List of United States Senators from New Hampshire

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New Hampshire ratified the Constitution on June 21, 1788.

[edit] Class II Senators

Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for two sessions of the U.S. Congress in the first election of 1788 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014.

#	Senator		Took office	Left office	Party	Residence	Background	Congress	Term
1	Paine Wingate		March 4, 1789	March 3, 1793	Anti-Administration	Stratham	Delegate to the Continental Congress	1	1
1	Paine Wingate		March 4, 1789	March 3, 1793	Anti-Administration	Stratham	Delegate to the Continental Congress	2	1
2	Samuel Livermore		March 4, 1793	June 12, 1801	Pro-Administration	Holderness	U.S. Representative At-large	3	2
					Pro-Administration			4
					Federalist			5
								6	3
								7
3	Simeon Olcott		June 17, 1801	March 3, 1805	Federalist	Charlestown	Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court	7
3	Simeon Olcott		June 17, 1801	March 3, 1805	Federalist	Charlestown	Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court	8
4	Nicholas Gilman		March 4, 1805	May 2, 1814	Democratic-Republican	Exeter	U.S. Representative At-large	9	4
								10
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								12	5
								13
5	Thomas W. Thompson		June 24, 1814	March 3, 1817	Federalist	Concord	Treasurer of New Hampshire	13
5	Thomas W. Thompson		June 24, 1814	March 3, 1817	Federalist	Concord	Treasurer of New Hampshire	14
6	David L. Morril		March 4, 1817	March 3, 1823	Democratic-Republican	Goffstown	Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives	15	6
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7	Samuel Bell		March 4, 1823	March 3, 1835	National Republican	Chester	Governor of New Hampshire	18	7
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								21	8
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8	Henry Hubbard		March 4, 1835	March 3, 1841	Democratic	Charlestown	U.S. Representative At-large	24	9
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9	Levi Woodbury		March 4, 1841	November 20, 1845	Democratic	Portsmouth	U.S. Secretary of the Treasury	27	10
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								29
10	Benning Wentworth Jenness		December 1, 1845	June 13, 1846	Democratic	Strafford	Merchant
11	Joseph Cilley		June 13, 1846	March 3, 1847	Democratic/Liberty	Nottingham	Soldier
12	John Parker Hale		March 4, 1847	March 3, 1853	Free Soil	Dover	U.S. Representative At-large	30	11
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								32
13	Charles G. Atherton		March 4, 1853	November 15, 1853	Democratic	Nashua	U.S. Senator	33	12
14	Jared W. Williams		November 29, 1853	July 15, 1854	Democratic	Lancaster	Governor of New Hampshire	33
Vacant			July 15, 1854	July 30, 1855				34
15	John Parker Hale		July 30, 1855	March 3, 1865	Republican	Dover	U.S. Senator	34
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								36	13
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16	Aaron H. Cragin		March 4, 1865	March 3, 1877	Republican	Lebanon	U.S. Representative (3rd District)	39	14
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								42	15
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17	Edward H. Rollins		March 4, 1877	March 3, 1883	Republican	Concord	U.S. Representative (2nd District)	45	16
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18	Austin F. Pike		March 4, 1883	October 8, 1886	Republican	Franklin	U.S. Representative (2nd District)	48	17
18	Austin F. Pike		March 4, 1883	October 8, 1886	Republican	Franklin	U.S. Representative (2nd District)	49
19	Person Colby Cheney		November 14, 1886	June 14, 1887	Republican	Manchester	Governor of New Hampshire	49
19	Person Colby Cheney		November 14, 1886	June 14, 1887	Republican	Manchester	Governor of New Hampshire	50
20	William Eaton Chandler		June 14, 1887	March 3, 1889	Republican	Concord	U.S. Secretary of the Navy	50
21	Gilman Marston		March 4, 1889	June 18, 1889	Republican	Exeter	U.S. Representative (1st District)	51	18
22	William Eaton Chandler		June 18, 1889	March 3, 1901	Republican	Concord	U.S. Senator	51
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								54	19
								55
								56
23	Henry E. Burnham		March 4, 1901	March 3, 1913	Republican	Manchester	Banker	57	20
								58
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								60	21
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								62
24	Henry French Hollis	75px	March 13, 1913	March 3, 1919	Democratic	Concord	Banker	63	22
								64
								65
25	Henry W. Keyes		March 4, 1919	January 3, 1937	Republican	Haverhill	Governor of New Hampshire	66	23
								67
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								69	24
								70
								71
								72	25
								73
								74
26	H. Styles Bridges	StylesBridges(R-NH).jpg	January 3, 1937	November 26, 1961	Republican	Concord	Governor of New Hampshire	75	26
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								78	27
								79
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								81	28
								82
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								84	29
								85
								86
								87	30
27	Maurice J. Murphy, Jr.		January 10, 1962	November 6, 1962	Republican	Portsmouth	Attorney General of New Hampshire
28	Thomas J. McIntyre		November 7, 1962	January 3, 1979	Democratic	Laconia	Lawyer
								88
								89
								90	31
								91
								92
								93	32
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								95
29	Gordon J. Humphrey		January 3, 1979	December 4, 1990	Republican	Sunapee, Chichester	Pilot	96	33
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								98
								99	34
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								101
30	Robert C. Smith		December 7, 1990	January 3, 2003	Republican	Tuftonboro	U.S. Representative (1st District)	101
								102	35
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								104
								105	36
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								107
31	John E. Sununu		January 3, 2003	January 3, 2009	Republican	Bedford, Waterville Valley	U.S. Representative (1st District)	108	37
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								110
32	Jeanne Shaheen		January 3, 2009	Incumbent	Democratic	Madbury	Governor of New Hampshire	111	38

