List of speakers of the New Hampshire House of Representatives

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Speaker of New Hampshire House of Representatives
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Incumbent
Sherman Packard
since January 6, 2021
Status Presiding officer
Seat New Hampshire State House, Concord
Appointer New Hampshire House of Representatives
Inaugural holder Richard Waldron Jr.

The following is a list of speakers of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from colonial period and since statehood in 1788.

Contents

Colonial period

SpeakerTermPartyResidenceNotes
Richard Waldron Jr. 1684–1692 Portsmouth [1]
Richard Martin1692Portsmouth [1]
John Gilman1692–1693 Exeter [1]
John Pickering 1693–1695Portsmouth [1]
George Jaffrey 1695–1696Portsmouth [1]
John Plaisted1696–1697Portsmouth [1]
John Pickering1697–1698Portsmouth [1]
Henry Dow 1698 Hampton [1]
John Pickering1698–1699Portsmouth [1]
Samuel Penhallow 1699–1702Portsmouth [1]
John Pickering1702Portsmouth [1]
Daniel Tilton1702–1703Hampton [1]
John Pickering1703–1709Portsmouth [1]
Mark Hunking 1709–1710Portsmouth [1]
Richard Garrish 1710–1717Portsmouth [1]
John Plaisted1717Portsmouth [1]
Thomas Packer 1717–1719Portsmouth [1]
Joshua Pierce 1719–1722Portsmouth [1]
Peter Weare 1722–1727Hampton Falls [1]
Nathaniel Weare 1727–1728Hampton Falls [1]
Andrew Wiggin 1728–1745Stratham [1]
Nathaniel Rogers1745Portsmouth [1]
Ebenezer Stevens 1745–1749 Kingston [1]
Richard Waldron 1749–1752Hampton [1]
Meshech Weare 1752–1755 Hampton Falls [1]
Peter Sherburne 1755–1765Portsmouth [1]
Peter Gilman 1765–1771Exeter [1]
John Wentworth 1771–1776 Somersworth [1]
Phillips White 1776 South Hampton [1]
John Langdon1776–1782Portsmouth [1]
John Dudley1782–1784 Raymond [1]
George Atkinson1784–1785Portsmouth [1]
John Sullivan1785–1786 Durham [1]
John Langdon1786–1787Portsmouth [1]
John Sparhawk 1787Portsmouth [1]

