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Political party strength in New Hampshire

The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of New Hampshire:

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

Pre-statehood–1882

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Year Executive office General Court United States Congress Electoral votes
Governor Exec.
Council		 State Senate State House Senator (Class II) Senator (Class III) House
1631
–
1636 		Thomas Wiggin[a]
1637
–
1640 		George Burdett[a]
1641 …
1776
–
1784 		Meshech Weare (N) [?]
1785 John Langdon (N)
1786 John Sullivan (F)
1787
1788 John Langdon (DR)
1789 John Sullivan (F)[b] Paine Wingate (AA) John Langdon (PA) 3PA George Washington/
John Adams (I)  Y
1790 Josiah Bartlett (DR)
1791
1792
1793 Samuel Livermore (PA) John Langdon (AA) 3PA, 1AA
1794 John Taylor Gilman (F)
1795 F majority F majority Samuel Livermore (F) John Langdon (DR) 3F, 1DR
1796 F majority F majority John Adams  Y /
Oliver Ellsworth  N (F)
1797 F majority F majority 4F
1798 F majority F majority
1799 F majority F majority
1800 11F, 1DR F majority John Adams/
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (F)  N
1801 F majority Simeon Olcott (F) James Sheafe (F)
1802 9F, 3DR F majority William Plumer (F)
1803 7F, 5DR 84F, 69DR 5F
1804 6DR, 6F[c] 87DR, 75F Thomas Jefferson/
George Clinton (DR)  Y
1805 John Langdon (DR) 8DR, 4F 92DR, 71F Nicholas Gilman (DR)
1806 10DR, 2F 108DR, 52F
1807 8DR, 4F DR majority Nahum Parker (DR) 5DR
1808 9DR, 3F 99DR, 63F Charles Cotesworth Pinckney/
Rufus King (F)  N
1809 Jeremiah Smith (F) 7F, 5DR 99DR, 67F 5F
1810 John Langdon (DR) 7DR, 5F 91DR, 81F Charles Cutts (DR)
1811 8DR, 4F 98DR, 77F 4DR, 1F
1812 William Plumer (DR) 7DR, 5F 104DR, 79F DeWitt Clinton/
Jared Ingersoll (F)  N
1813 John Taylor Gilman (F) 9F, 3DR 106F, 75DR Jeremiah Mason (F) 6F
1814 8F, 4DR 98F, 89DR Thomas W. Thompson (F)
1815 102F, 86DR
1816 William Plumer (DR) 8DR, 4F 105DR, 84F James Monroe/
Daniel D. Tompkins (DR)  Y
1817 11DR, 1F 107DR, 87F David L. Morril (DR) Clement Storer (DR) 6DR
1818 10DR, 2F 119DR, 75F
1819 Samuel Bell (DR) 11DR, 1F 124DR, 70F John F. Parrott (DR)
1820 DR majority DR majority
1821 DR majority DR majority
1822 DR majority DR majority
1823 Levi Woodbury (DR) DR majority DR majority Samuel Bell (DR) 6 Adams-Clay DR
1824 David L. Morril (DR) DR majority DR majority John Quincy Adams/
John C. Calhoun (DR)  Y
1825 10J, 2NR 104J, 101NR, 5 vac. Samuel Bell (NR) Levi Woodbury (J) 5NR, 1J
1826 8J, 4NR 98J, 91NR, 18?, 4 vac.[d]
1827 Benjamin Pierce (DR) 11J, 1NR 89NR, 84J, 40?, 2 vac.[d]
1828 John Bell (NR) 10NR, 2J 92NR, 84J, 30?, 2 vac.[e] John Quincy Adams/
Richard Rush (NR)  N
1829 Benjamin Pierce (D) 8J, 4NR 99J, 82NR 6J
1830 Matthew Harvey (D)[f] 9J, 3NR 111J, 101NR
1831 Joseph M. Harper (D)[g] 10J, 2NR 140J, 73NR Isaac Hill (J)
Samuel Dinsmoor (D)
1832 11J, 1NR 144D, 52NR, 26? Andrew Jackson/
Martin Van Buren (D)  Y
1833 125J, 42NR 5J
1834 William Badger (D) 12D 150D, 46W
1835 11D, 1W 150D, 58W Henry Hubbard (J)
1836 Isaac Hill (D) 168D, 46W John Page (J) Martin Van Buren/
Richard Mentor Johnson (D)  Y
1837 177D, 51W Henry Hubbard (D) Franklin Pierce (D) 5D
