New Hampshire was admitted to the Union on June 21, 1788. It elects United States senators to Class 2 and Class 3. The state's current senators are Democrats Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan. Senator Shaheen is currently serving her third term (since 2009); Senator Hassan is currently serving her first term (since 2017).
List of senators
Class 2 Class 2 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2002, 2008, 2014 and 2020. The next election will be in 2026. |
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Class 3 Class 3 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1998, 2004, 2010 and 2016. The next election will be in 2022. | ||||||||||
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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 |
Josiah Bartlett was at first elected November 12, 1788, but "declined the appointment."[1] Elected in January 1789. Lost re-election. |
1 | 1st | 1 | Elected November 11, 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. | Democratic- Republican | ||||||||
5th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected December 21, 1798. Resigned. |
3 | 6th | ||||||||||
7th | 3 | Elected June 21, 1800. 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. | ||||||||
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 November 28, 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 on June 21, 1810. Died. |
5 | 12th | ||||||||||
13th | 5 | Legislature failed to elect. | March 4, 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. | ||||||||
14th | ||||||||||||
6 | ![]() David L. Morril |
Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823 |
Elected in 1816. Retired. |
6 | 15th | ||||||
June 16, 1817 – June 27, 1817 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected in 1817 to finish Mason's term. | June 27, 1817 – March 3, 1819 |
Democratic- Republican |
![]() Clement Storer |
7 | ||||||||
16th | 6 | Elected in 1818. | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1825 |
Democratic- Republican |
![]() John Fabyan Parrott |
8 | ||||||
17th | ||||||||||||
7 | ![]() Samuel Bell |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1835 |
Elected in 1823. | 7 | 18th | ||||||
Anti-Jacksonian | 19th | 7 | March 3, 1825 – March 16, 1825 |
Vacant | ||||||||
Elected in 1825. | March 16, 1825 – March 3, 1831 |
Jacksonian | ![]() Levi Woodbury |
9 | ||||||||
20th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1828 or 1829. Retired. |
8 | 21st | ||||||||||
22nd | 8 | Elected in 1831. Resigned to become Governor of New Hampshire. |
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 of New Hampshire. |
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 a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. |
10 | 27th | ||||||
Appointed to continue Pierce's term. Elected in June 1842 to finish Pierce's term. |
March 1, 1842 – March 3, 1843 |
Democratic | ![]() Leonard Wilcox |
13 | ||||||||
28th | 10 | Elected in 1843. | 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 President of the United States. |
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. | 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. | 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. | 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 |
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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. | 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 January 15, 1901.[2] | 20 | 57th | ||||||
58th | 20 | Re-elected in 1903. | ||||||||||
59th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected January 15, 1907.[3] Retired. |
21 | 60th | ||||||||||
61st | 21 | Re-elected in 1909. | ||||||||||
62nd | ||||||||||||
Vacant | March 4, 1913 – March 13, 1913 |
Legislature elected late. | 22 | 63rd | ||||||||
24 | ![]() Henry F. Hollis |
Democratic | March 13, 1913 – March 3, 1919 |
Elected late March 13, 1913. Retired. | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
Elected to finish contested term. 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. Lost re-election. |
January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2017 |
Republican | ![]() Kelly Ayotte |
36 | ||||||
113th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2014. | 39 | 114th | ||||||||||
115th | 39 | Elected in 2016. | January 3, 2017 – Present |
Democratic | ![]() Maggie Hassan |
37 | ||||||
116th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2020. | 40 | 117th | ||||||||||
118th | 40 | To be decided in the 2022 election. | ||||||||||
119th | ||||||||||||
To be determined in the 2026 election. | 41 | 120th | ||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T | T | Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
Class 2 | Class 3 |
Living former senators
As of January 2021[update], there are five former living senators from New Hampshire. The most recent and most recently serving senator to die was Warren Rudman (served 1980–1993) on November 19, 2012.
Senator | Term of office | Date of birth (and age) |
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Gordon J. Humphrey | 1979–1990 | October 9, 1940 |
Bob Smith | 1990–2003 | March 30, 1941 |
Judd Gregg | 1993–2011 | February 14, 1947 |
John E. Sununu | 2003–2009 | September 10, 1964 |
Kelly Ayotte | 2011–2017 | June 27, 1968 |
See also
- United States congressional delegations from New Hampshire
- List of United States Representatives from New Hampshire
References
- ^ "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
- ^ "Burnham Is New Hampshire's Choice". The New York Times. January 16, 1901. p. 3.
- ^ The Tribune Almanac and Political Register 1908. New York: The Tribune Association. 1908. p. 259.
