List of United States Senators from New Hampshire

Last updated August 19, 2019

Current delegation

New Hampshire's current senators are Jeanne Shaheen (D) and Maggie Hassan (D). Senator Shaheen is currently serving her second term, and Senator Hassan is currently serving her first term in the United States Senate.

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. New Hampshire is the 5th smallest by area and the 10th least populous U.S. state.

Cynthia Jeanne Shaheen is an American politician. She is the senior United States Senator from New Hampshire. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first female U.S. Senator in New Hampshire's history, was the first female Governor of New Hampshire, and the first woman elected as both Governor and a U.S. Senator in American history.

Margaret C. Hassan is an American politician and junior United States Senator from New Hampshire. A Democrat, Hassan was elected to the Senate in the 2016 election. She was the 81st Governor of New Hampshire, from 2013 to 2017.

List of Senators

#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m	C o n g r e s s	T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 2 Class 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 o n g r e s s	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.
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
1	Paine Wingate	Anti- Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793		1	2nd				Pro- Administration
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 unknown/missing.]		Democratic- Republican
						5th
				Re-elected December 21, 1798. Resigned.	3	6th
				Re-elected December 21, 1798. Resigned.		7th	3	Elected June 21, 1800. Resigned.	March 4, 1801 – June 14, 1802	Federalist	James Sheafe	2
Vacant			June 12, 1801 – June 17, 1801
3	Simeon Olcott	Federalist	June 17, 1801 – March 3, 1805	Elected in 1801 to finish Livermore's term. [Data unknown/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 November 28, 1804	4	9th
						10th	4	Elected in 1807. Resigned.	March 4, 1807 – June 1, 1810	Democratic- Republican	Nahum Parker	4
						11th		Elected in 1807. Resigned.	March 4, 1807 – June 1, 1810	Democratic- Republican	Nahum Parker	4
									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 June 21, 1810. Died.	5	12th		Elected in 1810 to finish Parker's term.	June 21, 1810 – March 3, 1813	Federalist	Charles Cutts
						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
5	Thomas W. Thompson	Federalist	June 24, 1814 – March 3, 1817	Elected in 1814 to finish Gilman's term. [Data unknown/missing.]
5	Thomas W. Thompson	Federalist	June 24, 1814 – March 3, 1817			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. [Data unknown/missing.]	June 27, 1817 – March 3, 1819	Democratic- Republican	Clement Storer	7
						16th	6	Elected in 1818. [Data unknown/missing.]	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1825	Democratic- Republican	John Fabyan Parrott	8
						17th				Democratic- Republican
7	Samuel Bell	Adams Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1835	Elected in 1823	7	18th				Adams Republican
		Anti-Jacksonian				19th	7	[Data unknown/missing.]	March 3, 1825 – March 16, 1825	Vacant
						19th		Elected in 1825. [Data unknown/missing.]	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 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
		Democratic				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
						27th		Appointed to continue Pierce's term. Elected in June 1842 to finish Pierce's term. [Data unknown/missing.]	March 1, 1842 – March 3, 1843	Democratic	Leonard Wilcox	13
						28th	10	Elected in 1843. [Data unknown/missing.]	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849	Democratic	Charles G. Atherton	14
						29th
Vacant			September 20, 1845 – December 1, 1845
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
		Free Soil				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
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
									January 11, 1855 – January 16, 1855	Vacant
								Appointed to finish Norris's term. [Data unknown/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		34th		Elected late in 1855. Died.	July 30, 1855 – May 26, 1857	Republican	James Bell	17
						35th		Elected late in 1855. Died.	July 30, 1855 – May 26, 1857	Republican	James Bell	17
									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 unknown/missing.]	13	36th		Elected in 1857 to finish Bell's term.
						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 unknown/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.		48th
						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.
19	Person Colby Cheney	Republican	November 14, 1886 – June 14, 1887			50th
20	William E. Chandler	Republican	June 14, 1887 – March 3, 1889	Elected in 1887 to finish Pike's term. Legislature failed to elect.		50th
21	Gilman Marston	Republican	March 4, 1889 – June 18, 1889	Appointed to start term when legislature failed to elect. [Data unknown/missing.]	18	51st
22	William E. Chandler	Republican	June 18, 1889 – March 3, 1901	Elected in 1889 to finish the term.		51st
						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.		63rd
						64th	22	Re-elected in 1914. Died.
						65th		Re-elected in 1914. Died.
									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		Elected in 1918 to finish Gallinger's term.
						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		Re-elected in 1950. Died.
									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		Elected in 1954 to finish Tobey's term.
						85th	29	Re-elected in 1956.
						86th
				Re-elected in 1960. Died.	30	87th
Vacant			November 26, 1961 – January 10, 1962
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
						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
						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
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
To be decided in the 2020 election.					40	117th
To be decided in the 2020 election.					40	118th	40	To be decided in the 2022 election.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 2							Class 3

Living former U.S. senators from New Hampshire

As of January 2019^[update], there are five former senators who are living, three from Class 2 and two from Class 3. The most recent senator to die was Warren Rudman (served 1980–1993) on November 19, 2012, who is also the most recently serving senator to die.

Warren Bruce Rudman was an American attorney and Republican politician who served as United States Senator from New Hampshire between 1980 and 1993. He was known as a moderate centrist, to such an extent that President Clinton approached him in 1994 about replacing departing Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen in Clinton's cabinet, an offer that Rudman declined.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
Gordon J. Humphrey	1979–1990	2	(1940-10-09) October 9, 1940 (age 78)
Bob Smith	1990–2003	2	(1941-03-30) March 30, 1941 (age 78)
Judd Gregg	1993–2011	3	(1947-02-14) February 14, 1947 (age 72)
John E. Sununu	2003–2009	2	(1964-09-10) September 10, 1964 (age 54)
Kelly Ayotte	2011–2017	3	(1968-06-27) June 27, 1968 (age 51)

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.

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[1] "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved March 21, 2018.

[2] "Burnham Is New Hampshire's Choice". The New York Times. January 16, 1901. p. 3.

[3] The Tribune Almanac and Political Register 1908. New York: The Tribune Association. 1908. p. 259.

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