1838 8D, 4W 129D, 116W
1839 John Page (D) 10D, 2W 154D, 91W
1840 171D, 69W Martin Van Buren (D)  N
1841 161D, 85W Levi Woodbury (D)
1842 Henry Hubbard (D) 11D, 1W 166D, 64W Leonard Wilcox (D)
1843 10D, 2W 139D, 98W Charles G. Atherton (D) 4D
1844 John Hardy Steele (D) 11D, 1W 153D, 81W James K. Polk/
George M. Dallas (D)  Y
1845 12D 156D, 74W, 7Lty 3D, 1 Vacant
1846 Anthony Colby (W) 7W, 4D, 1I 124D, 107W, 32I, 11Lty[h] Benning W. Jenness (D)
Joseph Cilley (Lty)
1847 Jared W. Williams (D) 11D, 1W 146D, 136W John P. Hale (ID) NH-1 NH-2 NH-3 NH-4
Amos Tuck (I) Charles H.
Peaslee (D) 		James Wilson II (W) James Hutchins
Johnson (D)
1848 10D, 2W 159D, 121W Lewis Cass/
William O. Butler (D)  N
1849 Samuel Dinsmoor Jr. (D) 11D, 1W 158D, 107W John P. Hale (FS) Moses Norris Jr. (D) Amos Tuck (FS) Harry Hibbard (D)
1850 189D, 86W George W. Morrison (D)
1851 10D, 2W 114D, 114W, 54FS, 10 vac.[i] Amos Tuck (W) Jared Perkins (W)
1852 Noah Martin (D) 141D, 101W, 32FS, 4I Franklin Pierce/
William R. King (D)  Y
1853 11D, 1W 178D, 92W, 34FS Charles G. Atherton (D) Dist. 1 Dist. 2 Dist. 3
George W. Kittredge (D) George W. Morrison (D) Harry Hibbard (D)
1854 Nathaniel B. Baker (D) 10D, 2W 160D, 145W, 1?, 5 vac. Jared W. Williams (D)
1855 Ralph Metcalf (KN) 11KN, 1D 227R, 79D, 2?, 5 vac. vacant John S. Wells (D) James Pike (KN) Mason Tappan (KN) Aaron H. Cragin (KN)
John P. Hale (R) James Bell (R)
1856 8KN, 4D 168R, 146D John C. Frémont/
William L. Dayton (R)  N
1857 William Haile (R) 8R, 4D 196R, 128D, 4 vac. Daniel Clark (R) James Pike (R) Mason Tappan (R) Aaron H. Cragin (R)
1858 9R, 3D 196R, 119D
1859 Ichabod Goodwin (R) 8R, 4D 199R, 126D Gilman Marston (R) Thomas M.
Edwards (R)
1860 10R, 2D 206R, 121D Abraham Lincoln/
Hannibal Hamlin (R)  Y
1861 Nathaniel S. Berry (R) 200R, 121D Edward H. Rollins (R)
1862 9R, 3D 203R, 120D
1863 Joseph A. Gilmore (R) 190R, 141D Daniel Marcy (D) James W.
Patterson (R)
1864 210R, 123D Abraham Lincoln/
Andrew Johnson (NU)  Y
1865 Frederick Smyth (R) 214R, 114D Aaron H. Cragin (R) Gilman Marston (R)
1866 208R, 114D George G. Fogg (R)
1867 Walter Harriman (R) 202R, 128D James W. Patterson (R) Jacob Hart Ela (R) Aaron Fletcher
Stevens (R) 		Jacob Benton (R)
1868 194R, 138D Ulysses S. Grant/
Schuyler Colfax (R)  Y
1869 Onslow Stearns (R) 194R, 140D
1870 11R, 1D 201R, 126D
1871 James A. Weston (D) 6D, 6R[j] 165D, 164R Ellery Albee Hibbard (D) Samuel Newell Bell (D) Hosea W. Parker (D)
1872 Ezekiel A. Straw (R) 8R, 4D 210R, 150D Ulysses S. Grant/
Henry Wilson (R)  Y
1873 9R, 3D 204R, 144D Bainbridge Wadleigh (R) William B. Small (R) Austin F. Pike (R)
1874 James A. Weston (D) 8D, 4R 177D, 164R
1875 Person Colby Cheney (R) 7D, 5R 191R, 182D Frank Jones (D) Samuel Newell Bell (D) Henry W. Blair (R)
1876 9R, 3D 211R, 180D Rutherford B. Hayes/
William A. Wheeler (R)  Y
1877 Benjamin F. Prescott (R) 8R, 4D 224R, 155D Edward H. Rollins (R) James F. Briggs (R)
1878 216R, 170D
1879 Nathaniel Head (R) 20R, 4D 168R, 100D, 11GB Charles H. Bell (R) Joshua G. Hall (R) Evarts W. Farr (R)
1880 Henry W. Blair (R) James A. Garfield/
Chester A. Arthur (R)  Y
1881 Charles H. Bell (R) 16R, 8D 179R, 114D Ossian Ray (R)
1882

