List of United States Senators from New Hampshire

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List of United States Senators from New Hampshire

Both of New Hampshire's current senators, Jeanne Shaheen (D) and Kelly Ayotte (R), are serving their first terms in the United States Senate.

1 Class 2
2 Class 3
3 See also

Class 2

Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for two sessions of the U.S. Congress in the first election of 1788 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014.

#	Senator	Years	Party	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Paine Wingate	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793	Anti-Administration	1	1	Elected in 1789
1	Paine Wingate	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793	Anti-Administration	2	1	Elected in 1789
2	Samuel Livermore	March 4, 1793 – June 12, 1801	Pro-Administration	3	2	Elected in 1792
			Pro-Administration	4
			Federalist	5
				6	3	Re-elected in 1798 Resigned
				7		Re-elected in 1798 Resigned
Vacant		June 12, 1801 – June 17, 1801		7
3	Simeon Olcott	June 17, 1801 – March 3, 1805	Federalist	7 (Continued)		Elected to finish Livermore's term
3	Simeon Olcott	June 17, 1801 – March 3, 1805	Federalist	8		Elected to finish Livermore's term
4	Nicholas Gilman	March 4, 1805 – May 2, 1814	Democratic-Republican	9	4	Elected in 1804
				10
				11
				12	5	Re-elected in 1810 Died
				13		Re-elected in 1810 Died
Vacant		May 2, 1814 – June 24, 1814		13
5	Thomas W. Thompson	June 24, 1814 – March 3, 1817	Federalist	13 (Continued)		Elected to finish Gilman's term
5	Thomas W. Thompson	June 24, 1814 – March 3, 1817	Federalist	14		Elected to finish Gilman's term
6	David L. Morril	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823	Democratic-Republican	15	6	Elected in 1817 Retired
				16
				17
7	Samuel Bell	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1835	Adams Republican	18	7	Elected in 1823
			Adams	19
			Adams	20
			Anti-Jacksonian	21	8	Re-elected in 1829
				22
				23
8	Henry Hubbard	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1841	Democratic	24	9	Elected in 1835 Retired to run for Governor
				25
				26
9	Levi Woodbury	March 4, 1841 – November 20, 1845	Democratic	27	10	Elected in 1841 Resigned to become Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
				28
				29
Vacant		November 20, 1845 – December 1, 1845
10	Benning Wentworth Jenness	December 1, 1845 – June 13, 1846	Democratic			Appointed to continue Woodbury's term Lost election to finish Woodbury's term
11	Joseph Cilley	June 13, 1846 – March 3, 1847	Democratic/Liberty			Electied to finish Woodbury's term Lost election to next term
12	John Parker Hale	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853	Free Soil	30	11	Elected in 1846 Retired to run for U.S. President
				31
				32
13	Charles G. Atherton	March 4, 1853 – November 15, 1853	Democratic	33	12	Elected in 1852 Died
Vacant		November 15, 1853 – November 29, 1853
14	Jared W. Williams	November 29, 1853 – July 15, 1854	Democratic			Appointed to continue Atherton's term
Vacant		July 15, 1854 – July 30, 1855		34
15	John Parker Hale	July 30, 1855 – March 3, 1865	Republican	34 (Continued)		Elected to finish Atherton's term
				35		Elected to finish Atherton's term
				36	13	Elected to full term in 1858
				37
				38
16	Aaron H. Cragin	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1877	Republican	39	14	Elected in 1864
				40
				41
				42	15	Re-elected in 1872
				43
				44
17	Edward H. Rollins	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883	Republican	45	16	Elected in 1876 Lost re-election
				46
				47
18	Austin F. Pike	March 4, 1883 – October 8, 1886	Republican	48	17	Elected in 1882 Died
18	Austin F. Pike	March 4, 1883 – October 8, 1886	Republican	49		Elected in 1882 Died
Vacant		October 8, 1886 – November 14, 1886		49
19	Person Colby Cheney	November 14, 1886 – June 14, 1887	Republican	49 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Pike's term Retired when successor qualified
19	Person Colby Cheney	November 14, 1886 – June 14, 1887	Republican	50
20	William Eaton Chandler	June 14, 1887 – March 3, 1889	Republican	50		Elected to finish Pike's term Legislature failed to re-elect
21	Gilman Marston	March 4, 1889 – June 18, 1889	Republican	51	18	Appointed to start term when legislature failed to elect
22	William Eaton Chandler	June 18, 1889 – March 3, 1901	Republican	51 (Continued)		Elected in 1889 to finish term
				52
				53
				54	19	Re-elected in 1894 Lost renomination
				55
				56
23	Henry E. Burnham	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1913	Republican	57	20	Elected in 1900
				58
				59
				60	21	Re-elected in 1906 Retired
				61
				62
24	Henry French Hollis	March 13, 1913 – March 3, 1919	Democratic	63	22	Elected in 1912 Retired
				64
				65
25	Henry W. Keyes	March 4, 1919 – January 3, 1937	Republican	66	23	Elected in 1918
				67
				68
				69	24	Re-elected in 1924
				70
				71
				72	25	Re-elected in 1930 Retired
				73
				74
26	H. Styles Bridges	January 3, 1937 – November 26, 1961	Republican	75	26	Elected in 1936
				76
				77
				78	27	Re-elected in 1942
				79
				80
				81	28	Re-elected in 1948
				82
				83
				84	29	Re-elected in 1954
				85
				86
				87	30	Re-elected in 1960 Died
Vacant		November 26, 1961 – January 10, 1962
27	Maurice J. Murphy, Jr.	January 10, 1962 – November 6, 1962	Republican			Appointed to continue Bridges's term Lost nomination to finish Bridges's term
28	Thomas J. McIntyre	November 7, 1962 – January 3, 1979	Democratic	87 (Continued)		Elected to finish Bridge's term
				88
				89
				90	31	Elected to full term in 1966
				91
				92
				93	32	Re-elected in 1972 Lost re-election
				94
				95
29	Gordon J. Humphrey	January 3, 1979 – December 4, 1990	Republican	96	33	Elected in 1978
				97
				98
				99	34	Re-elected in 1984 Retired and resigned early to take his seat in the N.H. Senate
				100
				101
Vacant		December 4, 1990 – December 7, 1990		101
30	Robert C. Smith	December 7, 1990 – January 3, 2003	Republican	101 (Continued)		Appointed early to finish Humphrey's term, having already been elected to the next term
				102	35	Elected in 1990
				103
				104
				105	36	Re-elected in 1996 Lost renomination
				106
				107
31	John E. Sununu	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009	Republican	108	37	Elected in 2002 Lost re-election
				109
				110
32	Jeanne Shaheen	January 3, 2009 – Present	Democratic	111	38	Elected in 2008
32	Jeanne Shaheen	January 3, 2009 – Present	Democratic	112	38	Elected in 2008

