List of speakers of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
Appearance
Speaker of New Hampshire House of Representatives | |
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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.
Colonial period
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Speaker | Term | Party | Residence | Notes |
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Richard Waldron Jr. | 1684–1692 | Portsmouth | [1] | |
Richard Martin | 1692 | Portsmouth | [1] | |
John Gilman | 1692–1693 | Exeter | [1] | |
John Pickering | 1693–1695 | Portsmouth | [1] | |
George Jaffrey | 1695–1696 | Portsmouth | [1] | |
John Plaisted | 1696–1697 | Portsmouth | [1] | |
John Pickering | 1697–1698 | Portsmouth | [1] | |
Henry Dow | 1698 | Hampton | [1] | |
John Pickering | 1698–1699 | Portsmouth | [1] | |
Samuel Penhallow | 1699–1702 | Portsmouth | [1] | |
John Pickering | 1702 | Portsmouth | [1] | |
Daniel Tilton | 1702–1703 | Hampton | [1] | |
John Pickering | 1703–1709 | Portsmouth | [1] | |
Mark Hunking | 1709–1710 | Portsmouth | [1] | |
Richard Garrish | 1710–1717 | Portsmouth | [1] | |
John Plaisted | 1717 | Portsmouth | [1] | |
Thomas Packer | 1717–1719 | Portsmouth | [1] | |
Joshua Pierce | 1719–1722 | Portsmouth | [1] | |
Peter Weare | 1722–1727 | Hampton Falls | [1] | |
Nathaniel Weare | 1727–1728 | Hampton Falls | [1] | |
Andrew Wiggin | 1728–1745 | Stratham | [1] | |
Nathaniel Rogers | 1745 | Portsmouth | [1] | |
Ebenezer Stevens | 1745–1749 | Kingston | [1] | |
Richard Waldron | 1749–1752 | Hampton | [1] | |
Meshech Weare | 1752–1755 | Hampton Falls | [1] | |
Peter Sherburne | 1755–1765 | Portsmouth | [1] | |
Peter Gilman | 1765–1771 | Exeter | [1] | |
John Wentworth | 1771–1776 | Somersworth | [1] | |
Phillips White | 1776 | South Hampton | [1] | |
John Langdon | 1776–1782 | Portsmouth | [1] | |
John Dudley | 1782–1784 | Raymond | [1] | |
George Atkinson | 1784–1785 | Portsmouth | [1] | |
John Sullivan | 1785–1786 | Durham | [1] | |
John Langdon | 1786–1787 | Portsmouth | [1] | |
John Sparhawk | 1787 | Portsmouth | [1] |
Since statehood
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Thomas Bartlett | 1787–1791 | Nottingham | [1] | |
William Plumer | 1791–1793 | Epping | [1] | |
Nathaniel Peabody | 1793–1794 | Atkinson | [1] | |
John Prentice | 1794–1795 | Langdon | [1] | |
Russell Freeman | 1795–1797 | Hanover | [1] | |
William Plumer | 1797–1798 | Epping | [1] | |
John Prentice | 1798–1805 | Langdon | [1] | |
Samuel Bell | 1805–1807 | Chester | [1] | |
Charles Cutts | 1807–1809 | Portsmouth | [1] | |
George B. Upham | 1809–1810 | Claremont | [1] | |
Charles Cutts | 1810–1811 | Portsmouth | [1] | |
Clement Storer | 1811–1813 | Portsmouth | [1] | |
Thomas W. Thompson | 1813–1815 | Concord | [1] | |
George B. Upham | 1815–1816 | Claremont | [1] | |
David L. Morrill | 1816–1817 | Concord | [1] | |
Henry B. Chase | 1817–1818 | Warner | [1] | |
Matthew Harvey | 1818–1821 | Hopkinton | [1] | |
Ichabod Bartlett | 1821–1822 | Dover | [1] | |
Charles Woodman | 1822–1823 | Bridgwater | [1] | |
Andrew Pierce | 1823 | Democratic | Dover | [1] |
