Governors of New Hampshire, 1793-2020 (May be
incomplete!)
Josiah
Bartlett 1793-94
John
Taylor Gilman 1794-1805
John
Langdon 1805-09
Jeremiah
Smith 1809-10
John
Langdon 1810-12
William
Plumer 1812-13
John
Taylor Gilman 1813-16
William
Plumer 1816-19
Samuel
Bell 1819-23
Levi
Woodbury 1823-24
David
L. Morril 1824-27
Benjamin
Pierce 1827-28
John
Bell 1828-29
Benjamin
Pierce 1829-30
Matthew
Harvey 1830-31
Joseph
M. Harper 1831
Samuel
Dinsmoor 1831-34
William
Badger 1834-36
Isaac
Hill 1836-39
John
Page 1839-42
Henry
Hubbard 1842-44
John
H. Steele 1844-46
Anthony
Colby 1846-47
Jared
W. Williams 1847-49
Samuel
Dinsmoor, Jr. 1849-52
Noah
Martin 1852-54
Nathaniel
B. Baker 1854-55
Ralph
Metcalf 1855-57
William
Haile 1857-59
Ichabod
Goodwin 1859-61
Nathaniel
S. Berry 1861-63
Joseph
A. Gilmore 1863-65
Frederick
Smyth 1865-67
Walter
Harriman 1867-69
Onslow
Stearns 1869-71
James
A. Weston 1871-72
Ezekiel
A. Straw 1872-74
James
A. Weston 1874-75
Person
C. Cheney 1875-77
Benjamin
Franklin Prescott 1877-79
Nathaniel
Head 1879-81
Charles
H. Bell 1881-83
Samuel
W. Hale 1883-85
Moody
Currier 1885-87
Charles
H. Sawyer 1887-89
David
H. Goodell 1889-91
Hiram
A. Tuttle 1891-93
John
B. Smith 1893-95
Charles
A. Busiel 1895-97
George
A. Ramsdell 1897-99
Frank
W. Rollins 1899-1901
Chester
B. Jordan 1901-03
Nahum
J. Bachelder 1903-05
John
McLane 1905-07
Charles
M. Floyd 1907-09
Henry
B. Quinby 1909-11
Robert
P. Bass 1911-13
Samuel
D. Felker 1913-15
Rolland
H. Spaulding 1915-17
Henry
W. Keyes 1917-19
John
H. Bartlett 1919-21
Albert
O. Brown 1921-23
Fred
H. Brown 1923-25
John
G. Winant 1925-27
Huntley
N. Spaulding 1927-29
Charles
W. Tobey 1929-31
John
G. Winant 1931-35
H.
Styles Bridges 1935-37
Francis
P. Murphy 1937-41
Robert
O. Blood 1941-45
Charles
M. Dale 1945-49
Sherman
Adams 1949-53
Hugh
Gregg 1953-55
Lane
Dwinell 1955-59
Wesley
Powell 1959-63
John
W. King 1963-69
Walter
Peterson 1969-73
Meldrim
Thomson, Jr. 1973-79
Hugh
J. Gallen 1979-82
Vesta
M. Roy 1982-83
John
H. Sununu 1983-89
Judd
Gregg 1989-93
Stephen
E. Merrill 1993-97
Jeanne
Shaheen 1997-2003
Craig
Benson 2003-05
John
Lynch 2005-13
Maggie
Hassan 2013-17
Chuck
Morse 2017
Chris
Sununu 2017-
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1816:
James
Sheafe, defeated.
1832:
Ichabod
Bartlett, defeated.
1835:
James
Wilson, defeated.
1838:
James
Wilson, defeated.
1854:
James
Bell, defeated.
1855:
James
Bell, defeated.
1863:
Ira
Allen Eastman (Dem), defeated.
1878 Nov 5:
Nathaniel
Head (Rep), elected;
Frank
A. McKean (Dem), defeated;
W.