Class 3

Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for three sessions of the U.S. Congress in the first election of 1788 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1998, 2004, 2010, and 2016.

#	Senator	Years	Party	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	John Langdon	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1801	Pro-Administration	1	1	Elected in 1789
			Pro-Administration	2
			Anti-Administration	3
			Democratic-Republican	4	2	Re-elected in 1795
				5
				6
2	James Sheafe	March 4, 1801 – June 14, 1802	Federalist	7	3	Elected in 1801 Resigned
Vacant		June 14, 1802 – June 17, 1802		7
3	William Plumer	June 17, 1802 – March 3, 1807	Federalist	7 (Continued)		Elected to finish Sheafe's term Retired
				8
				9
4	Nahum Parker	March 4, 1807 – June 1, 1810	Democratic-Republican	10	4	Elected in 1807 Resigned
4	Nahum Parker	March 4, 1807 – June 1, 1810	Democratic-Republican	11		Elected in 1807 Resigned
Vacant		June 1, 1810 – June 21, 1810		11
5	Charles Cutts	June 21, 1810 – March 3, 1813	Democratic-Republican	11 (Continued)		Elected to finish Parker's term
	Charles Cutts	June 21, 1810 – March 3, 1813	Democratic-Republican	12		Elected to finish Parker's term
	Vacant	March 3, 1813 – April 2, 1813		13	5	Legislature failed to elect
	Charles Cutts	April 2, 1813 – June 10, 1813	Democratic-Republican	13		Appointed to continue the term caused by the legislature's failure to elect Retired when successor elected
6	Jeremiah Mason	June 10, 1813 – June 16, 1817	Federalist	13 (Continued)		Elected to finish Cutts's term Resigned
				14
				15
Vacant		June 16, 1817 – June 27, 1817		15
7	Clement Storer	June 27, 1817 – March 3, 1819	Democratic-Republican	15 (Continued)		Elected to finish Mason's term
8	John Fabyan Parrott	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1825	Democratic-Republican	16	6	Elected in 1819
				17
				18
Vacant		March 3, 1825 – March 16, 1825		19	7
9	Levi Woodbury	March 16, 1825 – March 3, 1831	Jacksonian	19 (continued)		Elected in 1825
				20
				21
10	Isaac Hill	March 4, 1831 – May 30, 1836	Jacksonian	22	8	Elected in 1831 Resigned to become N.H. Governor
				23
				24
Vacant		May 30, 1836 – June 8, 1836
11	John Page	June 8, 1836 – March 3, 1837	Jacksonian			Elected to finish Hill's term Lost election to full term
12	Franklin Pierce	March 4, 1837 – February 28, 1842	Democratic	25	9	Elected in 1837 Resigned
				26
				27
13	Leonard Wilcox	March 1, 1842 – March 3, 1843	Democratic	27 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Pierce's term Elected to finish Pierce's term
14	Charles G. Atherton	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849	Democratic	28	10	Elected in 1842
				29
				30
15	Moses Norris, Jr.	March 4, 1849 – January 11, 1855	Democratic	31	11	Elected in 1848 Died
				32
				33
Vacant		January 11, 1855 – January 16, 1855
16	John S. Wells	January 16, 1855 – March 3, 1855	Democratic			Appointed to finish Norris's term
Vacant		March 4, 1855 – July 29, 1855		34	12
17	James Bell	July 30, 1855 – May 26, 1857	Republican	34		Elected late in 1855 Died
17	James Bell	July 30, 1855 – May 26, 1857	Republican	35		Elected late in 1855 Died
Vacant		May 26, 1857 – June 27, 1857		35
18	Daniel Clark	June 27, 1857 – July 27, 1866	Republican	35 (Continued)		Elected to finish Bell's term
				36		Elected to finish Bell's term
				37	13	Elected to full term in 1861 Resigned
				38
				39
Vacant		July 27, 1866 – August 31, 1866