Edmund Parker | 1823–1825 | Democratic | Nashua | [1] |
Levi Woodbury | 1825 | Democratic | Portsmouth | [1] |
Henry Hubbard | 1825–1828 | Democratic | Charlestown | [1] |
James Wilson Jr. | 1828–1829 | Democratic | Keene | [1] |
James B. Thornton | 1827–1829 | Democratic | Merrimack | [1] |
Samuel Webster | 1829–1831 | Democratic | Kingston | [1] |
Franklin Pierce | 1831–1833 | Democratic | Hillsborough | [1] |
Charles G. Atherton | 1835–1837 | Democratic | Nashua | [1] |
Ira A. Eastman | 1837–1839 | Democratic | Gilmanton | [1] |
Moses Norris Jr. | 1839–1841 | Democratic | Pittsfield | [1] |
John S. Wells | 1841–1842 | Democratic | Lancaster | [1] |
Samuel Swasey | 1842–1844 | Democratic | Haverhill | [1] |
Harry Hibbard | 1844–1846 | Democratic | Bath | [1] |
John P. Hale | 1846–1847 | Democratic | Dover | [1] |
Moses Norris Jr. | 1847–1848 | Democratic | Pittsfield | [1] |
Samuel H. Ayer | 1848–1850 | Hillsborough | [1] | |
Nathaniel B. Baker | 1850–1852 | Democratic | Concord | [1] |
George W. Kittredge | 1852–1853 | Democratic | Newmarket | [1] |
Jonathan Everett Sargent | 1853–1854 | Republican | Wentworth | [1] |
Francis R. Chase | 1854–1855 | Republican | Northfield | [1] |
John J. Prentiss | 1855–1856 | Republican | Claremont | [1] |
Edward H. Rollins | 1856–1858 | Republican | Concord | [1] |
Napolean B. Bryant | 1858–1860 | Republican | Plymouth | [1] |
Charles H. Bell | 1860–1861 | Republican | Exeter | [1] |
Edward A. Rollins | 1861–1863 | Republican | Great Falls | [1] |
William E. Chandler | 1863–1865 | Republican | Concord | [1] |
Austin F. Pike | 1865–1867 | Republican | Franklin | [1] |
Simon G. Griffin | 1867–1869 | Republican | Keene | [1] |
Samuel M. Wheeler | 1869–1871 | Republican | Dover | [1] |
William H. Gove | 1871–1872 | Republican | Weare | [1] |
Asa Fowler | 1872–1873 | Republican | Concord | [1] |
James Emery | 1873–1874 | Republican | Hudson | [1] |
Albert R. Hatch | 1874–1875 | Republican | Portsmouth | [1] |
Charles P. Sanborn | 1875–1877 | Republican | Concord | [1] |
Augustus A. Woolson | 1877–1879 | Republican | Lisbon | [1] |
Henry H. Huse | 1879–1881 | Republican | Manchester | [1] |
Chester B. Jordan | 1881–1883 | Republican | Lancaster | [1] |
Samuel C. Eastman | 1883–1885 | Republican | Concord | [1] |
Edgar Aldrich | 1885–1887 | Republican | Colebrook | [1] |
Alvin Burleigh | 1887–1889 | Republican | Plymouth | [1] |
Hiram D. Upton | 1889–1891 | Republican | Jaffrey | [1] |
Frank G. Clarke | 1891–1893 | Republican | Peterborough | [1] |
Robert N. Chamberlain | 1893–1895 | Republican | Berlin | [1] |
Stephen S. Jewett | 1895–1897 | Republican | Laconia | [1] |
James F. Briggs | 1897–1899 | Republican | Manchester | [1] |
Frank D. Currier | 1899–1901 | Republican | Canaan | [1] |
Cyrus H. Little | 1901–1903 | Republican | Manchester | [1] |
Harry N. Cheney | 1903–1905 | Republican | Lebanon | [1] |
Rufus N. Elwell | 1905–1907 | Republican | Exeter | [1] |
Bertram Ellis | 1907–1909 | Republican | Keene | [1] |
Frank A. Musgrove | 1911–1913 | Republican | Hanover | [1][2] |
William J. Britton | 1913–1915 | Republican | Wolfeboro | [2] |
