List of governors of New Hampshire

The governor of New Hampshire is the head of government of the U.S. state of New Hampshire and is commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.

The current governor is Republican Chris Sununu, who took office on January 5, 2017, and has been re-elected three times. The longest-serving governor is John Taylor Gilman, who served as governor for 14 years, from 1794 to 1805 and from 1813 to 1816.

Governors

New Hampshire was one of the original Thirteen Colonies and was admitted as a state on June 21, 1788. Before it declared its independence, New Hampshire was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain.

The original 1776 Constitution of New Hampshire did not provide for a chief executive. The office of President was created by the 1784 constitution, and renamed Governor in 1792. Governors served one-year terms until an 1877 amendment increased this to two years. there have never been any term limits for the office, nor is there a lieutenant governor; should the office become vacant, the president of the New Hampshire Senate acts as governor.

Governors of the State of New Hampshire
No. Governor Term in office Party Election
1   Meshech Weare
(1713–1786)
June 15, 1784

June 8, 1785
(did not run)
No parties 1784
2 John Langdon
(1741–1819)
June 8, 1785

June 9, 1786
(lost election)
No parties 1785
3 John Sullivan
(1740–1795)
June 9, 1786

June 6, 1788
(lost election)
No parties 1786
1787
2 John Langdon
(1741–1819)
June 6, 1788

January 22, 1789
(resigned)
No parties 1788
John Pickering
(1737–1805)
January 22, 1789

June 9, 1789
(lost election)
No parties President of
the Senate
acting
3 John Sullivan
(1740–1795)
June 9, 1789

June 8, 1790
(did not run)
No parties 1789
4 Josiah Bartlett
(1729–1795)
June 8, 1790

June 5, 1794
(did not run)
No parties 1790
1791
1792
1793
5 John Taylor Gilman
(1753–1828)
June 5, 1794

June 6, 1805
(lost election)
Federalist 1794
1795
1796
1797
1798
1799
1800
1801
1802
1803
1804
2 John Langdon
(1741–1819)
June 6, 1805

June 13, 1809
(lost election)
Democratic-
Republican
1805
1806
1807
1808
6 Jeremiah Smith
(1759–1842)
June 13, 1809

June 7, 1810
(lost election)
Federalist 1809
2 John Langdon
(1741–1819)
June 7, 1810

June 6, 1812
(did not run)
Democratic-
Republican
1810
1811
7 William Plumer
(1759–1850)
June 6, 1812

June 5, 1813
(lost election)
Democratic-
Republican
1812
5 John Taylor Gilman
(1753–1828)
June 5, 1813

June 6, 1816
(did not run)
Federalist 1813
1814
1815
7 William Plumer
(1759–1850)
June 6, 1816

June 7, 1819
(did not run)
Democratic-
Republican
1816
1817
1818
8 Samuel Bell
(1770–1850)
June 7, 1819

June 5, 1823
(did not run)
Democratic-
Republican
1819
1820
1821
1822
9 Levi Woodbury
(1789–1851)
June 5, 1823

June 4, 1824
(lost election)
Democratic-
Republican
1823
10 David L. Morril
(1772–1849)
June 4, 1824

June 8, 1827
(lost election)
Democratic-
Republican
1824
1825
1826
11 Benjamin Pierce
(1757–1839)
June 8, 1827

June 9, 1828
(lost election)
Democratic-
Republican
1827
12 John Bell
(1765–1836)
June 9, 1828

June 6, 1829
(lost election)
Democratic-
Republican
1828
11 Benjamin Pierce
(1757–1839)
June 6, 1829

June 4, 1830
(did not run)
Democratic 1829
13 Matthew Harvey
(1781–1866)
June 4, 1830

February 28, 1831
(resigned)
Democratic 1830
Joseph M. Harper
(1787–1865)
February 28, 1831

June 3, 1831
(successor took office)
Democratic President of
the Senate
acting
14 Samuel Dinsmoor
(1766–1835)
June 3, 1831

June 6, 1834
(did not run)
Democratic 1831
1832
1833
15 William Badger
(1779–1852)
June 6, 1834

June 2, 1836
(did not run)
Democratic 1834
1835
16 Isaac Hill
(1788–1851)
June 2, 1836

June 6, 1839
(did not run)
Democratic 1836
1837
1838
17 John Page
(1787–1865)
June 6, 1839

June 2, 1842
(did not run)
Democratic 1839
1840
1841
18 Henry Hubbard
(1784–1857)
June 2, 1842