1883–present

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Year Executive office General Court United States Congress Electoral votes
Governor Executive
Council[2]		 State Senate State House Senator (Class II) Senator (Class III) House District 1 House District 2
1883 Samuel W. Hale (R) [?] 17R, 7D 188R, 121D, 1I Austin F. Pike (R) Henry W. Blair (R) Martin A. Haynes (R) Ossian Ray (R)
1884 James G. Blaine/
John A. Logan (R)  N
1885 Moody Currier (R) 15R, 8D, 1P[k] 183R, 122D Jacob H. Gallinger (R)
1886
1887 Charles H. Sawyer (R) 15R, 9D 169R, 138D Person Colby Cheney (R) Luther F. McKinney (D)
1888 William E. Chandler (R) Benjamin Harrison/
Levi P. Morton (R)  Y
1889 David H. Goodell (R) 18R, 6D 169R, 144D Gilman Marston (R) Alonzo Nute (R) Orren C. Moore (R)
1890 William E. Chandler (R)
1891 Hiram A. Tuttle (R) 14R, 10D 185R, 170D Jacob H. Gallinger (R) Luther F. McKinney (D) Warren F. Daniell (D)
1892 Benjamin Harrison/
Whitelaw Reid (R)  N
1893 John Butler Smith (R) 15R, 9D 209R, 149D Henry W. Blair (R) Henry M. Baker (R)
1894
1895 Charles A. Busiel (R) 21R, 3D 264R, 99D Cyrus A. Sulloway (R)
1896 William McKinley/
Garret Hobart (R)  Y
1897 George A. Ramsdell (R) 22R, 2D 291R, 66D Frank G. Clarke (R)
1898
1899 Frank W. Rollins (R) 250R, 109D, 1ID
1900 William McKinley/
Theodore Roosevelt (R)  Y
1901 Chester B. Jordan (R) 23R, 1D 300R, 97D Henry E. Burnham (R) Frank D. Currier (R)
1902
1903 Nahum J. Bachelder (R) 20R, 4D 257R, 136D
1904 Theodore Roosevelt/
Charles W. Fairbanks (R)  Y
1905 John McLane (R) 21R, 3D 286R, 105D
1905
1907 Charles M. Floyd (R) 18R, 6D 262R, 128D, 1I
1908 William Howard Taft/
James S. Sherman (R)  Y
1909 Henry B. Quinby (R) 20R, 4D 269R, 117D, 1I
1910
1911 Robert P. Bass (R) 16R, 8D 220R, 173D
1912 Woodrow Wilson/
Thomas R. Marshall (D)  Y
1913 Samuel D. Felker (D) 14D, 10R 207R, 195D[l] Henry F. Hollis (D) Eugene E. Reed (D) Raymond B. Stevens (D)
1914
1915 Rolland H. Spaulding (R) 19R, 4D, 1Prog 250R, 153D, 5Prog Cyrus A. Sulloway (R) Edward Hills Wason (R)
1916
1917 Henry W. Keyes (R) 16R, 8D 246R, 157D, 1I Sherman Everett
Burroughs (R)
1918 Irving W. Drew (R)
1919 John H. Bartlett (R) 19R, 5D 244R, 160D, 1ID, 1I Henry W. Keyes (R) George H. Moses (R)
1920 Warren G. Harding/
Calvin Coolidge (R)  Y
1921 Albert O. Brown (R) 21R, 3D 294R, 109D, 1I
1922
1923 Fred H. Brown (D) 16R, 8D 220D, 196R, 2I William N. Rogers (D)
1924 Calvin Coolidge/
Charles G. Dawes (R)  Y
1925 John Gilbert Winant (R) 19R, 5D 273R, 147D, 1I Fletcher Hale (R)
1926
1927 Huntley N. Spaulding (R) 20R, 4D 286R, 131D, 1I
1928 Herbert Hoover/
Charles Curtis (R)  Y
1929 Charles W. Tobey (R) 19R, 5D 273R, 148D
1930
1931 John Gilbert Winant (R) 254R, 163D
1932 William N. Rogers (D) Herbert Hoover/
Charles Curtis (R)  N
1933 16R, 8D 225R, 193D Fred H. Brown (D) Charles W. Tobey (R)
1934
1935 Styles Bridges (R) 15R, 9D 213R, 208D, 1I, 2 vac.
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt/
John Nance Garner (D)  Y
1937 Francis P. Murphy (R) 16R, 8D 230R, 187D, 1I Styles Bridges (R) Arthur B. Jenks (R)
1938 Alphonse Roy (D)
1939 18R, 6D 269R, 158D Charles W. Tobey (R) Arthur B. Jenks (R) Foster W. Stearns (R)
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt/
Henry A. Wallace (D)  Y
1941 Robert O. Blood (R) 16R, 8D 229R, 194D
1942
