey (R) | Arthur B. Jenks (R) | Foster Waterman Stearns (R) | |||||
1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace (D) ![]() | |||||||||
1941 | Robert O. Blood (R) | 16R, 8D | 229R, 194D | |||||||
1942 | ||||||||||
1943 | 17R, 7D | 276R, 167D | Chester Earl Merrow (R) | |||||||
1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (D) ![]() | |||||||||
1945 | Charles M. Dale (R) | 15R, 9D | 266R, 163D, 1I | Sherman Adams (R) | ||||||
1946 | ||||||||||
1947 | 19R, 5D | 273R, 126D, 1I | Norris Cotton (R) | |||||||
1948 | Thomas E. Dewey and Earl Warren (R) ![]() | |||||||||
1949 | Sherman Adams (R) | 18R, 6D | 254R, 145D | |||||||
1950 | ||||||||||
1951 | 263R, 133D, 3I | |||||||||
1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon (R) ![]() | |||||||||
1953 | Hugh Gregg (R) | 276R, 122D, 1I | ||||||||
1954 | Robert W. Upton (R) | |||||||||
1955 | Lane Dwinell (R) | 264R, 135D | Norris Cotton (R) | Perkins Bass (R) | ||||||
1956 | ||||||||||
1957 | 276R, 118D, 3I | |||||||||
1958 | ||||||||||
1959 | Wesley Powell (R) | 264R, 136D | ||||||||
1960 | Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R) ![]() | |||||||||
1961 | 259R, 139D, 1I | |||||||||
1962 | Maurice J. Murphy, Jr. (R) | |||||||||
1963 | John W. King (D) | 19R, 5D | 253R, 146D | Thomas J. McIntyre (D) | Louis C. Wyman (R) | James Colgate Cleveland (R) | ||||
1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey (D) ![]() | |||||||||
1965 | 14R, 10D | 216R, 183D | Joseph Oliva Huot (D) | |||||||
1966 | ||||||||||
1967 | 245R, 155D | Louis C. Wyman (R) | ||||||||
1968 | Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R) ![]() | |||||||||
1969 | Walter R. Peterson, Jr. (R) | 15R, 9D | 255R, 145D | |||||||
1970 | ||||||||||
1971 | 253R, 147D | |||||||||
1972 | ||||||||||
1973 | Meldrim Thomson, Jr. (R) | 14R, 10D | 263R, 137D | |||||||
1974 | ||||||||||
1975 | 13R, 11D | 234R, 166D | Louis C. Wyman (R)[5] | Norman D'Amours (D) | ||||||
vacant [5] | ||||||||||
Norris Cotton (R) [5] | ||||||||||
1976 | John A. Durkin (D) | Gerald Ford and Bob Dole (R) ![]() | ||||||||
1977 | 12R, 12D | 220R, 180D | ||||||||
1978 | ||||||||||
1979 | Hugh Gallen (D)[6] | 225R, 175D | Gordon J. Humphrey (R) | |||||||
1980 | Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush (R) ![]() | |||||||||
1981 | 14R, 10D | 240R, 160D | Warren Rudman (R) | Judd Gregg (R) | ||||||
1982 | Vesta M. Roy (R)[4] | |||||||||
1983 | John H. Sununu (R) | 15R, 9D | 242R, 158D | |||||||
1984 | ||||||||||
1985 | 18R, 6D | 298R, 102D | Bob Smith (R) | |||||||
1986 | ||||||||||
1987 | 16R, 8D | 267R, 133D | ||||||||
1988 | George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) ![]() | |||||||||
1989 | Judd Gregg (R) | 282R, 118D | Charles Douglas III (R) | |||||||
1990 | ||||||||||
1991 | 13R, 11D | 271R, 129D | Bob Smith (R) | Bill Zeliff (R) | Richard Swett (D) | |||||
1992 | Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D) ![]() | |||||||||
1993 | Steve Merrill (R) | 260R, 140D | Judd Gregg (R) | |||||||
1994 | ||||||||||
1995 | 18R, 6D | 290R, 110D | Charles Bass (R) | |||||||
1996 | ||||||||||
1997 | Jeanne Shaheen (D) | 15R, 9D | 254R, 146D | John E. Sununu (R) | ||||||
1998 | ||||||||||
1999 | 13D, 11R | 245R, 155D | ||||||||
2000 | 12D, 12R[7] | George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (R) ![]() | ||||||||
2001 | 13R, 11D | 256R, 144D | ||||||||
2002 | ||||||||||
2003 | Craig Benson (R) | 18R, 6D | 278R, 122D | John E. Sununu (R) | Jeb Bradley (R) | |||||
2004 | John Kerry and John Edwards (D) ![]() | |||||||||
2005 | John Lynch (D) | 16R, 8D | 249R, 151D | |||||||
2006 | ||||||||||
2007 | 14D, 10R | 239D, 160R, 1I | Carol Shea-Porter (D) | Paul Hodes (D) | ||||||
2008 | Barack Obama and Joe Biden (D) ![]() | |||||||||
2009 | 225D, 175R | Jeanne Shaheen (D) | ||||||||
2010 | 224D, 176R | |||||||||
2011 | 19R, 5D | 298R, 102D | Kelly Ayotte (R) | Frank Guinta (R) | Charles Bass (R) | |||||
2012 | ||||||||||
2013 | Maggie Hassan (D) | 13R, 11D | 221D, 179R | Carol Shea-Porter (D) | Ann McLane Kuster (D) | |||||
2014 | 213D, 174R, 13 VC | |||||||||
2015 | 14R, 10D | 239R, 160D, 1I | Frank Guinta (R) | |||||||
2016 | Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine (D) ![]() | |||||||||
2017 | Chris Sununu (R) | 226R, 174D | Maggie Hassan (D) | Carol Shea-Porter (D) | ||||||
2018 | ||||||||||
Year | Governor | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House District 1 | U.S. House District 2 | Electoral College votes | ||
Executive office | General Court | United States Congress |
Notes
- ^ a b Governor of the Upper Plantation of New Hampshire.
- ^ Resigned to take a seat in a federal court.
- ^ Resigned to take a seat on the United States District Court for New Hampshire.
- ^ a b As president of the state senate, acted as governor for unexpired term.
- ^ a b c After having apparently won election to the Senate, Wyman was appointed to serve out the last 4 days of retiring Senator Norris Cotton's term. However, Durkin contested the election results in the Senate, which resulted in the seat being vacant for seven months until an agreement to hold a new special election between Wyman and Durkin. Cotton was reappointed to his old seat in the mean time (from August 8 to September 18), and Durkin, having emerged victorious in the special election was finally seated on September 18.
- ^ Fell ill and yielded his powers to the president of the state Senate; died on December 29, 1982.
- ^ In summer 1999 a Democratic senator died and was succeeded by a Republican elected in a special election.