June 6, 1844
(did not run)
Democratic 1842
1843
19 John Hardy Steele
(1789–1865)
June 6, 1844

June 5, 1846
(did not run)
Democratic 1844
1845
20 Anthony Colby
(1792–1873)
June 5, 1846

June 3, 1847
(lost election)
Whig 1846
21 Jared W. Williams
(1796–1864)
June 3, 1847

June 7, 1849
(did not run)
Democratic 1847
1848
22 Samuel Dinsmoor Jr.
(1799–1869)
June 7, 1849

June 3, 1852
(did not run)
Democratic 1849
1850
1851
23 Noah Martin
(1801–1863)
June 3, 1852

June 8, 1854
(did not run)
Democratic 1852
1853
24 Nathaniel B. Baker
(1818–1876)
June 8, 1854

June 7, 1855
(lost election)
Democratic 1854
25 Ralph Metcalf
(1796–1858)
June 7, 1855

June 4, 1857
(did not run)
Know Nothing 1855
1856
26 William Haile
(1807–1876)
June 4, 1857

June 2, 1859
(did not run)
Republican 1857
1858
27 Ichabod Goodwin
(1794–1882)
June 2, 1859

June 6, 1861
(lost nomination)
Republican 1859
1860
28 Nathaniel S. Berry
(1796–1894)
June 6, 1861

June 4, 1863
(did not run)
Republican 1861
1862
29 Joseph A. Gilmore
(1811–1867)
June 4, 1863

June 8, 1865
(did not run)
Republican 1863
1864
30 Frederick Smyth
(1819–1899)
June 8, 1865

June 6, 1867
(did not run)
Republican 1865
1866
31 Walter Harriman
(1817–1884)
June 6, 1867

June 3, 1869
(did not run)
Republican 1867
1868
32 Onslow Stearns
(1810–1878)
June 3, 1869

June 14, 1871
(did not run)
Republican 1869
1870
33 James A. Weston
(1827–1895)
June 14, 1871

June 6, 1872
(lost election)
Democratic 1871
34 Ezekiel A. Straw
(1819–1882)
June 6, 1872

June 4, 1874
(did not run)
Republican 1872
1873
33 James A. Weston
(1827–1895)
June 4, 1874

June 10, 1875
(did not run)
Democratic 1874
35 Person Colby Cheney
(1828–1901)
June 10, 1875

June 7, 1877
(did not run)
Republican 1875
1876
36 Benjamin F. Prescott
(1833–1895)
June 7, 1877

June 5, 1879
(did not run)
Republican 1877
Mar. 1878
37 Nathaniel Head
(1828–1883)
June 5, 1879

June 2, 1881
(did not run)
Republican Nov. 1878
38 Charles H. Bell
(1823–1893)
June 2, 1881

June 7, 1883
(did not run)
Republican 1880
39 Samuel W. Hale
(1823–1891)
June 7, 1883

June 4, 1885
(did not run)
Republican 1882
40 Moody Currier
(1806–1898)
June 4, 1885

June 2, 1887
(did not run)
Republican 1884
41 Charles H. Sawyer
(1840–1908)
June 2, 1887

June 6, 1889
(did not run)
Republican 1886
42 David H. Goodell
(1834–1915)
June 6, 1889

January 8, 1891
(did not run)
Republican 1888
43 Hiram A. Tuttle
(1837–1911)
January 8, 1891

January 5, 1893
(did not run)
Republican 1890
44 John Butler Smith
(1838–1914)
January 5, 1893

January 3, 1895
(did not run)
Republican 1892
45 Charles A. Busiel
(1842–1901)
January 3, 1895

January 7, 1897
(did not run)
Republican 1894
46 George A. Ramsdell
(1834–1900)
January 7, 1897

January 5, 1899
(did not run)
Republican 1896
47 Frank W. Rollins
(1860–1915)
January 5, 1899

January 3, 1901
(did not run)
Republican 1898
48 Chester B. Jordan
(1839–1914)
January 3, 1901

January 8, 1903
(did not run)
Republican 1900
49 Nahum J. Bachelder
(1854–1934)
January 8, 1903

January 5, 1905
(did not run)
Republican 1902
50 John McLane
(1852–1911)
January 5, 1905

January 3, 1907
(did not run)
Republican 1904
51 Charles M. Floyd
(1861–1923)
January 3, 1907

January 7, 1909
(did not run)
Republican 1906
52 Henry B. Quinby
(1846–1924)
January 7, 1909