1943 17R, 7D 276R, 167D Chester E. Merrow (R)
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt/
Harry S. Truman (D)  Y
1945 Charles M. Dale (R) 15R, 9D 266R, 163D, 1I Sherman Adams (R)
1946
1947 19R, 5D 273R, 126D, 1I Norris Cotton (R)
1948 Thomas E. Dewey/
Earl Warren (R)  N
1949 Sherman Adams (R) 18R, 6D 254R, 145D
1950
1951 263R, 133D, 3I
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower/
Richard Nixon (R)  Y
1953 Hugh Gregg (R) 276R, 122D, 1I
1954 Robert W. Upton (R)
1955 Lane Dwinell (R) 264R, 135D Norris Cotton (R) Perkins Bass (R)
1956
1957 276R, 118D, 3I
1958
1959 Wesley Powell (R) 264R, 136D
1960 Richard Nixon/
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R)  N
1961 259R, 139D, 1I
1962 Maurice J. Murphy Jr. (R)
1963 John W. King (D) 4R, 1D 19R, 5D 253R, 146D Thomas J. McIntyre (D) Louis C. Wyman (R) James Colgate
Cleveland (R)
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson/
Hubert Humphrey (D)  Y
1965 4D, 1R 14R, 10D 216R, 183D J. Oliva Huot (D)
1966
1967 4R, 1D 245R, 155D Louis C. Wyman (R)
1968 Richard Nixon/
Spiro Agnew (R)  Y
1969 Walter R. Peterson Jr. (R) 5R 15R, 9D 255R, 145D
1970
1971 4R, 1D 253R, 147D
1972
1973 Meldrim Thomson Jr. (R) 5R 14R, 10D 263R, 137D
1974
1975 13R, 11D 234R, 166D Louis C. Wyman (R)[m] Norman D'Amours (D)
vacant[m]
Norris Cotton (R)[m]
1976 John A. Durkin (D) Gerald Ford/
Bob Dole (R)  N
1977 4R, 1D 12R, 12D[n] 220R, 180D
1978
1979 Hugh Gallen (D)[o] 225R, 175D Gordon J. Humphrey (R)
1980 Ronald Reagan/
George H. W. Bush (R)  Y
1981 14R, 10D 240R, 160D Warren Rudman (R) Judd Gregg (R)
1982 Vesta M. Roy (R)[g]
1983 John H. Sununu (R) 15R, 9D 242R, 158D
1984
1985 5R 18R, 6D 298R, 102D Bob Smith (R)
1986
1987 16R, 8D 267R, 133D
1988 George H. W. Bush/
Dan Quayle (R)  Y
1989 Judd Gregg (R) 282R, 118D Chuck Douglas (R)
1990
1991 13R, 11D 271R, 129D Bob Smith (R) Bill Zeliff (R) Richard N. Swett (D)
1992 Bill Clinton/
Al Gore (D)  Y
1993 Steve Merrill (R) 256R, 140D, 4L Judd Gregg (R)
1994
1995 18R, 6D 290R, 110D Charles Bass (R)
1996
1997 Jeanne Shaheen (D) 4R, 1D 15R, 9D 254R, 146D John E. Sununu (R)
1998
1999 5R 13D, 11R 245R, 155D
2000 12D, 12R[p] George W. Bush/
Dick Cheney (R)  Y
2001 13R, 11D 256R, 144D
2002
2003 Craig Benson (R) 18R, 6D 278R, 122D John E. Sununu (R) Jeb Bradley (R)
2004 John Kerry/
John Edwards (D)  N
2005 John Lynch (D) 4R, 1D 16R, 8D 249R, 151D
2006
2007 3D, 2R 14D, 10R 239D, 160R, 1I Carol Shea-Porter (D) Paul Hodes (D)
2008 Barack Obama/
Joe Biden (D)  Y
2009 225D, 175R Jeanne Shaheen (D)
2010 224D, 176R
2011 5R 19R, 5D 298R, 102D Kelly Ayotte (R) Frank Guinta (R) Charles Bass (R)
2012
2013 Maggie Hassan (D) 3D, 2R 13R, 11D 221D, 179R Carol Shea-Porter(D) Annie Kuster (D)
2014 213D, 174R, 13 vac.
2015 3R, 2D 14R, 10D 239R, 160D, 1I Frank Guinta (R)
2016 Hillary Clinton/
Tim Kaine (D)  N
2017 Chris Sununu (R) 217R, 176D, 3L Maggie Hassan (D) Carol Shea-Porter (D)
2018
2019 3D, 2R 14D, 10R 234D, 166R Chris Pappas (D)
2020 Joe Biden/
Kamala Harris (D)  Y
2021 4R, 1D 14R, 10D 213R, 187D
2022 211R, 188D, 1I
2023 201R, 199D
2024 201R, 196D, 3I [to be determined]
Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials
Alaskan Independence (AKIP)
Know Nothing (KN)
American Labor (AL)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J)