19	George G. Fogg	August 31, 1866 – March 3, 1867	Republican			Appointed to finish Clark's term Retired
20	James W. Patterson	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873	Republican	40	14	Elected in 1867
				41
				42
21	Bainbridge Wadleigh	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879	Republican	43	15	Elected in 1872 Lost re-election
				44
				45
Vacant		March 3, 1879 – March 18, 1879		46	16	Legislature failed to elect
22	Charles H. Bell	March 18, 1879 – June 18, 1879	Republican			Appointed to fill vacancy caused by legislature's failure to elect Retired
Vacant		June 18, 1879 – June 20, 1879
23	Henry W. Blair	June 20, 1879 – March 3, 1891	Republican	46 (Continued)		Elected in 1879 to fill vacancy caused by legislature's failure to elect
				47
				48
				49	17	Re-elected in 1885 Lost renomination
				50
				51
24	Jacob Harold Gallinger	March 4, 1891 – August 17, 1918	Republican	52	18	Elected in 1891
				53
				54
				55	19	Re-elected in 1897
				56
				57
				58	20	Re-elected in 1903
				59
				60
				61	21	Re-elected in 1909
				62
				63
				64	22	Re-elected in 1914 Died
				65		Re-elected in 1914 Died
Vacant		August 17, 1918 – September 2, 1918
25	Irving W. Drew	September 2, 1918 – November 5, 1918	Republican			Appointed to continue Gallinger's term Retired
26	George H. Moses	November 6, 1918 – March 3, 1933	Republican	65 (continued)		Elected to finish Gallinger's term
				66		Elected to finish Gallinger's term
				67	23	Re-elected in 1920
				68
				69
				70	24	Re-elected in 1926 Lost re-election
				71
				72
27	Fred H. Brown	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	Democratic	73	25	Elected in 1932 Lost re-election
				74
				75
28	Charles W. Tobey	January 3, 1939 – July 24, 1953	Republican	76	26	Elected in 1938
				77
				78
				79	27	Re-elected in 1944
				80
				81
				82	28	Re-elected in 1950 Died
				83		Re-elected in 1950 Died
Vacant		July 24, 1953 – August 14, 1953		83 (continued)
29	Robert W. Upton	August 14, 1953 – November 7, 1954	Republican	83 (continued)		Appointed to continnue Tobey's term Lost nomination to finish Tobey's term
30	Norris Cotton	November 8, 1954 – December 31, 1974	Republican	83 (continued)		Elected to finish Tobey's term
				84		Elected to finish Tobey's term
				85	29	Re-elected in 1956
				86
				87
				88	30	Re-elected in 1962
				89
				90
				91	31	Re-elected in 1968 Retired, then resigned early
				92
				93
31	Louis C. Wyman	December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975	Republican	93		Appointed to finish Cotton's term
Vacant		January 3, 1975 – August 8, 1975		94	32	Contested election between Louis C. Wyman and John A. Durkin
32	Norris H. Cotton	August 8, 1975 – September 18, 1975	Republican			Appointed to continue term after contested election
33	John A. Durkin	September 18, 1975 – December 29, 1980	Democratic			Won election contest Lost re-election, and resigned early
				95
				96
34	Warren Rudman	December 29, 1980 – January 3, 1993	Republican	96		Appointed to finish Durkin's term, having been elected to the next term
				97	33	Elected in 1980
				98
				99
				100	34	Re-elected in 1986 Retired
				101
				102
35	Judd Gregg	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2011	Republican	103	35	Elected in 1992
				104
				105
				106	36	Re-elected in 1998
				107
				108
				109	37	Re-elected in 2004 Retired
				110
				111
36	Kelly Ayotte	January 3, 2011 – Present	Republican	112	38	Elected in 2010

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