List of United States Senators from New Hampshire

New Hampshire's current senators are Jeanne Shaheen (D) and Kelly Ayotte (R). Senator Shaheen is currently serving her second term, and Senator Ayotte is currently serving her first term in the United States Senate.

List of Senators

Class 2 Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014. The next election will be in 2020.						C o n g r e s s	Class 3 Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1998, 2004, and 2010. The next election will be in 2016.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
1	Paine Wingate	Anti- Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793	Elected in 1788. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	1	1st Congress	1	Elected in 1788.	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1801	Pro- Administration	John Langdon	1
						2nd Congress
2	Samuel Livermore	Pro- Administration	March 4, 1793 – June 12, 1801	Elected in 1792	2	3rd Congress				Anti- Administration
		Federalist				4th Congress	2	Re-election year unknown. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]		Democratic- Republican
						5th Congress
				Re-elected in 1798. Resigned.	3	6th Congress
						7th Congress	3	Elected in 1801. Resigned.	March 4, 1801 – June 14, 1802	Federalist	James Sheafe	2
Vacant			June 12, 1801 – June 17, 1801
3	Simeon Olcott	Federalist	June 17, 1801 – March 3, 1805	Elected to finish Livermore's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
									June 14, 1802 – June 17, 1802	Vacant
								Elected to finish Sheafe's term. Retired.	June 17, 1802 – March 3, 1807	Federalist	William Plumer	3
						8th Congress
4	Nicholas Gilman	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1805 – May 2, 1814	Elected in 1804	4	9th Congress
						10th Congress	4	Elected in 1807. Resigned.	March 4, 1807 – June 1, 1810	Democratic- Republican	Nahum Parker	4
						11th Congress
									June 1, 1810 – June 21, 1810	Vacant
								Elected to finish Parker's term.	June 21, 1810 – March 3, 1813	Federalist	Charles Cutts	5
				Re-elected in 1811. Died.	5	12th Congress
						13th Congress	5	Legislature failed to elect.	March 3, 1813 – April 2, 1813	Vacant
								Appointed to continue the term. Retired when successor elected.	April 2, 1813 – June 10, 1813	Federalist	Charles Cutts
								Elected to finish Cutts's term. Resigned.	June 10, 1813 – June 16, 1817	Federalist	Jeremiah Mason	6
Vacant			May 2, 1814 – June 24, 1814
5	Thomas W. Thompson	Federalist	June 24, 1814 – March 3, 1817	Elected to finish Gilman's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
						14th Congress
6	David L. Morril	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823	Elected in 1817. Retired.	6	15th Congress
									June 16, 1817 – June 27, 1817	Vacant
								Elected to finish Mason's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	June 27, 1817 – March 3, 1819	Democratic- Republican	Clement Storer	7
						16th Congress	6	Elected in 1819. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1825	Democratic- Republican	John Fabyan Parrott	8
						17th Congress
7	Samuel Bell	Adams Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1835	Elected in 1823	7	18th Congress				Adams Republican
		Anti- Jacksonian				19th Congress	7	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	March 3, 1825 – March 16, 1825	Vacant
								Elected in 1825. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	March 16, 1825 – March 3, 1831	Jacksonian	Levi Woodbury	9
		Adams				20th Congress
		Anti- Jacksonian		Re-elected in 1828 or 1829. Retired.	8	21st Congress
						22nd Congress	8	Elected in 1831. Resigned to become N.H. Governor.	March 4, 1831 – May 30, 1836	Jacksonian	Isaac Hill	10
						23rd Congress
8	Henry Hubbard	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1841	Elected in 1835. Retired to run for Governor.	9	24th Congress
									May 30, 1836 – June 8, 1836	Vacant
								Elected to finish Hill's term. Lost re-election.	June 8, 1836 – March 3, 1837	Jacksonian	John Page	11
		Democratic				25th Congress	9	Elected in 1837. Resigned.	March 4, 1837 – February 28, 1842	Democratic	Franklin Pierce	12
						26th Congress
9	Levi Woodbury	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – September 20, 1845	Elected in 1841. Resigned to become Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.	10	27th Congress
								Appointed to continue Pierce's term. Elected in June 1842 to finish Pierce's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	March 1, 1842 – March 3, 1843	Democratic	Leonard Wilcox	13
						28th Congress	10	Elected in 1843. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849	Democratic	Charles G. Atherton	14
						29th Congress
Vacant			September 20, 1845 – December 1, 1845