G. Brown (National), defeated;
Asa
S. Kendall (Temperance), defeated.
1880 Nov 2:
Charles
H. Bell (Rep), elected;
Frank
Jones (Dem), defeated;
W.
G. Brown (Greenback), defeated;
George
D. Dodge (Temperance), defeated.
1882 Nov 7:
Samuel
W. Hale (Rep), elected;
M.
V. B. Edgerly (Dem), defeated;
John
F. Woodbury (Greenback), defeated;
Josiah
W. Fletcher (Temperance), defeated.
1884 Nov 4:
Moody
Currier (Rep), elected;
George
Hill (Dem), defeated;
Larkin
D. Mason (Prohibition), defeated;
George
Carpenter (Greenback), defeated.
1886 Nov 2:
Charles
H. Sawyer (Rep), elected;
Thomas
Cogswell (Dem), defeated;
Joseph
Wentworth (Prohibition), defeated;
George
Carpenter (Greenback), defeated.
1888 Nov 6:
David
H. Goodell (Rep), elected;
Charles
H. Amsden (Dem), defeated;
Edgar
L. Carr (Prohibition), defeated.
1890 Nov 4:
Hiram
A. Tuttle (Rep), elected;
Charles
H. Amsden (Dem), defeated;
Josiah
M. Fletcher (Prohibition), defeated.
1892 Nov 8:
John
B. Smith (Rep), elected;
Luther
F. McKinney (Dem), defeated;
Edgar
L. Carr (Prohibition), defeated;
William
O. Noyes (Populist), defeated.
1894 Nov 6:
Charles
A. Busiel (Rep), elected;
Henry
O. Kent (Dem), defeated;
Daniel
C. Knowles (Prohibition), defeated;
George
D. Epps (Populist), defeated.
1896 Nov 3:
George
A. Ramsdell (Rep), elected;
Henry
O. Kent (Dem), defeated;
John
C. Berry (Prohibition), defeated;
Harry
H. Acton (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Gardner
J. Greenleaf (People's), defeated;
George
W. Barnard (National), defeated.
1898 Nov 8:
Frank
W. Rollins (Rep), elected;
Charles
F. Stone (Dem), defeated;
Augustus
G. Stevens (Prohibition), defeated;
Sumner
F. Claflin (Social Democratic), defeated;
Benjamin
T. Whitehouse (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Gardner
J. Greenleaf (People's), defeated.
1900 Nov 6:
Chester
B. Jordan (Rep), elected;
Frederick
E. Potter (Dem), defeated;
Josiah
M. Fletcher (Prohibition), defeated;
Sumner
F. Claflin (Social Democratic), defeated.
1902 Nov 4:
Nahum
J. Bachelder (Rep), elected;
Henry
F. Hollis (Dem), defeated;
John
C. Berry (Prohibition), defeated;
Michael
H. O'Neil (Socialist), defeated;
Alonzo
Elliott (Ind), defeated;
George
Howie (Allied People's), defeated.
1904 Nov 8:
John
McLane (Rep), elected;
Henry
F. Hollis (Dem), defeated;
Sumner
F. Claflin (Socialist), defeated;
David
Heald (Prohibition), defeated;
George
Howie (Populist), defeated.
1906 Nov 6:
Charles
M. Floyd (Rep), elected;
Nathan
C. Jameson (Dem), defeated;
Edmund
B. Tetley (Prohibition), defeated;
William
H. McFall (Socialist), defeated.
1908:
Clarence
E. Carr (Dem), defeated.
1912 Nov 5:
Samuel
D. Felker (Dem), elected;
Franklin
Worcester (Rep), defeated;
Winston
Churchill (Progressive), defeated;