January 5, 1911
(did not run)
Republican 1908
53 Robert P. Bass
(1873–1960)
January 5, 1911

January 2, 1913
(did not run)
Republican 1910
54 Samuel D. Felker
(1859–1932)
January 2, 1913

January 7, 1915
(did not run)
Democratic 1912
55 Rolland H. Spaulding
(1873–1942)
January 7, 1915

January 4, 1917
(did not run)
Republican 1914
56 Henry W. Keyes
(1863–1938)
January 4, 1917

January 2, 1919
(did not run)
Republican 1916
57 John H. Bartlett
(1869–1952)
January 2, 1919

January 6, 1921
(did not run)
Republican 1918
58 Albert O. Brown
(1852–1937)
January 6, 1921

January 4, 1923
(did not run)
Republican 1920
59 Fred H. Brown
(1879–1955)
January 4, 1923

January 8, 1925
(lost election)
Democratic 1922
60 John Gilbert Winant
(1889–1947)
January 8, 1925

January 6, 1927
(lost nomination)
Republican 1924
61 Huntley N. Spaulding
(1869–1955)
January 6, 1927

January 3, 1929
(did not run)
Republican 1926
62 Charles W. Tobey
(1880–1953)
January 3, 1929

January 8, 1931
(did not run)
Republican 1928
60 John Gilbert Winant
(1889–1947)
January 8, 1931

January 3, 1935
(did not run)
Republican 1930
1932
63 Styles Bridges
(1898–1961)
January 3, 1935

January 7, 1937
(did not run)
Republican 1934
64 Francis P. Murphy
(1877–1958)
January 7, 1937

January 2, 1941
(did not run)
Republican 1936
1938
65 Robert O. Blood
(1887–1975)
January 2, 1941

January 4, 1945
(lost nomination)
Republican 1940
1942
66 Charles M. Dale
(1893–1978)
January 4, 1945

January 6, 1949
(did not run)
Republican 1944
1946
67 Sherman Adams
(1899–1986)
January 6, 1949

January 8, 1953
(did not run)
Republican 1948
1950
68 Hugh Gregg
(1917–2003)
January 8, 1953

January 6, 1955
(did not run)
Republican 1952
69 Lane Dwinell
(1906–1997)
January 6, 1955

January 8, 1959
(did not run)
Republican 1954
1956
70 Wesley Powell
(1915–1981)
January 8, 1959

January 5, 1963
(lost nomination)
Republican 1958
1960
71 John W. King
(1916–1996)
January 5, 1963

January 2, 1969
(did not run)
Democratic 1962
1964
1966
72 Walter R. Peterson Jr.
(1922–2011)
January 2, 1969

January 4, 1973
(lost nomination)
Republican 1968
1970
73 Meldrim Thomson Jr.
(1912–2001)
January 4, 1973

January 4, 1979
(lost election)
Republican 1972
1974
1976
74 Hugh Gallen
(1924–1982)
January 4, 1979

December 29, 1982
(died in office)
Democratic 1978
1980
Vesta M. Roy
(1925–2002)
December 29, 1982

January 6, 1983
(successor took office)
Republican President of
the Senate
acting
75 John H. Sununu
(b. 1939)
January 6, 1983

January 5, 1989
(did not run)
Republican 1982
1984
1986
76 Judd Gregg
(b. 1947)
January 5, 1989

January 2, 1993
(resigned)
Republican 1988
1990
Ralph D. Hough
(b. 1943)
January 2, 1993

January 7, 1993
(successor took office)
Republican President of
the Senate
acting
77 Steve Merrill
(1946–2020)
January 7, 1993

January 9, 1997
(did not run)
Republican 1992
1994
78 Jeanne Shaheen
(b. 1947)
January 9, 1997

January 9, 2003
(did not run)
Democratic 1996
1998
2000
79 Craig Benson
(b. 1954)
January 9, 2003

January 6, 2005
(lost election)
Republican 2002
80 John Lynch
(b. 1952)
January 6, 2005

January 3, 2013
(did not run)
Democratic 2004
2006
2008
2010
81 Maggie Hassan
(b. 1958)
January 3, 2013

January 2, 2017
(resigned)
Democratic 2012
2014
Chuck Morse
(b. 1960)
January 3, 2017

January 5, 2017
(successor took office)
Republican President of
the Senate
acting
82 Chris Sununu
(b. 1974)
January 5, 2017

Incumbent
Republican 2016
2018
2020
2022

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