10	Benning W. Jenness	Democratic	December 1, 1845 – June 13, 1846	Appointed to continue Woodbury's term. Lost election to finish Woodbury's term.
11	Joseph Cilley	Liberty	June 13, 1846 – March 3, 1847	Elected to finish Woodbury's term. Lost election to next term.
12	John P. Hale	Independent Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853	Elected in 1846. Retired to run for U.S. President.	11	30th Congress
		Free Soil				31st Congress	11	Elected in 1848 or 1849. Died.	March 4, 1849 – January 11, 1855	Democratic	Moses Norris, Jr.	15
						32nd Congress
13	Charles G. Atherton	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – November 15, 1853	Elected in 1852. Died.	12	33rd Congress
Vacant			November 15, 1853 – November 29, 1853
14	Jared W. Williams	Democratic	November 29, 1853 – July 15, 1854	Appointed to continue Atherton's term. Appointment expired without election
Vacant			July 15, 1854 – July 30, 1855
									January 11, 1855 – January 16, 1855	Vacant
								Appointed to finish Norris's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	January 16, 1855 – March 3, 1855	Democratic	John S. Wells	16
						34th Congress	12	Legislature failed to elect.	March 4, 1855 – July 29, 1855	Vacant
15	John P. Hale	Republican	July 30, 1855 – March 3, 1865	Elected to finish Atherton's term				Elected late in 1855. Died.	July 30, 1855 – May 26, 1857	Republican	James Bell	17
						35th Congress
									May 26, 1857 – June 27, 1857	Vacant
								Elected to finish Bell's term.	June 27, 1857 – July 27, 1866	Republican	Daniel Clark	18
				Re-elected in 1859. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	13	36th Congress
						37th Congress	13	Re-elected in 1861. Resigned.
						38th Congress
16	100px Aaron H. Cragin	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1877	Elected in 1864	14	39th Congress
									July 27, 1866 – August 31, 1866	Vacant
								Appointed to finish Clark's term. Retired.	August 31, 1866 – March 3, 1867	Republican	George G. Fogg	19
						40th Congress	14	Elected in 1866 or 1867. Lost renomination	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873	Republican	James W. Patterson	20
						41st Congress
				Re-elected in 1870. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	15	42nd Congress
						43rd Congress	15	Elected in 1872. Lost re-election.	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879	Republican	Bainbridge Wadleigh	21
						44th Congress
17	Edward H. Rollins	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883	Elected in 1876. Lost re-election.	16	45th Congress
						46th Congress	16	Legislature failed to elect	March 3, 1879 – March 18, 1879	Vacant
								Appointed to fill vacancy caused by legislature's failure to elect. Retired.	March 18, 1879 – June 18, 1879	Republican	Charles H. Bell	22
									June 18, 1879 – June 20, 1879	Vacant
								Elected in 1879 to finish the vacant term.	June 20, 1879 – March 3, 1891	Republican	Henry W. Blair	23
						47th Congress
18	Austin F. Pike	Republican	March 4, 1883 – October 8, 1886	Elected in 1882. Died.	17	48th Congress
						49th Congress	17	Re-elected in 1885. Lost renomination.
Vacant			October 8, 1886 – November 14, 1886
19	Person Colby Cheney	Republican	November 14, 1886 – June 14, 1887	Appointed to continue Pike's term. Retired when successor qualified.
						50th Congress
20	William E. Chandler	Republican	June 14, 1887 – March 3, 1889	Elected to finish Pike's term. Legislature failed to elect.
21	Gilman Marston	Republican	March 4, 1889 – June 18, 1889	Appointed to start term when legislature failed to elect. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	18	51st Congress
22	William E. Chandler	Republican	June 18, 1889 – March 3, 1901	Elected in 1889 to finish the term.
						52nd Congress	18	Elected in 1891.	March 4, 1891 – August 17, 1918	Republican	Jacob Harold Gallinger	24
						53rd Congress
				Re-elected in 1894. Lost renomination.	19	54th Congress
						55th Congress	19	Re-elected in 1897.
						56th Congress
23	Henry E. Burnham	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1913	Elected in 1900.	20	57th Congress
						58th Congress	20	Re-elected in 1903.
						59th Congress
				Re-elected in 1906. Retired.	21	60th Congress
						61st Congress	21	Re-elected in 1909.
						62nd Congress
24	Henry F. Hollis	Democratic	March 13, 1913 – March 3, 1919	Elected in 1912. Retired.	22	63rd Congress
						64th Congress	22	Re-elected in 1914. Died.
						65th Congress
									August 17, 1918 – September 2, 1918	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Gallinger's term. Retired.	September 2, 1918 – November 5, 1918	Republican	Irving W. Drew	25
								Elected to finish Gallinger's term.	November 6, 1918 – March 3, 1933	Republican	George H. Moses	26
