Governors of New Hampshire
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A list of governors from the state of New Hampshire.[1]
Colonial Governors of New Hampshire
Note:The lieutenant governor of Massachusetts headed the New Hampshire council during this time.
| Name | Years |
|---|---|
| John Cutt | 1680-1681 |
| Richard Waldron | 1681-1682 |
| Edward Cranfield | 1682-1685 |
| Walter Barefoote | 1685-1686 |
| Joseph Dudley | 1686-1687 |
| Edmund Andros | 1687-1689 |
| Simon Bradstreet | 1689-1692 |
| John Usher | 1692-1697, 1702-1715 |
| William Partridge | 1697-1698, 1699-1702 |
| Samuel Allen | 1698-1699 |
| George Vaughan | 1715-1716 |
| John Wentworth | 1717-1730 |
| Daniel Dunbar | 1731-1741 |
Royal Governors
| Name | Years |
|---|---|
| Benning Wentworth | 1741-1766 |
| John Wenworth | 1767-1775 |
State of New Hampshire Governors
| Name | Party | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Meshech Weare | 1776-1785 | |
| John Langdon | Democratic Republican | 1785-1786, 1788-1789, 1805–1809 |
| John Sullivan | Federalist | 1786-1788, 1789-1790 |
| Josiah Bartlett | Democratic Republican | 1790-1794 |
| John Taylor Gilman | Federalist | 1794-1805, 1813-1816 |
| Jeremiah Smith | Federalist | 1809-1810 |
| William Plumer | Democratic Republican | 1812-1813, 1816-1819 |
| Samuel Bell | Democratic Republican | 1819-1823 |
| Levi Woodbury | Democratic Republican | 1823-1824 |
| David Lawrence Morril | Democratic Republican | 1824-1827 |
| Benjamin Pierce | Democratic Republican | 1827-1828, 1829-1830 |
| John Bell | National Republican | 1828-1829 |
| Matthew Harvey | Democrat | 1830-1831 |
| Joseph Morrill Harper | Democrat | 1831 |
| Samuel Dinsmoor | Democrat | 1831-1834 |
| William Badger | Democrat | 1834-1836 |
| Isaac Hill | Democrat | 1836-1839 |
| John Page | Democrat | 1839-1842 |
| Henry Hubbard | Democrat | 1842-1844 |
| John Hardy Steele | Democrat | 1844-1846 |
| Anthony Colby | Whig | 1846-1847 |
| Jared Warner Williams | Democrat | 1847-1849 |
| Samuel Dinsmoor, Jr. | Democrat | 1849-1852 |
| Noah Martin | Democrat | 1852-1854 |
| Nathaniel Bradley Baker | Democrat | 1854-1855 |
| Ralph Metcalf | Know Nothing | 1855-1857 |
| William Haile | Republican | 1857-1859 |
| Icabod Goodwin | Republican | 1859-1861 |
| Nathaniel Springer Berry | 1861-1863 | |
| Joseph Albree Gilmore | Republican | 1863-1865 |
| Frederick Smyth | Republican | 1865-1867 |
| Walter Harriman | Republican | 1867-1869 |
| Onslow Stearns | Republican | 1869-1871 |
| James Adams Weston | Democrat | 1871-1872, 1874-1875 |
| Ezekiel Albert Straw | Republican | 1872-1874 |
| Person Colby Cheney | Republican | 1875-1877 |
| Benjamin Franklin Prescott | Republican | 1877-1879 |
| Nathaniel Head | Republican | 1879-1881 |
| Charles Henry Bell | Republican | 1881-1883 |
| Samuel Whitney Hale | Republican | 1883-1885 |
| Moody Currier | Republican | 1885-1887 |
| Charles Henry Sawyer | Republican | 1887-1889 |
| David Harvey Goodell | Republican | 1889-1891 |
| Hiram Americus Tuttle | Republican | 1891-1893 |
| John Butler Smith | Republican | 1893-1895 |
| Charles Albert Busiel | Republican | 1895-1897 |
| George Ramsdell | Republican | 1897-1899 |
| Frank West Rollins | Republican | 1899-1901 |
| Chester Bradley Jordan | Republican | 1901-1903 |
| Nahum Josiah Bachelder | Republican | 1903-1905 |
| John McLane | Republican | 1905-1907 |
| Charles Miller Floyd | Republican | 1907-1909 |
| Henry Brewer Quinby | Republican | 1909-1911 |
| Robert Perkins Bass | Republican | 1911-1913 |
| Samuel Demeritt Felker | Democrat | 1913-1915 |
| Rolland Harty Spaulding | Republican | 1915-1917 |
| Henry Wilder Keyes | Republican | 1917-1919 |
| John Henry Bartlett | Republican | 1919-1921 |
| Albert Oscar Brown | Republican | 1921-1923 |
| Fred Herbert Brown | Democrat | 1923-1925 |
| John Gilbert Winant | Republican | 1925-1927, 1931-1935 |
| Huntley Nowell Spaulding | Republican | 1927-1929 |
| Charles William Tobey | Republican | 1929-1931 |
| Henry Styles Bridges | Republican | 1935-1937 |
| Francis Purnell Murphy | Republican | 1937-1941 |
| Robert Oscar Blood | Republican | 1941-1945 |
| Charles Milby Dale | Republican | 1945-1949 |
| Llewelyn Sherman Adams | Republican | 1949-1953 |
| Hugh Gregg | Republican | 1953-1955 |
| Lane Dwinell | Republican | 1955-1959 |
| Wesley Powell | Republican | 1959-1963 |
| John William King | Democrat | 1963-1969 |
| Walter Peterson | Republican | 1969-1973 |
| Meldrim Thomson, Jr. | Republican | 1973-1979 |
| Hugh J. Gallen | Democrat | 1979-1982 |
| Vesta M. Roy | Republican | 1982-1983 |
| John H. Sununu | Republican | 1983-1989 |
| Judd Gregg | Republican | 1989-1993 |
| Stephen Merrill | Republican | 1993-1997 |
| Jeanne Shaheen | Democrat | 1997-2003 |
| Craig Benson | Republican | 2003-2005 |
| John H. Lynch | Democrat | 2005–2013 |
| Maggie Hassan | Democrat | 2013-2017 |
| Chris Sununu | Republican | 2017-2025 |
| Kelly Ayotte | Republican | 2025-present |
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