List of speakers of the New Hampshire House of Representatives explained

Post:Speaker
Body:New Hampshire House of Representatives
Insignia:Seal of New Hampshire.svg
Insigniasize:110px
Incumbent:Sherman Packard
Incumbentsince:January 6, 2021
Status:Presiding officer
Appointer:New Hampshire House of Representatives
Seat:New Hampshire State House, Concord
Inaugural:Richard 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

SpeakerTermPartyResidenceNotes
Richard Waldron Jr.1684–1692Portsmouth
Richard Martin1692Portsmouth
John Gilman1692–1693Exeter
John Pickering1693–1695Portsmouth
George Jaffrey1695–1696Portsmouth
John Plaisted1696–1697Portsmouth
John Pickering1697–1698Portsmouth
Henry Dow1698Hampton
John Pickering1698–1699Portsmouth
Samuel Penhallow1699–1702Portsmouth
John Pickering1702Portsmouth
Daniel Tilton1702–1703Hampton
John Pickering1703–1709Portsmouth
Mark Hunking1709–1710Portsmouth
Richard Garrish1710–1717Portsmouth
John Plaisted1717Portsmouth
Thomas Packer1717–1719Portsmouth
Joshua Pierce1719–1722Portsmouth
Peter Weare1722–1727Hampton Falls
Nathaniel Weare1727–1728Hampton Falls
Andrew Wiggin1728–1745Stratham
Nathaniel Rogers1745Portsmouth
Ebenezer Stevens1745–1749Kingston
Richard Waldron1749–1752Hampton
Meshech Weare1752–1755Hampton Falls
Peter Sherburne1755–1765Portsmouth
Peter Gilman1765–1771Exeter
John Wentworth1771–1776Somersworth
Phillips White1776South Hampton
John Langdon1776–1782Portsmouth
John Dudley1782–1784Raymond
George Atkinson1784–1785Portsmouth
John Sullivan1785–1786Durham
John Langdon1786–1787Portsmouth
John Sparhawk1787Portsmouth

