List of Governors of New Hampshire

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This is a list of Governors of New Hampshire, in the United States. The Governor of New Hampshire has a term of two years, and can seek re-election.

#	Name	Party	Term
1	Meshech Weare	No party	1776–1785
2	John Langdon	No party	1785–1786
3	John Sullivan	Federalist	1786–1788
4	John Langdon	Democratic-Republican	1788–1789
5	John Sullivan	Federalist	1789–1790
6	Josiah Bartlett	Democratic-Republican	1790–1794
7	John Taylor Gilman	Federalist	1794–1805
8	John Langdon	Democratic-Republican	1805–1809
9	Jeremiah Smith	Federalist	1809–1810
10	John Langdon	Democratic-Republican	1810–1812
11	William Plumer	Democratic-Republican	1812–1813
12	John Taylor Gilman	Federalist	1813–1816
13	William Plumer	Democratic-Republican	1816–1819
14	Samuel Bell	Democratic-Republican	1819–1823
15	Levi Woodbury	Democratic-Republican	1823–1824
16	David L. Morril	Democratic-Republican	1824–1827
17	Benjamin Pierce	Democratic-Republican	1827–1828
18	John Bell	National Republican	1828–1829
19	Benjamin Pierce	Democratic	1829–1830
20	Matthew Harvey	Democratic	1830–1831
21	Samuel Dinsmoor	Democratic	1831–1834
22	William Badger	Democratic	1834–1836
23	Isaac Hill	Democratic	1836–1839
24	John Page	Democratic	1839–1842
25	Henry Hubbard	Democratic	1842–1844
26	John H. Steele	Democratic	1844–1846
27	Anthony Colby	Whig	1846–1847
28	Jared W. Williams	Democratic	1847–1849
29	Samuel Dinsmoor, Jr.	Democratic	1849–1852
30	Noah Martin	Democratic	1852–1854
31	Nathaniel B. Baker	Democratic	1854–1855
32	Ralph Metcalf	Know-Nothing	1855–1857
33	William Haile	Republican	1857–1859
34	Ichabod Goodwin	Republican	1859–1861
35	Nathaniel S. Berry	Republican	1861–1863
36	Joseph A. Gilmore	Republican	1863–1865
37	Frederick Smyth	Republican	1865–1867
38	Walter Harriman	Republican	1867–1869
39	Onslow Stearns	Republican	1869–1871
40	James A. Weston	Democratic	1871–1872
41	Ezekiel A. Straw	Republican	1872–1874
42	James A. Weston	Democratic	1874–1875
43	Person C. Cheney	Republican	1875–1877
44	Benjamin F. Prescott	Republican	1877–1879
45	Natt Head	Republican	1879–1881
46	Charles H. Bell	Republican	1881–1883
47	Samuel W. Hale	Republican	1883–1885
48	Moody Currier	Republican	1885–1887
49	Charles H. Sawyer	Republican	1887–1889
50	David H. Goodell	Republican	1889–1891
51	Hiram A. Tuttle	Republican	1891–1893
52	John B. Smith	Republican	1893–1895
53	Charles A. Busiel	Republican	1895–1897
54	George A. Ramsdell	Republican	1897–1899
55	Frank W. Rollins	Republican	1899–1901
56	Chester B. Jordan	Republican	1901–1903
57	Nahum J. Bachelder	Republican	1903–1905
58	John McLane	Republican	1905–1907
59	Charles M. Floyd	Republican	1907–1909
60	Henry B. Quinby	Republican	1909–1911
61	Robert P. Bass	Republican	1911–1913
62	Samuel D. Felker	Democratic	1913–1915
63	Rolland H. Spaulding	Republican	1915–1917
64	Henry W. Keyes	Republican	1917–1919
65	John H. Bartlett	Republican	1919–1921
66	Albert O. Brown	Republican	1921–1923
67	Fred H. Brown	Democratic	1923–1925
68	John Gilbert Winant	Republican	1925–1927
69	Huntley N. Spaulding	Republican	1927–1929
70	Charles W. Tobey	Republican	1929–1931
71	John Gilbert Winant	Republican	1931–1935
72	Styles Bridges	Republican	1935–1937
73	Francis P. Murphy	Republican	1937–1941
74	Robert O. Blood	Republican	1941–1945
75	Charles M. Dale	Republican	1945–1949
76	Sherman Adams	Republican	1949–1953
77	Hugh Gregg	Republican	1953–1955
78	Lane Dwinell	Republican	1955–1959
79	Wesley Powell	Republican	1959–1963
80	John W. King	Democratic	1963–1969
81	Walter R. Peterson, Jr.	Republican	1969–1973
82	Meldrim Thomson, Jr.	Republican	1973–1979
83	Hugh J. Gallen	Democratic	1979–1982
84	Vesta M. Roy	Acting	1982–1983
85	John H. Sununu	Republican	1983–1989
86	Judd Gregg	Republican	1989–1993
87	Steve Merrill	Republican	1993–1997
88	Jeanne Shaheen	Democratic	1997–2003
89	Craig Benson	Republican	2003—2005
90	John Lynch	Democratic	2005-present

Trivia

Josiah Bartlet, the fictional President of the United States on television drama The West Wing, is described as having been a two-term Democratic Governor of New Hampshire, and as having descended from real-life Sixth Governor of New Hampshire Josiah Bartlett (note the spelling difference).

List of Governors of New Hampshire

Trivia

See also