[edit] Class III Senators

Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for three sessions of the U.S. Congress in the first election of 1788 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1998, 2004, 2010, and 2016.

#	Senator	Took office	Left office	Party	Residence	Background	Congress	Term
1	John Langdon	March 4, 1789	March 3, 1801	Pro-Administration	Portsmouth	Delegate to the Constitutional Convention	1	1
				Pro-Administration			2
				Anti-Administration			3
				Democratic-Republican			4	2
							5
							6
2	James Sheafe	March 4, 1801	June 14, 1802	Federalist	Portsmouth	U.S. Representative At-large	7	3
3	William Plumer	June 17, 1802	March 3, 1807	Federalist	Epping	New Hampshire House of Representatives	7
							8
							9
4	Nahum Parker	March 4, 1807	June 1, 1810	Democratic-Republican	Fitzwilliam	New Hampshire House of Representatives	10	4
4	Nahum Parker	March 4, 1807	June 1, 1810	Democratic-Republican	Fitzwilliam	New Hampshire House of Representatives	11
5	Charles Cutts	June 21, 1810	June 10, 1813	Democratic-Republican	Portsmouth	Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives	11
							12
							13	5
6	Jeremiah Mason	June 10, 1813	June 16, 1817	Federalist	Portsmouth	Attorney General of New Hampshire	13
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							15
7	Clement Storer	June 27, 1817	March 3, 1819	Democratic-Republican	Portsmouth	U.S. Representative At-large	15
8	John Fabyan Parrott	March 4, 1819	March 3, 1825	Democratic-Republican	Portsmouth	U.S. Representative At-large	16	6
							17
							18
9	Levi Woodbury	March 16, 1825	March 3, 1831	Jacksonian	Portsmouth	Governor of New Hampshire	19	7
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10	Isaac Hill	March 4, 1831	May 30, 1836	Jacksonian	Concord	Second Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury	22	8
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							24
11	John Page	June 8, 1836	March 3, 1837	Jacksonian	Haverhill	New Hampshire House of Representatives	24
12	Franklin Pierce	March 4, 1837	February 28, 1842	Democratic	Concord	President of the United States (1853-1857) U.S. Representative At-large	25	9
							26
							27
13	Leonard Wilcox	March 1, 1842	March 3, 1843	Democratic	Orford	Lawyer and Banker	27
14	Charles G. Atherton	March 4, 1843	March 3, 1849	Democratic	Nashua	U.S. Representative At-large	28	10
							29
							30
15	Moses Norris, Jr.	March 4, 1849	January 11, 1855	Democratic	Manchester	Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives	31	11
							32
							33
16	John S. Wells	January 16, 1855	March 3, 1855	Democratic	Exeter	President of the New Hampshire Senate	33
Vacant		March 4, 1855	July 29, 1855				34	12
17	James Bell	July 30, 1855	May 26, 1857	Republican	Laconia	New Hampshire House of Representatives	34
17	James Bell	July 30, 1855	May 26, 1857	Republican	Laconia	New Hampshire House of Representatives	35