25	Henry W. Keyes	Republican	March 4, 1919 – January 3, 1937	Elected in 1918.	23	66th Congress
						67th Congress	23	Re-elected in 1920.
						68th Congress
				Re-elected in 1924.	24	69th Congress
						70th Congress	24	Re-elected in 1926. Lost re-election.
						71st Congress
				Re-elected in 1930. Retired.	25	72nd Congress
						73rd Congress	25	Elected in 1932. Lost re-election.	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	Democratic	Fred H. Brown	27
						74th Congress
26	100px Styles Bridges	Republican	January 3, 1937 – November 26, 1961	Elected in 1936.	26	75th Congress
						76th Congress	26	Elected in 1938.	January 3, 1939 – July 24, 1953	Republican	Charles W. Tobey	28
						77th Congress
				Re-elected in 1942.	27	78th Congress
						79th Congress	27	Re-elected in 1944.
						80th Congress
				Re-elected in 1948.	28	81st Congress
						82nd Congress	28	Re-elected in 1950. Died.
						83rd Congress
									July 24, 1953 – August 14, 1953	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Tobey's term. Lost nomination to finish Tobey's term.	August 14, 1953 – November 7, 1954	Republican	100px Robert W. Upton	29
								Elected to finish Tobey's term.	November 8, 1954 – December 31, 1974	Republican	Norris Cotton	30
				Re-elected in 1954.	29	84th Congress
						85th Congress	29	Re-elected in 1956.
						86th Congress
				Re-elected in 1960. Died.	30	87th Congress
Vacant			November 26, 1961 – January 10, 1962
27	Maurice J. Murphy, Jr.	Republican	January 10, 1962 – November 6, 1962	Appointed to continue Bridges's term. Lost nomination to finish Bridges's term.
28	Thomas J. McIntyre	Democratic	November 7, 1962 – January 3, 1979	Elected to finish Bridge's term.
						88th Congress	30	Re-elected in 1962.
						89th Congress
				Re-elected in 1966.	31	90th Congress
						91st Congress	31	Re-elected in 1968. Retired, then resigned early.
						92nd Congress
				Re-elected in 1972. Lost re-election.	32	93rd Congress
								Appointed to finish Cotton's term.	December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975	Republican	100px Louis C. Wyman	31
						94th Congress	32	Contested election between Louis C. Wyman and John A. Durkin.	January 3, 1975 – August 8, 1975	Vacant
								Appointed to continue term after contested election.	August 8, 1975 – September 18, 1975	Republican	Norris H. Cotton	32
								Won election contest. Lost re-election, and resigned early.	September 18, 1975 – December 29, 1980	Democratic	100px John A. Durkin	33
						95th Congress
29	Gordon J. Humphrey	Republican	January 3, 1979 – December 4, 1990	Elected in 1978.	33	96th Congress
								Appointed to finish Durkin's term, having been elected to the next term.	December 29, 1980 – January 3, 1993	Republican	Warren Rudman	34
						97th Congress	33	Elected in 1980.
						98th Congress
				Re-elected in 1984. Retired and resigned early to take his seat in the New Hampshire Senate.	34	99th Congress
						100th Congress	34	Re-elected in 1986. Retired.
						101st Congress
Vacant			December 4, 1990 – December 7, 1990
30	Bob Smith	Republican	December 7, 1990 – January 3, 2003	Appointed early to finish Humphrey's term, having already been elected to the next term.
				Elected in 1990.	35	102nd Congress
						103rd Congress	35	Elected in 1992.	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2011	Republican	Judd Gregg	35
						104th Congress
				Re-elected in 1996. Lost renomination.	36	105th Congress
						106th Congress	36	Re-elected in 1998.
						107th Congress
31	John E. Sununu	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009	Elected in 2002. Lost re-election.	37	108th Congress
						109th Congress	37	Re-elected in 2004. Retired.
						110th Congress
32	Jeanne Shaheen	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – Present	Elected in 2008.	38	111th Congress
						112th Congress	38	Elected in 2010.	January 3, 2011 – Present	Republican	Kelly Ayotte	36
						113th Congress
				Re-elected in 2014.	39	114th Congress
						115th Congress	39	To be decided in the 2016 election.
						116th Congress
To be decided in the 2020 election.					40	117th Congress
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 2							Class 3

Living former U.S. senators from New Hampshire

As of April 2015, there are four former senators who are living, three from Class 2 and one from Class 3.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
Gordon J. Humphrey	1979–1990	2	(1940-10-09) October 9, 1940
Bob Smith	1990–2003	2	(1941-03-30) March 30, 1941
Judd Gregg	1993–2011	3	(1947-02-14) February 14, 1947
John E. Sununu	2003–2009	2	(1964-09-10) September 10, 1964

See also

• United States congressional delegations from New Hampshire
• List of United States Representatives from New Hampshire