List of Governors of New Hampshire
List of governors
The last of the colonial governors of New Hampshire fled in 1775. Parties Democratic Federalist Democratic-Republican National Republican Whig Republican Know Nothing

List of Governors of New Hampshire

Section Title: List of governors
Table Section Text: The last of the colonial governors of New Hampshire fled in 1775. Parties Democratic Federalist Democratic-Republican National Republican Whig Republican Know Nothing

#	Image	Governor	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes

1	-	Meshech Weare	June 15, 1776	June 1, 1785	Independent

2	-	John Langdon	June 1, 1785	June 7, 1786	Independent

3	-	John Sullivan	June 7, 1786	June 4, 1788	Federalist

(2)	-	John Langdon	June 4, 1788	January 22, 1789	Democratic-Republican

(3)	-	John Sullivan	January 22, 1789	June 5, 1790	Federalist

4	-	Josiah Bartlett	June 5, 1790	June 5, 1794	Democratic-Republican

5	-	John Taylor Gilman	June 5, 1794	June 6, 1805	Federalist

(2)	-	John Langdon	June 6, 1805	June 8, 1809	Democratic-Republican

6	-	Jeremiah Smith	June 8, 1809	June 5, 1810	Federalist

(2)	-	John Langdon	June 5, 1810	June 5, 1812	Democratic-Republican

7	-	William Plumer	June 5, 1812	June 3, 1813	Democratic-Republican

(5)	-	John Taylor Gilman	June 3, 1813	June 6, 1816	Federalist

(7)	-	William Plumer	June 6, 1816	June 3, 1819	Democratic-Republican

8	-	Samuel Bell	June 3, 1819	June 5, 1823	Democratic-Republican

9	-	Levi Woodbury	June 5, 1823	June 3, 1824	Democratic-Republican

10	-	David L. Morril	June 3, 1824	June 7, 1827	Democratic-Republican

11	-	Benjamin Pierce	June 7, 1827	June 5, 1828	Democratic-Republican

12	-	John Bell	June 5, 1828	June 4, 1829	National Republican

(11)	-	Benjamin Pierce	June 4, 1829	June 3, 1830	Democratic

13	-	Matthew Harvey	June 3, 1830	February 28, 1831	Democratic

—	-	Joseph M. Harper	February 28, 1831	June 2, 1831	Democratic

14	-	Samuel Dinsmoor	June 2, 1831	June 5, 1834	Democratic

15	-	William Badger	June 5, 1834	June 2, 1836	Democratic

16	-	Isaac Hill	June 2, 1836	June 5, 1839	Democratic

17	-	John Page	June 5, 1839	June 2, 1842	Democratic

18	-	Henry Hubbard	June 2, 1842	June 6, 1844	Democratic

19	-	John H. Steele	June 6, 1844	June 4, 1846	Democratic

20	-	Anthony Colby	June 4, 1846	June 3, 1847	Whig

21	-	Jared W. Williams	June 3, 1847	June 7, 1849	Democratic

22	-	Samuel Dinsmoor Jr.	June 7, 1849	June 3, 1852	Democratic

23	-	Noah Martin	June 3, 1852	June 8, 1854	Democratic

24	-	Nathaniel B. Baker	June 8, 1854	June 7, 1855	Democratic

25	-	Ralph Metcalf	June 7, 1855	June 4, 1857	Know Nothing

26	-	William Haile	June 4, 1857	June 2, 1859	Republican

27	-	Ichabod Goodwin	June 2, 1859	June 6, 1861	Republican

28	-	Nathaniel S. Berry	June 6, 1861	June 3, 1863	Republican

29	-	Joseph A. Gilmore	June 3, 1863	June 8, 1865	Republican

30	-	Frederick Smyth	June 8, 1865	June 6, 1867	Republican

31	-	Walter Harriman	June 6, 1867	June 3, 1869	Republican

32	-	Onslow Stearns	June 3, 1869	June 8, 1871	Republican

33	-	James A. Weston	June 8, 1871	June 6, 1872	Democratic

34	-	Ezekiel A. Straw	June 6, 1872	June 3, 1874	Republican

(33)	-	James A. Weston	June 3, 1874	June 10, 1875	Democratic

35	-	Person C. Cheney	June 10, 1875	June 7, 1877	Republican

36	-	Benjamin F. Prescott	June 7, 1877	June 5, 1879	Republican

37	-	Natt Head	June 5, 1879	June 2, 1881	Republican

