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List of Governors of New Hampshire
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This is a list of Governors of New Hampshire, in the United States. The Governor of New Hampshire has a term of two years, and can seek re-election. It is worth noting, however that the original title was President of New Hampshire. The name of the office was changed to Governor of New Hampshire (perhaps because the position of President of the United States had been created and other states used the title of Governor) during the term of Josiah Bartlett, though the office itself remained the same. Therefore, Governor Bartlett was technically the first person to be called the Governor of New Hampshire; however, this is generally disregarded because only the title, not the office itself, was changed.
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- ^ Resigned to take a seat in a federal court.
- ^ Resigned to take a seat on the United States District Court for New Hampshire.
- ^ As president of the state senate, acted as governor for unexpired term.
- ^ a b Hugh Gallen fell ill and yielded his powers to the president of the state senate, Vesta Roy; he died on December 29, 1982.
- ^ Governor Lynch's first term expires in 2009; he is not yet term limited.
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This is a table of congressional and other federal offices held by governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented New Hampshire. * denotes those offices which the governor resigned to take.
| Name | Gubernatorial term | U.S. Congress | Other offices held | |
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| House | Senate | |||
| John Langdon | 1785–1786, 1788–1789, 1805–1809, 1810–1812 | S | Delegate to the Continental Congress, twice President pro tempore of the Senate | |
| John Sullivan | 1786–1788, 1789–1790 | Delegate to the Continental Congress | ||
| Josiah Bartlett | 1790–1794 | Delegate to the Continental Congress | ||
| John Taylor Gilman | 1794–1805, 1813–1816 | Delegate to the Continental Congress | ||
| Jeremiah Smith | 1809–1810 | H | ||
| William Plumer | 1812–1813, 1816–1819 | S | ||
| Samuel Bell | 1819–1823 | S | ||
| Levi Woodbury | 1823–1824 | S | U.S. Secretary of the Navy, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court | |
| David L. Morril | 1824–1827 | S | ||
| Matthew Harvey | 1830–1831 | H | ||
| Joseph M. Harper | 1831 | H | ||
| Samuel Dinsmoor | 1831–1834 | H | ||
| Isaac Hill | 1836–1839 | S | ||
| John Page | 1839–1842 | S | ||
| Henry Hubbard | 1842–1844 | H | S | |
| Jared W. Williams | 1847–1849 | H | S | |
| Person Colby Cheney | 1875–1877 | S | ||
| Charles H. Bell | 1881–1883 | S | ||
| Henry W. Keyes | 1917–1919 | S | ||
| Fred H. Brown | 1923–1925 | S | ||
| John Gilbert Winant | 1925–1927, 1931–1935 | Ambassador to the United Kingdom | ||
| Charles W. Tobey | 1929–1931 | H | S | |
| Styles Bridges | 1935–1937 | S | President pro tempore of the Senate | |
| Sherman Adams | 1949–1953 | H | ||
| Judd Gregg | 1989–1993 | H | S | |
As of August 2007, six former governors were alive, the oldest being Walter R. Peterson, Jr. (1969–1973, born 1922). The most recent governor to die was Hugh Gregg (1953–1955), on September 24, 2003. The most recently-serving governor to die was Vesta M. Roy (1982–1983, acting), on February 8, 2002.
| Name | Gubernatorial term | Date of birth |
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| Walter R. Peterson, Jr. | 1969–1973 | September 19, 1922 |
| John H. Sununu | 1983–1989 | July 2, 1939 |
| Judd Gregg | 1989–1993 | February 14, 1947 |
| Steve Merrill | 1993–1997 | June 12, 1946 |
| Jeanne Shaheen | 1997–2003 | January 28, 1947 |
| Craig Benson | 2003–2005 | October 8, 1954 |
Josiah Bartlet, the fictional President of the United States on television drama The West Wing, is described as having been a two-term Democratic Governor of New Hampshire, and as having descended from real-life Sixth Governor of New Hampshire Josiah Bartlett (note the spelling difference).
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