List of speakers of the New Hampshire House of Representatives

Speaker of New Hampshire House of Representatives
since January 6, 2021
StatusPresiding officer
SeatNew Hampshire State House, Concord
AppointerNew Hampshire House of Representatives
Inaugural holderRichard Waldron Jr.

The following is a list of speakers of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from colonial period and since statehood in 1788.

Colonial period

Speaker Term Party Residence Notes
Richard Waldron Jr. 1684–1692 Portsmouth [1]
Richard Martin 1692 Portsmouth [1]
John Gilman 1692–1693 Exeter [1]
John Pickering 1693–1695 Portsmouth [1]
George Jaffrey 1695–1696 Portsmouth [1]
John Plaisted 1696–1697 Portsmouth [1]
John Pickering 1697–1698 Portsmouth [1]
Henry Dow 1698 Hampton [1]
John Pickering 1698–1699 Portsmouth [1]
Samuel Penhallow 1699–1702 Portsmouth [1]
John Pickering 1702 Portsmouth [1]
Daniel Tilton 1702–1703 Hampton [1]
John Pickering 1703–1709 Portsmouth [1]
Mark Hunking 1709–1710 Portsmouth [1]
Richard Garrish 1710–1717 Portsmouth [1]
John Plaisted 1717 Portsmouth [1]
Thomas Packer 1717–1719 Portsmouth [1]
Joshua Pierce 1719–1722 Portsmouth [1]
Peter Weare 1722–1727 Hampton Falls [1]
Nathaniel Weare 1727–1728 Hampton Falls [1]
Andrew Wiggin 1728–1745 Stratham [1]
Nathaniel Rogers 1745 Portsmouth [1]
Ebenezer Stevens 1745–1749 Kingston [1]
Richard Waldron 1749–1752 Hampton [1]
Meshech Weare 1752–1755 Hampton Falls [1]
Peter Sherburne 1755–1765 Portsmouth [1]
Peter Gilman 1765–1771 Exeter [1]
John Wentworth 1771–1776 Somersworth [1]
Phillips White 1776 South Hampton [1]
John Langdon 1776–1782 Portsmouth [1]
John Dudley 1782–1784 Raymond [1]
George Atkinson 1784–1785 Portsmouth [1]
John Sullivan 1785–1786 Durham [1]
John Langdon 1786–1787 Portsmouth [1]
John Sparhawk 1787 Portsmouth [1]

