Historical Record
Previous Governors of New Hampshire
Governors who previously held office in New Hampshire, with term dates and party affiliation.
← View all statesKelly AyotteRepublican2023–2025
Chris SununuRepublican2017–2025
Chuck MorseRepublican2017–2017
Maggie HassanDemocrat2013–2017
John LynchDemocrat2005–2013
Craig BensonRepublican2003–2005
Jeanne ShaheenDemocrat1997–2003
Steve MerrillRepublican1993–1997
Ralph D. HoughRepublican1993–1993
Judd GreggRepublican1989–1993
John H. SununuRepublican1983–1989
Vesta M. RoyRepublican1982–1983
Hugh GallenDemocrat1979–1982
Meldrim ThomsonRepublican1973–1979
Walter R. Peterson Jr.Republican1969–1973
John W. KingDemocrat1963–1969
Wesley PowellRepublican1959–1963
Lane DwinellRepublican1955–1959
Hugh GreggRepublican1953–1955
Sherman AdamsRepublican1949–1953
Charles M. DaleRepublican1945–1949
Robert O. BloodRepublican1941–1945
Francis P. MurphyRepublican1937–1941
Styles BridgesRepublican1935–1937
John Gilbert WinantRepublican1931–1935
Charles W. TobeyRepublican1929–1931
Huntley N. SpauldingRepublican1927–1929
John Gilbert WinantRepublican1925–1927
Fred H. BrownDemocrat1923–1925
Albert O. BrownRepublican1921–1923
John H. BartlettRepublican1919–1921
Henry W. KeyesRepublican1917–1919
Rolland H. SpauldingRepublican1915–1917
Samuel D. FelkerDemocrat1913–1915
Robert P. BassRepublican1911–1913
Henry B. QuinbyRepublican1909–1911
Charles M. FloydRepublican1907–1909
John McLaneRepublican1905–1907
Nahum J. BachelderRepublican1903–1905
Chester B. JordanRepublican1901–1903
Frank W. RollinsRepublican1899–1901
George A. RamsdellRepublican1897–1899
Charles A. BusielRepublican1895–1897
John Butler SmithRepublican1893–1895
Hiram A. TuttleRepublican1891–1893
David H. GoodellRepublican1889–1891
Charles H. SawyerRepublican1887–1889
Moody CurrierRepublican1885–1887
Samuel W. HaleRepublican1883–1885
Charles H. BellRepublican1881–1883
Nathaniel HeadRepublican1879–1881
Benjamin F. PrescottRepublican1877–1879
Person Colby CheneyRepublican1875–1877
James A. WestonDemocrat1874–1875
Ezekiel A. StrawRepublican1872–1874
James A. WestonDemocrat1871–1872
Onslow StearnsRepublican1869–1871
Walter HarrimanRepublican1867–1869
Frederick SmythRepublican1865–1867
Joseph A. GilmoreRepublican1863–1865
Nathaniel S. BerryRepublican1861–1863
Ichabod GoodwinRepublican1859–1861
William HaileRepublican1857–1859
Ralph MetcalfIndependent1855–1857
Nathaniel B. BakerDemocrat1854–1855
Noah MartinDemocrat1852–1854
Samuel Dinsmoor Jr.Democrat1849–1852
Jared W. WilliamsDemocrat1847–1849
Anthony ColbyIndependent1846–1847
John Hardy SteeleDemocrat1844–1846
Henry HubbardDemocrat1842–1844
John PageDemocrat1839–1842
Isaac HillDemocrat1836–1839
William BadgerDemocrat1834–1836
Samuel DinsmoorDemocrat1831–1834
Matthew HarveyDemocrat1830–1831
Joseph M. HarperDemocrat1831–1831
Benjamin PierceDemocrat1829–1830
John BellIndependent1828–1829
Benjamin PierceIndependent1827–1828
David L. MorrilIndependent1824–1827
Levi WoodburyIndependent1823–1824
Samuel BellIndependent1819–1823
William PlumerIndependent1816–1819
John Taylor GilmanIndependent1813–1816
William PlumerIndependent1812–1813
John LangdonIndependent1810–1812
Jeremiah SmithIndependent1809–1810
John LangdonIndependent1805–1809
John Taylor GilmanIndependent1794–1805
Josiah BartlettIndependent1790–1794
John SullivanIndependent1789–1790
John PickeringIndependent1789–1789
John LangdonIndependent1788–1789
John SullivanIndependent1786–1788
John LangdonIndependent1785–1786
Meshech WeareIndependent1784–1785