List of New Hampshire General Courts

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The following is a list of legislative terms of the New Hampshire General Court, the law-making branch of government of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. The legislature continues to operate under the amended New Hampshire Constitution of 1784.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Sessions of the legislature since 1775", New Hampshire Manual for the General Court, 1891, p. 161
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Volume 5: First constitutional period 1784-1792", Laws of New Hampshire, 1916 – via Internet Archive
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "New Hampshire", A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825, Massachusetts: American Antiquarian Society and Tufts Archival Research Center, retrieved 2024-08-20
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Volume 7: Second constitutional period, 1801-1811", Laws of New Hampshire, 1918 – via Internet Archive
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Volume 8: Second constitutional period, 1811-1820", Laws of New Hampshire, 1920
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Volume 9: Second constitutional period, 1821-1828", Laws of New Hampshire, 1921 – via Internet Archive
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Volume 10: Second constitutional period, 1829-1835", Laws of New Hampshire, 1922 – via Internet Archive
  8. ↑ New Hampshire Manual of Useful Information, Manchester, 1889{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  9. ↑ New Hampshire Manual for the General Court, 1897
  10. ↑ New Hampshire Manual for the General Court, 1903
  11. ↑ New Hampshire Manual for the General Court, 1913
  12. ↑ New Hampshire Manual for the General Court, 1915
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 Manual of the New Hampshire General Court , retrieved 2024-07-31– via University of New Hampshire. 1995-2009
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "New Hampshire House of Representatives: Calendars & Journals", gencourt.state.nh.us, General Court of New Hampshire, retrieved 2024-07-31
  15. 1 2 3 New Hampshire Manual for the General Court, 2005 – via Internet Archive
  16. 1 2 3 4 "New Hampshire General Court", ballotpedia.org, retrieved 2024-08-21
  17. 1 2 3 4 "Election results", sos.nh.gov, New Hampshire Secretary of State, retrieved 2024-08-20. 2016-2022
  18. ↑ "The NH legislature is the third largest in the world. To adhere to social distancing it will meet inside the UNH hockey arena", Boston Globe, May 15, 2020
  19. ↑ "The researchers behind New Hampshire's laws are busy", Boston Globe, September 12, 2023
  20. ↑ "Eight bills tackling some of the New Hampshire's quirkier problems", Boston Globe, December 28, 2023
  21. ↑ Amanda Gokee (August 20, 2024), "'We knew we had to get out': This family fled N.H. over legislation that would restrict their transgender daughter", Boston Globe

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