38	-	Charles H. Bell	June 2, 1881	June 7, 1883	Republican

39	-	Samuel W. Hale	June 7, 1883	June 4, 1885	Republican

40	-	Moody Currier	June 4, 1885	June 2, 1887	Republican

41	-	Charles H. Sawyer	June 2, 1887	June 6, 1889	Republican

42	-	David H. Goodell	June 6, 1889	January 8, 1891	Republican

43	-	Hiram A. Tuttle	January 8, 1891	January 5, 1893	Republican

44	-	John Butler Smith	January 5, 1893	January 3, 1895	Republican

45	-	Charles A. Busiel	January 3, 1895	January 7, 1897	Republican

46	-	George A. Ramsdell	January 7, 1897	January 5, 1899	Republican

47	-	Frank W. Rollins	January 5, 1899	January 3, 1901	Republican

48	-	Chester B. Jordan	January 3, 1901	January 1, 1903	Republican

49	-	Nahum J. Bachelder	January 1, 1903	January 5, 1905	Republican

50	-	John McLane	January 5, 1905	January 3, 1907	Republican

51	-	Charles M. Floyd	January 3, 1907	January 7, 1909	Republican

52	-	Henry B. Quinby	January 7, 1909	January 5, 1911	Republican

53	-	Robert P. Bass	January 5, 1911	January 2, 1913	Republican

54	-	Samuel D. Felker	January 2, 1913	January 1, 1915	Democratic

55	-	Rolland H. Spaulding	January 1, 1915	January 2, 1917	Republican

56	-	Henry W. Keyes	January 2, 1917	January 6, 1919	Republican

57	-	John H. Bartlett	January 6, 1919	January 6, 1921	Republican

58	-	Albert O. Brown	January 6, 1921	January 4, 1923	Republican

59	-	Fred H. Brown	January 4, 1923	January 1, 1925	Democratic

60	-	John Gilbert Winant	January 1, 1925	January 6, 1927	Republican

61	-	Huntley N. Spaulding	January 6, 1927	January 3, 1929	Republican

62	-	Charles W. Tobey	January 3, 1929	January 1, 1931	Republican

(60)	-	John Gilbert Winant	January 1, 1931	January 3, 1935	Republican

63	-	Styles Bridges	January 3, 1935	January 7, 1937	Republican

64	-	Francis P. Murphy	January 7, 1937	January 2, 1941	Republican

65	-	Robert O. Blood	January 2, 1941	January 4, 1945	Republican

66	-	Charles M. Dale	January 4, 1945	January 6, 1949	Republican

67	-	Sherman Adams	January 6, 1949	January 1, 1953	Republican

68	-	Hugh Gregg	January 1, 1953	January 6, 1955	Republican

69	-	Lane Dwinell	January 6, 1955	January 1, 1959	Republican

70	-	Wesley Powell	January 1, 1959	January 3, 1963	Republican

71	-	John W. King	January 3, 1963	January 2, 1969	Democratic

72	-	Walter R. Peterson Jr.	January 2, 1969	January 4, 1973	Republican

73	-	Meldrim Thomson Jr.	January 4, 1973	January 4, 1979	Republican

74	-	Hugh J. Gallen	January 4, 1979	December 29, 1982	Democratic

—	-	Vesta M. Roy	December 29, 1982	January 6, 1983	Republican

75	-	John H. Sununu	January 6, 1983	January 4, 1989	Republican

76	-	Judd Gregg	January 4, 1989	January 2, 1993	Republican

—	-	Ralph D. Hough	January 2, 1993	January 7, 1993	Republican

77	-	Steve Merrill	January 7, 1993	January 9, 1997	Republican

78	JeanneShaheen.JPG	Jeanne Shaheen	January 9, 1997	January 9, 2003	Democratic

79	Gov Craig Benson on 9-11-04.JPG	Craig Benson	January 9, 2003	January 6, 2005	Republican

80	-	John Lynch	January 6, 2005	January 3, 2013	Democratic

81	-	Maggie Hassan	January 3, 2013	January 2, 2017	Democratic

—	-	Chuck Morse	January 3, 2017	January 5, 2017	Republican

82	-	Chris Sununu	January 5, 2017	present	Republican

Sentence(s)

Styles Bridges served one term as the 63rd Governor of New Hampshire.

final_sentence: Styles Bridges served one term as the 63rd Governor of New Hampshire.