18	Daniel Clark	June 27, 1857	July 27, 1866	Republican	Manchester	New Hampshire House of Representatives	35
							36
							37	13
							38
							39
19	George G. Fogg	August 31, 1866	March 3, 1867	Republican	Concord	Minister Resident to Switzerland	39
20	James W. Patterson	March 4, 1867	March 3, 1873	Republican	Hanover	U.S. Representative (3rd District)	40	14
							41
							42
21	Bainbridge Wadleigh	March 4, 1873	March 3, 1879	Republican	Milford	New Hampshire House of Representatives	43	15
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							45
22	Charles H. Bell	March 18, 1879	June 18, 1879	Republican	Exeter	President of the New Hampshire Senate	46	16
23	Henry W. Blair	June 20, 1879	March 3, 1891	Republican	Plymouth, Manchester	U.S. Representative (3rd District)	46
							47
							48
							49	17
							50
							51
24	Jacob Harold Gallinger	March 4, 1891	August 17, 1918	Republican	Concord	U.S. Representative (2nd District)	52	18
							53
							54
							55	19
							56
							57
							58	20
							59
							60
							61	21
							62
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							64	22
							65
25	Irving W. Drew	September 2, 1918	November 5, 1918	Republican	Lancaster	Businessman
26	George H. Moses	November 6, 1918	March 3, 1933	Republican	Concord	Minister to Greece and Montenegro
							66
							67	23
							68
							69
							70	24
							71
							72
27	Fred H. Brown	March 4, 1933	January 3, 1939	Democratic	Somersworth	Governor of New Hampshire	73	25
							74
							75
28	Charles W. Tobey	January 3, 1939	July 24, 1953	Republican	Temple	U.S. Representative (2nd District)	76	26
							77
							78
							79	27
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							81
							82	28
							83
29	Robert W. Upton	August 14, 1953	November 7, 1954	Republican	Concord	Lawyer
30	Norris H. Cotton	November 8, 1954	December 31, 1974	Republican	Lebanon	U.S. Representative (2nd District)
							84
							85	29
							86
							87
							88	30
							89
							90
							91	31
							92
							93
31	Louis C. Wyman	December 31, 1974	January 3, 1975	Republican	Manchester	U.S. Representative (1st District)	93
Vacant due to contested election between Louis C. Wyman and John A. Durkin		January 3, 1975	August 8, 1975				94	32
32	Norris H. Cotton	August 8, 1975	September 18, 1975	Republican	Lebanon	U.S. Senator
33	John A. Durkin	September 18, 1975	December 29, 1980	Democratic	Manchester	New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner
							95
							96
34	Warren Rudman	December 29, 1980	January 3, 1993	Republican	Nashua, Hollis	Attorney General of New Hampshire	96
							97	33
							98
							99
							100	34
							101
							102
35	Judd Gregg	January 3, 1993	Incumbent	Republican	Greenfield, Rye	Governor of New Hampshire	103	35
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							106	36
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							108
							109	37
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