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Covenant (Cov)
Democratic (D)
Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL)
Democratic–NPL (D-NPL)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' Rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Pro-Administration (PA)
Free Soil (FS)
Fusion (Fus)
Greenback (GB)
Independence (IPM)
Independent Democrat (ID)
Independent Republican (IR)
Jacksonian (J)
Liberal (Lib)
Libertarian (L)
National Union (NU)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O)
Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Silver (Sv)
Silver Republican (SvR)
Socialist (Soc)
Union (U)
Unconditional Union (UU)
Vermont Progressive (VP)
Whig (W)
Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)
  1. ^ a b Governor of the Upper Plantation of New Hampshire.
  2. ^ Resigned to take a seat on a federal court.
  3. ^ A Democratic-Republican, Nicholas Gilman, was elected as President of the Senate.
  4. ^ a b A Jacksonian, Henry Hubbard, was re-elected as Speaker.
  5. ^ A National Republican, James Wilson II, was elected as Speaker.
  6. ^ Resigned to take a seat on the U.S. District Court for New Hampshire.
  7. ^ a b As president of the state senate, acted as governor for unexpired term.
  8. ^ A coalition of Whigs, Independent Democrats, and Liberty Partiers elected John P. Hale, then an Independent Democrat, to be Speaker, and they organized the chamber.
  9. ^ A Democrat, Nathaniel B. Baker, was elected as Speaker.
  10. ^ A Democrat, George W. M. Pittman, was elected Senate President.[1]
  11. ^ Following the death of Republican State Senator Hiram T. Morrill on July 7, 1885, the General Court elected Prohibition Party candidate Frank G. Thurston to fill the vacancy.[3]
  12. ^ A coalition of Progressive Republicans and Democrats elected a Progressive Republican, William Britton, as Speaker.
  13. ^ a b c After having apparently won election to the Senate, Wyman was appointed to serve out the last 4 days of retiring Senator Norris Cotton's term. However, Durkin contested the election results in the Senate, which resulted in the seat being vacant for seven months until an agreement to hold a new special election between Wyman and Durkin. Cotton was reappointed to his old seat in the meantime (from August 8 to September 18), and Durkin, having emerged victorious in the special election was finally seated on September 18.
  14. ^ Republican Senate Presidents, first Alf E. Jacobson, then Robert B. Monier, were chosen in 1977 and 1979.
  15. ^ Fell ill and yielded his powers to the president of the state Senate; died on December 29, 1982.
  16. ^ In summer 1999 a Democratic senator died and was succeeded by a Republican elected in a special election.

References

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  1. ^ Biographical Sketches of the Delegates to the New Hampshire Constitutional Convention for 1889. compiler. 1889. p. 41.
  2. ^ "NH Elections Database » Search Elections". NH Elections Database. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  3. ^ Yeargain, Tyler (2021). "New England State Senates: Case Studies for Revisiting the Indirect Election of Legislators". University of New Hampshire Law Review. 19 (2): 370–71. Retrieved April 28, 2021.

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