Since statehood

SpeakerTermPartyResidenceNotes
Thomas Bartlett1787–1791 Nottingham [1]
William Plumer 1791–1793 Epping [1]
Nathaniel Peabody 1793–1794 Atkinson [1]
John Prentice1794–1795Langdon [1]
Russell Freeman1795–1797Hanover [1]
William Plumer1797–1798 Epping [1]
John Prentice1798–1805Langdon [1]
Samuel Bell 1805–1807 Chester [1]
Charles Cutts 1807–1809Portsmouth [1]
George B. Upham 1809–1810Claremont [1]
Charles Cutts1810–1811Portsmouth [1]
Clement Storer 1811–1813Portsmouth [1]
Thomas W. Thompson 1813–1815Concord [1]
George B. Upham1815–1816Claremont [1]
David L. Morrill 1816–1817Concord [1]
Henry B. Chase 1817–1818 Warner [1]
Matthew Harvey 1818–1821 Hopkinton [1]
Ichabod Bartlett 1821–1822Dover [1]
Charles Woodman 1822–1823Bridgwater [1]
Andrew Pierce 1823DemocraticDover [1]
Edmund Parker 1823–1825DemocraticNashua [1]
Levi Woodbury 1825DemocraticPortsmouth [1]
Henry Hubbard 1825–1828DemocraticCharlestown [1]
James Wilson Jr. 1828–1829Democratic Keene [1]
James B. Thornton 1827–1829Democratic Merrimack [1]
Samuel Webster 1829–1831DemocraticKingston [1]
Franklin Pierce 1831–1833DemocraticHillsborough [1]
Charles G. Atherton 1835–1837Democratic Nashua [1]
Ira A. Eastman 1837–1839Democratic Gilmanton [1]
Moses Norris Jr. 1839–1841Democratic Pittsfield [1]
John S. Wells 1841–1842DemocraticLancaster [1]
Samuel Swasey 1842–1844DemocraticHaverhill [1]
Harry Hibbard 1844–1846DemocraticBath [1]
John P. Hale 1846–1847DemocraticDover [1]
Moses Norris Jr.1847–1848DemocraticPittsfield [1]
Samuel H. Ayer 1848–1850Hillsborough [1]
Nathaniel B. Baker 1850–1852DemocraticConcord [1]
George W. Kittredge 1852–1853Democratic Newmarket [1]
Jonathan Everett Sargent 1853–1854Republican Wentworth [1]
Francis R. Chase 1854–1855Republican Northfield [1]
John J. Prentiss 1855–1856Republican Claremont [1]
Edward H. Rollins 1856–1858RepublicanConcord [1]
Napolean B. Bryant 1858–1860RepublicanPlymouth [1]
Charles H. Bell 1860–1861RepublicanExeter [1]
Edward A. Rollins 1861–1863Republican Great Falls [1]
William E. Chandler 1863–1865RepublicanConcord [1]
Austin F. Pike 1865–1867Republican Franklin [1]
Simon G. Griffin 1867–1869RepublicanKeene [1]
Samuel M. Wheeler 1869–1871RepublicanDover [1]
William H. Gove 1871–1872Republican Weare [1]
Asa Fowler 1872–1873RepublicanConcord [1]
James Emery 1873–1874Republican Hudson [1]
Albert R. Hatch 1874–1875RepublicanPortsmouth [1]
Charles P. Sanborn 1875–1877RepublicanConcord [1]
Augustus A. Woolson 1877–1879Republican Lisbon [1]
Henry H. Huse 1879–1881RepublicanManchester [1]
Chester B. Jordan 1881–1883Republican Lancaster [1]
Samuel C. Eastman 1883–1885RepublicanConcord [1]
Edgar Aldrich 1885–1887Republican Colebrook [1]
Alvin Burleigh 1887–1889Republican Plymouth [1]
Hiram D. Upton 1889–1891Republican Jaffrey [1]
Frank G. Clarke 1891–1893RepublicanPeterborough [1]
Robert N. Chamberlain 1893–1895Republican Berlin [1]
Stephen S. Jewett 1895–1897Republican Laconia [1]
James F. Briggs 1897–1899RepublicanManchester [1]
Frank D. Currier 1899–1901Republican Canaan [1]
Cyrus H. Little 1901–1903RepublicanManchester [1]
Harry N. Cheney 1903–1905Republican Lebanon [1]
Rufus N. Elwell 1905–1907RepublicanExeter [1]
Bertram Ellis 1907–1909RepublicanKeene [1]
Frank A. Musgrove 1911–1913Republican Hanover [1] [2]
William J. Britton 1913–1915Republican Wolfeboro [2]
Olin H. Chase 1915Republican Newport [2] [1]
Edwin C. Bean 1915Republican Belmont [2] [1]
Arthur P. Morrill 1915–1919Republican Concord [2] [1]
Charles W. Tobey 1919–1921Republican Temple [2] [1]
Fred A. Jones 1921–1923Republican Lebanon [2] [1]
William J. Ahern 1923–1925DemocraticConcord [2] [1]
George A. Wood 1925–1927RepublicanPortsmouth [2] [1]
Harold K. Davison 1927–1929Republican Haverhill [2] [1]
George A. Foster 1929–1931RepublicanConcord [2] [1]
Harold M. Smith 1931–1933RepublicanPortsmouth [2] [1]
Louis P. Elkins 1933–1935RepublicanConcord [2] [1]
Amos N. Blandin 1935–1937Democratic Bath [2] [1]
Oren V. Handerson 1937–1939Republican Durham [2] [1]
Ansel N. Sanborn 1939–1941Republican Wakefield [2] [1]
Charles H. Barnard 1941–1943Republican Manchester [2] [1]
Sherman Adams 1943–1945Republican Lincoln [2] [1]
Norris Cotton 1945–1947Republican Lebanon [2] [1]
J. Walker Wiggin 1947–1949RepublicanManchester [2] [1]
Richard F. Upton 1949–1951RepublicanConcord [2] [1]
Lane Dwinell 1951–1953RepublicanLebanon [2] [1]
Raymond K. Perkins 1953RepublicanConcord [2] [1]
Norman A. McMeekin 1954RepublicanHaverhill [2] [1]
Charles Griffin 1955RepublicanLincoln [2] [1]
Doug Scamman Sr. 1957–1958Republican Stratham [2] [1]
Stewart Lamprey 1959–1965Republican Moultonborough [2] [1]
Walter R. Peterson Jr. 1965–1969Republican Peterborough [2]
Marshall W. Cobleigh 1969–1973RepublicanManchester [2]
James E. O'Neill 1973–1975Republican Chesterfield [2]
George B. Roberts Jr. 1975–1981Republican Alton [2]
John B. Tucker 1981–1987RepublicanClaremont [2]
Doug Scamman Jr. 1987–1990RepublicanStratham [3]
Harold W. Burns 1990–1996Republican Whitefield [3]
Donna Sytek 1996–2000Republican Salem [3]
Gene Chandler 2000–2004RepublicanBartlett [3]
Doug Scamman Jr.2004–2006RepublicanStratham [3]
Terie Norelli 2006–2010DemocraticPortsmouth
William L. O'Brien 2010–2012Republican Mont Vernon
Terie Norelli2012–2014DemocraticPortsmouth
Shawn Jasper 2014–2017RepublicanHudson
Gene Chandler2017–2018RepublicanBartlett
Steve Shurtleff 2018–2020DemocraticConcord
Dick Hinch 2020RepublicanMerrimack
Sherman Packard 2021–Republican Londonderry

See also

References

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