Olin H. Chase | 1915 | Republican | Newport | [2][1] |
Edwin C. Bean | 1915 | Republican | Belmont | [2][1] |
Arthur P. Morrill | 1915–1919 | Republican | Concord | [2][1] |
Charles W. Tobey | 1919–1921 | Republican | Temple | [2][1] |
Fred A. Jones | 1921–1923 | Republican | Lebanon | [2][1] |
William J. Ahern | 1923–1925 | Democratic | Concord | [2][1] |
George A. Wood | 1925–1927 | Republican | Portsmouth | [2][1] |
Harold K. Davison | 1927–1929 | Republican | Haverhill | [2][1] |
George A. Foster | 1929–1931 | Republican | Concord | [2][1] |
Harold M. Smith | 1931–1933 | Republican | Portsmouth | [2][1] |
Louis P. Elkins | 1933–1935 | Republican | Concord | [2][1] |
Amos N. Blandin | 1935–1937 | Democratic | Bath | [2][1] |
Oren V. Handerson | 1937–1939 | Republican | Durham | [2][1] |
Ansel N. Sanborn | 1939–1941 | Republican | Wakefield | [2][1] |
Charles H. Barnard | 1941–1943 | Republican | Manchester | [2][1] |
Sherman Adams | 1943–1945 | Republican | Lincoln | [2][1] |
Norris Cotton | 1945–1947 | Republican | Lebanon | [2][1] |
J. Walker Wiggin | 1947–1949 | Republican | Manchester | [2][1] |
Richard F. Upton | 1949–1951 | Republican | Concord | [2][1] |
Lane Dwinell | 1951–1953 | Republican | Lebanon | [2][1] |
Raymond K. Perkins | 1953 | Republican | Concord | [2][1] |
Norman A. McMeekin | 1954 | Republican | Haverhill | [2][1] |
Charles Griffin | 1955 | Republican | Lincoln | [2][1] |
Doug Scamman Sr. | 1957–1958 | Republican | Stratham | [2][1] |
Stewart Lamprey | 1959–1965 | Republican | Moultonborough | [2][1] |
Walter R. Peterson Jr. | 1965–1969 | Republican | Peterborough | [2] |
Marshall W. Cobleigh | 1969–1973 | Republican | Manchester | [2] |
James E. O'Neill | 1973–1975 | Republican | Chesterfield | [2] |
George B. Roberts Jr. | 1975–1981 | Republican | Alton | [2] |
John B. Tucker | 1981–1987 | Republican | Claremont | [2] |
Doug Scamman Jr. | 1987–1990 | Republican | Stratham | [3] |
Harold W. Burns | 1990–1996 | Republican | Whitefield | [3] |
Donna Sytek | 1996–2000 | Republican | Salem | [3] |
Gene Chandler | 2000–2004 | Republican | Bartlett | [3] |
Doug Scamman Jr. | 2004–2006 | Republican | Stratham | [3] |
Terie Norelli | 2006–2010 | Democratic | Portsmouth | |
William L. O'Brien | 2010–2012 | Republican | Mont Vernon | |
Terie Norelli | 2012–2014 | Democratic | Portsmouth | |
Shawn Jasper | 2014–2017 | Republican | Hudson | |
Gene Chandler | 2017–2018 | Republican | Bartlett | |
Steve Shurtleff | 2018–2020 | Democratic | Concord | |
Dick Hinch | 2020 | Republican | Merrimack | |
Sherman Packard | 2021– | Republican | Londonderry |
See also
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af Sharp, Nancy Weatherly; Sharp, James Roger (August 30, 2000). American Legislative Leaders in the Northeast, 1911-1994. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780313032080 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d e Gardner, William M. (2005). State of New Hampshire Manual for the General Court No. 59. Concord, New Hampshire: Department of State of New Hampshire. Retrieved December 15, 2023.