Since statehood

Speaker Term Party Residence Notes
Thomas Bartlett 1787–1791 Nottingham [1]
William Plumer 1791–1793 Epping [1]
Nathaniel Peabody 1793–1794 Atkinson [1]
John Prentice 1794–1795 Langdon [1]
Russell Freeman 1795–1797 Hanover [1]
William Plumer 1797–1798 Epping [1]
John Prentice 1798–1805 Langdon [1]
Samuel Bell 1805–1807 Chester [1]
Charles Cutts 1807–1809 Portsmouth [1]
George B. Upham 1809–1810 Claremont [1]
Charles Cutts 1810–1811 Portsmouth [1]
Clement Storer 1811–1813 Portsmouth [1]
Thomas W. Thompson 1813–1815 Concord [1]
George B. Upham 1815–1816 Claremont [1]
David L. Morrill 1816–1817 Concord [1]
Henry B. Chase 1817–1818 Warner [1]
Matthew Harvey 1818–1821 Hopkinton [1]
Ichabod Bartlett 1821–1822 Dover [1]
Charles Woodman 1822–1823 Bridgwater [1]
Andrew Pierce 1823 Democratic Dover [1]
Edmund Parker 1823–1825 Democratic Nashua [1]
Levi Woodbury 1825 Democratic Portsmouth [1]
Henry Hubbard 1825–1828 Democratic Charlestown [1]
James Wilson Jr. 1828–1829 Democratic Keene [1]
James B. Thornton 1827–1829 Democratic Merrimack [1]
Samuel Webster 1829–1831 Democratic Kingston [1]
Franklin Pierce 1831–1833 Democratic Hillsborough [1]
Charles G. Atherton 1835–1837 Democratic Nashua [1]
Ira A. Eastman 1837–1839 Democratic Gilmanton [1]
Moses Norris Jr. 1839–1841 Democratic Pittsfield [1]
John S. Wells 1841–1842 Democratic Lancaster [1]
Samuel Swasey 1842–1844 Democratic Haverhill [1]
Harry Hibbard 1844–1846 Democratic Bath [1]
John P. Hale 1846–1847 Democratic Dover [1]
Moses Norris Jr. 1847–1848 Democratic Pittsfield [1]
Samuel H. Ayer 1848–1850 Hillsborough [1]
Nathaniel B. Baker 1850–1852 Democratic Concord [1]
George W. Kittredge 1852–1853 Democratic Newmarket [1]
Jonathan Everett Sargent 1853–1854 Republican Wentworth [1]
Francis R. Chase 1854–1855 Republican Northfield [1]
John J. Prentiss 1855–1856 Republican Claremont [1]
Edward H. Rollins 1856–1858 Republican Concord [1]
Napolean B. Bryant 1858–1860 Republican Plymouth [1]
Charles H. Bell 1860–1861 Republican Exeter [1]
Edward A. Rollins 1861–1863 Republican Great Falls [1]
William E. Chandler 1863–1865 Republican Concord [1]
Austin F. Pike 1865–1867 Republican Franklin [1]
Simon G. Griffin 1867–1869 Republican Keene [1]
Samuel M. Wheeler 1869–1871 Republican Dover [1]
William H. Gove 1871–1872 Republican Weare [1]
Asa Fowler 1872–1873 Republican Concord [1]
James Emery 1873–1874 Republican Hudson [1]
Albert R. Hatch 1874–1875 Republican Portsmouth [1]
Charles P. Sanborn 1875–1877 Republican Concord [1]
Augustus A. Woolson 1877–1879 Republican Lisbon [1]
Henry H. Huse 1879–1881 Republican Manchester [1]
Chester B. Jordan 1881–1883 Republican Lancaster [1]
Samuel C. Eastman 1883–1885 Republican Concord [1]
Edgar Aldrich 1885–1887 Republican Colebrook [1]
Alvin Burleigh 1887–1889 Republican Plymouth [1]
Hiram D. Upton 1889–1891 Republican Jaffrey [1]
Frank G. Clarke 1891–1893 Republican Peterborough [1]
Robert N. Chamberlain 1893–1895 Republican Berlin [1]
Stephen S. Jewett 1895–1897 Republican Laconia [1]
James F. Briggs 1897–1899 Republican Manchester [1]
Frank D. Currier 1899–1901 Republican Canaan [1]
Cyrus H. Little 1901–1903 Republican Manchester [1]
Harry N. Cheney 1903–1905 Republican Lebanon [1]
Rufus N. Elwell 1905–1907 Republican Exeter [1]
Bertram Ellis 1907–1909 Republican Keene [1]
Frank A. Musgrove 1911–1913 Republican Hanover [1][2]
William J. Britton 1913–1915 Republican Wolfeboro [2]
Olin H. Chase 1915 Republican Newport [2][1]
Edwin C. Bean 1915 Republican Belmont [2][1]
Arthur P. Morrill 1915–1919 Republican Concord [2][1]
Charles W. Tobey 1919–1921 Republican Temple [2][1]
Fred A. Jones 1921–1923 Republican Lebanon [2][1]
William J. Ahern 1923–1925 Democratic Concord [2][1]
George A. Wood 1925–1927 Republican Portsmouth [2][1]
Harold K. Davison 1927–1929 Republican Haverhill [2][1]
George A. Foster 1929–1931 Republican Concord [2][1]
Harold M. Smith 1931–1933 Republican Portsmouth [2][1]
Louis P. Elkins 1933–1935 Republican Concord [2][1]
Amos N. Blandin 1935–1937 Democratic Bath [2][1]
Oren V. Handerson 1937–1939 Republican Durham [2][1]
Ansel N. Sanborn 1939–1941 Republican Wakefield [2][1]
Charles H. Barnard 1941–1943 Republican Manchester [2][1]
Sherman Adams 1943–1945 Republican Lincoln [2][1]
Norris Cotton 1945–1947 Republican Lebanon [2][1]
J. Walker Wiggin 1947–1949 Republican Manchester [2][1]
Richard F. Upton 1949–1951 Republican Concord [2][1]
Lane Dwinell 1951–1953 Republican Lebanon [2][1]
Raymond K. Perkins 1953 Republican Concord [2][1]
Norman A. McMeekin 1954 Republican Haverhill [2][1]
Charles Griffin 1955 Republican Lincoln [2][1]
Doug Scamman Sr. 1957–1958 Republican Stratham [2][1]
Stewart Lamprey 1959–1965 Republican Moultonborough [2][1]
Walter R. Peterson Jr. 1965–1969 Republican Peterborough [2]
Marshall W. Cobleigh 1969–1973 Republican Manchester [2]
James E. O'Neill 1973–1975 Republican Chesterfield [2]
George B. Roberts Jr. 1975–1981 Republican Alton [2]
John B. Tucker 1981–1987 Republican Claremont [2]
Doug Scamman Jr. 1987–1990 Republican Stratham [3]
Harold W. Burns 1990–1996 Republican Whitefield [3]
Donna Sytek 1996–2000 Republican Salem [3]
Gene Chandler 2000–2004 Republican Bartlett [3]
Doug Scamman Jr. 2004–2006 Republican Stratham [3]
Terie Norelli 2006–2010 Democratic Portsmouth
William L. O'Brien 2010–2012 Republican Mont Vernon
Terie Norelli 2012–2014 Democratic Portsmouth
Shawn Jasper 2014–2017 Republican Hudson
Gene Chandler 2017–2018 Republican Bartlett
Steve Shurtleff 2018–2020 Democratic Concord
Dick Hinch 2020 Republican Merrimack
Sherman Packard 2021– Republican Londonderry

See also

References

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