Since statehood

SpeakerTermPartyResidenceNotes
Thomas Bartlett1787–1791Nottingham
William Plumer1791–1793Epping
Nathaniel Peabody1793–1794Atkinson
John Prentice1794–1795Langdon
Russell Freeman1795–1797Hanover
William Plumer1797–1798Epping
John Prentice1798–1805Langdon
Samuel Bell1805–1807Chester
Charles Cutts1807–1809Portsmouth
George B. Upham1809–1810Claremont
Charles Cutts1810–1811Portsmouth
Clement Storer1811–1813Portsmouth
Thomas W. Thompson1813–1815Concord
George B. Upham1815–1816Claremont
David L. Morrill1816–1817Concord
Henry B. Chase1817–1818Warner
Matthew Harvey1818–1821Hopkinton
Ichabod Bartlett1821–1822Dover
Charles Woodman1822–1823Bridgwater
Andrew Pierce1823DemocraticDover
Edmund Parker1823–1825DemocraticNashua
Levi Woodbury1825DemocraticPortsmouth
Henry Hubbard1825–1828DemocraticCharlestown
James Wilson Jr.1828–1829DemocraticKeene
James B. Thornton1827–1829DemocraticMerrimack
Samuel Webster1829–1831DemocraticKingston
Franklin Pierce1831–1833DemocraticHillsborough
Charles G. Atherton1835–1837DemocraticNashua
Ira A. Eastman1837–1839DemocraticGilmanton
Moses Norris Jr.1839–1841DemocraticPittsfield
John S. Wells1841–1842DemocraticLancaster
Samuel Swasey1842–1844DemocraticHaverhill
Harry Hibbard1844–1846DemocraticBath
John P. Hale1846–1847DemocraticDover
Moses Norris Jr.1847–1848DemocraticPittsfield
Samuel H. Ayer1848–1850Hillsborough
Nathaniel B. Baker1850–1852DemocraticConcord
George W. Kittredge1852–1853DemocraticNewmarket
Jonathan Everett Sargent1853–1854RepublicanWentworth
Francis R. Chase1854–1855RepublicanNorthfield
John J. Prentiss1855–1856RepublicanClaremont
Edward H. Rollins1856–1858RepublicanConcord
Napolean B. Bryant1858–1860RepublicanPlymouth
Charles H. Bell1860–1861RepublicanExeter
Edward A. Rollins1861–1863RepublicanGreat Falls
William E. Chandler1863–1865RepublicanConcord
Austin F. Pike1865–1867RepublicanFranklin
Simon G. Griffin1867–1869RepublicanKeene
Samuel M. Wheeler1869–1871RepublicanDover
William H. Gove1871–1872RepublicanWeare
Asa Fowler1872–1873RepublicanConcord
James Emery1873–1874RepublicanHudson
Albert R. Hatch1874–1875RepublicanPortsmouth
Charles P. Sanborn1875–1877RepublicanConcord
Augustus A. Woolson1877–1879RepublicanLisbon
Henry H. Huse1879–1881RepublicanManchester
Chester B. Jordan1881–1883RepublicanLancaster
Samuel C. Eastman1883–1885RepublicanConcord
Edgar Aldrich1885–1887RepublicanColebrook
Alvin Burleigh1887–1889RepublicanPlymouth
Hiram D. Upton1889–1891RepublicanJaffrey
Frank G. Clarke1891–1893RepublicanPeterborough
Robert N. Chamberlain1893–1895RepublicanBerlin
Stephen S. Jewett1895–1897RepublicanLaconia
James F. Briggs1897–1899RepublicanManchester
Frank D. Currier1899–1901RepublicanCanaan
Cyrus H. Little1901–1903RepublicanManchester
Harry N. Cheney1903–1905RepublicanLebanon
Rufus N. Elwell1905–1907RepublicanExeter
Bertram Ellis1907–1909RepublicanKeene
Frank A. Musgrove1911–1913RepublicanHanover[1] [2]
William J. Britton1913–1915RepublicanWolfeboro
Olin H. Chase1915RepublicanNewport
Edwin C. Bean1915RepublicanBelmont
Arthur P. Morrill1915–1919RepublicanConcord
Charles W. Tobey1919–1921RepublicanTemple
Fred A. Jones1921–1923RepublicanLebanon
William J. Ahern1923–1925DemocraticConcord
George A. Wood1925–1927RepublicanPortsmouth
Harold K. Davison1927–1929RepublicanHaverhill
George A. Foster1929–1931RepublicanConcord
Harold M. Smith1931–1933RepublicanPortsmouth
Louis P. Elkins1933–1935RepublicanConcord
Amos N. Blandin1935–1937DemocraticBath
Oren V. Handerson1937–1939RepublicanDurham
Ansel N. Sanborn1939–1941RepublicanWakefield
Charles H. Barnard1941–1943RepublicanManchester
Sherman Adams1943–1945RepublicanLincoln
Norris Cotton1945–1947RepublicanLebanon
J. Walker Wiggin1947–1949RepublicanManchester
Richard F. Upton1949–1951RepublicanConcord
Lane Dwinell1951–1953RepublicanLebanon
Raymond K. Perkins1953RepublicanConcord
Norman A. McMeekin1954RepublicanHaverhill
Charles Griffin1955RepublicanLincoln
Doug Scamman Sr.1957–1958RepublicanStratham
Stewart Lamprey1959–1965RepublicanMoultonborough
Walter R. Peterson Jr.1965–1969RepublicanPeterborough
Marshall W. Cobleigh1969–1973RepublicanManchester
James E. O'Neill1973–1975RepublicanChesterfield
George B. Roberts Jr.1975–1981RepublicanAlton
John B. Tucker1981–1987RepublicanClaremont
Doug Scamman Jr.1987–1990RepublicanStratham[3]
Harold W. Burns1990–1996RepublicanWhitefield
Donna Sytek1996–2000RepublicanSalem
Gene Chandler2000–2004RepublicanBartlett
Doug Scamman Jr.2004–2006RepublicanStratham
Terie Norelli2006–2010DemocraticPortsmouth
William L. O'Brien2010–2012RepublicanMont Vernon
Terie Norelli2012–2014DemocraticPortsmouth
Shawn Jasper2014–2017RepublicanHudson
Gene Chandler2017–2018RepublicanBartlett
Steve Shurtleff2018–2020DemocraticConcord
Dick Hinch2020RepublicanMerrimack
Sherman Packard2021–RepublicanLondonderry

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Stark, Robert L.. State of New Hampshire Manual for the General Court No. 39. Department of State of New Hampshire. 1965. Concord, New Hampshire. December 15, 2023.
  2. Book: American Legislative Leaders in the Northeast, 1911-1994. Nancy Weatherly. Sharp. James Roger. Sharp. Bloomsbury Academic. August 30, 2000. 9780313032080. Google Books.
  3. Book: Gardner, William M.. State of New Hampshire Manual for the General Court No. 59. Department of State of New Hampshire. 2005. Concord, New Hampshire. December 15, 2023.