William
H. Wilkins (Socialist), defeated;
Alva
H. Morrill (Prohibition), defeated.
1914 Sep 1:
Albert
W. Noone (Dem), nominated;
John
C. Hutchins (Dem), defeated in primary.
1914 Sep 1:
Rolland
H. Spaulding (Rep), nominated;
Rosecrans
W. Pillsbury (Rep), defeated in primary.
1914 Sep 1:
Henry
D. Allison (Progressive), nominated unopposed.
1914 Nov 3:
Rolland
H. Spaulding (Rep), elected;
Albert
W. Noone (Dem), defeated;
Henry
D. Allison (Progressive), defeated;
John
P. Burke (Socialist), defeated.
1916 Nov 7:
Henry
W. Keyes (Rep & Progressive), elected;
John
C. Hutchins (Dem), defeated;
William
H. Wilkins (Socialist), defeated;
Ralph
E. Meras (Prohibition), defeated.
1918 Nov 5:
John
H. Bartlett (Rep), elected;
Nathaniel
E. Martin (Dem), defeated.
1920 Nov 2:
Albert
O. Brown (Rep), elected;
Charles
E. Tilton (Dem), defeated;
Francis
T. Butler (Socialist), defeated.
1922 Nov 7:
Fred
H. Brown (Dem), elected;
Windsor
H. Goodnow (Rep), defeated.
1924:
Frank
Knox (Rep), defeated for nomination.
1924 Nov 4:
John
G. Winant (Rep), elected;
Fred
H. Brown (Dem), defeated.
1926 Nov 2:
Huntley
N. Spaulding (Rep), elected;
Eaton
D. Sargent (Dem), defeated.
1928 Nov 6:
Charles
W. Tobey (Rep), elected;
Eaton
D. Sargent (Dem), defeated;
Francis
T. Butler (Socialist), defeated;
Henry
C. Iram (Workers), defeated.
1930 Nov 4:
John
G. Winant (Rep), elected;
Albert
W. Noone (Dem), defeated;
Elba
K. Chase (Communist), defeated.
1936:
Amos
N. Blandin (Dem), defeated.
1938 Sep 13:
John
L. Sullivan (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1938 Sep 13:
Francis
P. Murphy (Rep), nominated;
Thomas
P. Cheney (Rep), defeated in primary.
1938 Nov 8:
Francis
P. Murphy (Rep), elected;
John
L. Sullivan (Dem), defeated;
Elba
K. Chase (Communist), defeated.
1940 Nov 5:
Robert
O. Blood (Rep), elected;
F.
Clyde Keefe (Dem), defeated.
1942 Sep 15:
William
J. Neal (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1942 Sep 15:
Robert
O. Blood (Rep), nominated;
William
M. Cole (Rep), defeated in primary.
1942 Nov 3:
Robert
O. Blood (Rep), elected;
William
J. Neal (Dem), defeated.
1946:
Sherman
Adams, defeated for nomination.
1948 Nov 2:
Sherman
Adams (Rep), elected;
Herbert
W. Hill (Dem), defeated;
Irma
C. Otto (Progressive), defeated.
1956 Sep 11:
John
Shaw (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1956 Sep 11:
Lane
Dwinell (Rep), nominated;
Wesley
Powell (Rep), defeated in primary;
Elmer
E. Bussey (Rep), defeated in primary.
1956 Nov 6:
Lane
Dwinell (Rep), elected;
John
Shaw (Dem), defeated.
1962:
Wesley
Powell (Rep), defeated in primary.
1968:
Meldrim
Thomson, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary.
1970:
Meldrim
Thomson, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary.
1970:
Meldrim
Thomson, Jr. (American Independent), defeated.
1976:
Harry
V. Spanos (Dem), defeated.
1978:
Meldrim
Thomson, Jr. (Rep), defeated.
1994 Nov 8:
Stephen
E. Merrill (Rep), elected;
Wayne
D. King (Dem), defeated;
Steve
Winter (Libertarian), defeated.
1996:
William
H. Zeliff, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary.
2004:
Craig
Benson (Rep), defeated.
2004 Nov 2:
John
Lynch (Dem), elected.
2006:
John
Lynch (Dem), elected.
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