| Post: | Secretary of State |
| Body: | New Hampshire |
| Insignia: | Seal of New Hampshire.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 110px |
| Insigniacaption: | State seal |
| Incumbent: | David Scanlan |
| Incumbentsince: | January 10, 2022 |
| Department: | Government of New Hampshire |
| Seat: | Concord, New Hampshire |
| Termlength: | Two years, no term limit |
| Constituting Instrument: | New Hampshire Constitution of 1776 |
The secretary of state of New Hampshire is a constitutional officer in the U.S. state of New Hampshire and serves as the exclusive head of the New Hampshire Department of State. The secretary is third in line for succession as acting governor of New Hampshire, following the state's president of the Senate and speaker of the House. The secretary oversees all state elections, including certifying the results, and keeps the official records of the state.[1] The secretary is, by statute, the only person who can authorize use of the State Seal.[2]
The secretary is elected biennially by the New Hampshire General Court (state legislature), as prescribed in the Constitution of New Hampshire as adopted in 1784.[1] The position itself dates to 1680, when the Province of New Hampshire was under British rule.[1]
| Image | Name | Term of office | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elias Stileman[3] | 1680–1682 | |||
| 2 | Richard Chamberlain[4] | 1682–1693 | |||
| 3 | Thomas Davis | 1692–1693 | |||
| 4 | Thomas Newton | 1693–1696 | |||
| 5 | Henry Penny | 1696–1697 | |||
| 6 | Charles Story | 1697–1698 | |||
| 7 | Henry Penny | 1698 | |||
| 8 | Sampson Sheafe | 1698–1699 | |||
| 9 | Charles Story | 1699–1704 | |||
| 10 | 1704–1705 | ||||
| 11 | Charles Story | 1705–1719 | |||
| 12 | Richard Waldron | 1719–1730 | |||
| 13 | Richard Waldron Jr. | 1730–1741 | |||
| 14 | Theodore Atkinson | 1741–1762 | |||
| 15 | Theodore Atkinson Jr. | 1762–1769 | |||
| 16 | Theodore Atkinson | 1769–1775 | |||
| 17 | Ebenezer Thompson | 1775–1786 | |||
| 18 | Joseph Pearson | 1786–1805 | |||
| 19 | Philip Carrigan | 1805–1809 | |||
| 20 | Nathaniel Parker | 1809–1810 | |||
| 21 | Samuel Sparhawk | 1810–1814 | |||
| 22 | Albe Cady | 1814–1816 | |||
| 23 | Samuel Sparhawk | 1816–1825 | |||
| 24 | Richard Bartlett | 1825–1829 | |||
| 25 | Dudley S. Palmer | 1829–1831 | |||
| 26 | 1831–1838 | Democratic | |||
| 27 | Josiah Stevens Jr. | 1838–1843 | |||
| 28 | Thomas P. Treadwell | 1843–1846 | |||
| 29 | George G. Fogg | 1846–1847 | Republican | ||
| 30 | Thomas P. Treadwell | 1847–1850 | |||
| 31 | John L. Hadley | 1850–1855 | |||
| 32 | Lemuel N. Pattee | 1855–1858 | |||
| 33 | Thomas L. Tullock | 1858–1861 | |||
| 34 | Allen Tenney | 1861–1865 | |||
| 35 | Benjamin Gerrish Jr. | 1865 | |||
| 36 | Walter Harriman | 1865–1867 | Union | ||
| 37 | John D. Lyman | 1867–1870 | |||
| 38 | Nathan W. Gove | 1870–1871 | |||
| 39 | John H. Goodale | 1871–1872 | |||
| 40 | 1872–1873 | Republican | |||
| 41 | William Butterfield | 1874–1875 | |||
| 42 | Benjamin F. Prescott | 1875–1876 | |||
| 43 | Ali B. Thompson | 1877–1890 | |||
| 44 | Clarence B. Randlett | 1890–1891 | |||
| 46 | Ezra S. Stearns | 1891–1899 | Republican[5] | ||
| 46 | Edward Nathan Pearson | 1899–1915 | Republican | ||
| 47 | Edwin C. Bean | 1915–1923 | Republican[6] | ||
| 48 | 1923–1925 | Democratic | |||
| 49 | Hobart Pillsbury | 1925–1929 | Republican[7] | ||
| 50 | Enoch D. Fuller | 1929–1957 | Republican[8] | ||
| 51 | Harry E. Jackson | 1957–1960 | Republican[9] | ||
| 52 | Robert L. Stark | 1960–1976 | Republican[10] | ||
| 53 | 1976–2022 | Democratic | |||
| 54 | David Scanlan | 2022–present | Republican |