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 elections of 1788 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014.

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Paine Wingate	Anti- Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793	1	1	Elected in 1789
1	Paine Wingate	Anti- Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793	2	1	Elected in 1789
2	Samuel Livermore	Pro- Administration	March 4, 1793 – June 12, 1801	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	Federalist	June 17, 1801 – March 3, 1805	7 (Continued)		Elected to finish Livermore's term
3	Simeon Olcott	Federalist	June 17, 1801 – March 3, 1805	8		Elected to finish Livermore's term
4	Nicholas Gilman	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1805 – May 2, 1814	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	Federalist	June 24, 1814 – March 3, 1817	13 (Continued)		Elected to finish Gilman's term
5	Thomas W. Thompson	Federalist	June 24, 1814 – March 3, 1817	14		Elected to finish Gilman's term
6	David L. Morril	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823	15	6	Elected in 1817 Retired
				16
				17
7	Samuel Bell	Adams Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1835	18	7	Elected in 1823
		Adams		19
		Adams		20
		Anti- Jacksonian		21	8	Re-elected in 1829
				22
				23
8	Henry Hubbard	Democratic	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1841	24	9	Elected in 1835 Retired to run for Governor
				25
				26
9	Levi Woodbury	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – November 20, 1845	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 W. Jenness	Democratic	December 1, 1845 – June 13, 1846			Appointed to continue Woodbury's term Lost election to finish Woodbury's term
11	Joseph Cilley	Liberty	June 13, 1846 – March 3, 1847			Elected to finish Woodbury's term Lost election to next term
12	John P. Hale	Free Soil	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853	30	11	Elected in 1846 Retired to run for U.S. President
				31
				32
13	Charles G. Atherton	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – November 15, 1853	33	12	Elected in 1852 Died
Vacant			November 15, 1853 – November 29, 1853	33
14	Jared W. Williams	Democratic	November 29, 1853 – July 15, 1854	33 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Atherton's term
Vacant			July 15, 1854 – July 30, 1855	34
15	John P. Hale	Republican	July 30, 1855 – March 3, 1865	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	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1877	39	14	Elected in 1864
				40
				41
				42	15	Re-elected in 1872
				43
				44
17	Edward H. Rollins	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883	45	16	Elected in 1876 Lost re-election
				46
				47
18	Austin F. Pike	Republican	March 4, 1883 – October 8, 1886	48	17	Elected in 1882 Died
18	Austin F. Pike	Republican	March 4, 1883 – October 8, 1886	49		Elected in 1882 Died
Vacant			October 8, 1886 – November 14, 1886	49
19	Person Colby Cheney	Republican	November 14, 1886 – June 14, 1887	49 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Pike's term Retired when successor qualified
19	Person Colby Cheney	Republican	November 14, 1886 – June 14, 1887	50
20	William E. Chandler	Republican	June 14, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50		Elected to finish Pike's term Legislature failed to re-elect
21	Gilman Marston	Republican	March 4, 1889 – June 18, 1889	51	18	Appointed to start term when legislature failed to elect
22	William E. Chandler	Republican	June 18, 1889 – March 3, 1901	51 (Continued)		Elected in 1889 to finish term
				52
				53
				54	19	Re-elected in 1894 Lost renomination
				55
				56
23	Henry E. Burnham	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1913	57	20	Elected in 1900
				58
				59
				60	21	Re-elected in 1906 Retired
				61
				62
24	Henry F. Hollis	Democratic	March 13, 1913 – March 3, 1919	63	22	Elected in 1912 Retired
				64
				65
25	Henry W. Keyes	Republican	March 4, 1919 – January 3, 1937	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	Styles Bridges	Republican	January 3, 1937 – November 26, 1961	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.	Republican	January 10, 1962 – November 6, 1962			Appointed to continue Bridges's term Lost nomination to finish Bridges's term
28	Thomas J. McIntyre	Democratic	November 7, 1962 – January 3, 1979	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	Republican	January 3, 1979 – December 4, 1990	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	Bob Smith	Republican	December 7, 1990 – January 3, 2003	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	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009	108	37	Elected in 2002 Lost re-election
				109
				110
32	Jeanne Shaheen	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – Present	111	38	Elected in 2008
				112
				113
				114	39	Re-elected in 2014

Class 3

Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for three Congresses of the first elections 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	Pro- Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1801	1	1	Elected in 1789
		Pro- Administration		2
		Anti- Administration		3
		Democratic- Republican		4	2	Re-elected in 1795
				5
				6
2	James Sheafe	Federalist	March 4, 1801 – June 14, 1802	7	3	Elected in 1801 Resigned
Vacant			June 14, 1802 – June 17, 1802	7
3	William Plumer	Federalist	June 17, 1802 – March 3, 1807	7 (Continued)		Elected to finish Sheafe's term Retired
				8
				9
4	Nahum Parker	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1807 – June 1, 1810	10	4	Elected in 1807 Resigned
4	Nahum Parker	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1807 – June 1, 1810	11		Elected in 1807 Resigned
Vacant			June 1, 1810 – June 21, 1810	11
5	Charles Cutts	Federalist	June 21, 1810 – March 3, 1813	11 (Continued)		Elected to finish Parker's term
	Charles Cutts	Federalist	June 21, 1810 – March 3, 1813	12		Elected to finish Parker's term
	Vacant		March 3, 1813 – April 2, 1813	13	5	Legislature failed to elect
	Charles Cutts	Federalist	April 2, 1813 – June 10, 1813	13		Appointed to continue the term caused by the legislature's failure to elect Retired when successor elected
6	Jeremiah Mason	Federalist	June 10, 1813 – June 16, 1817	13 (Continued)		Elected to finish Cutts's term Resigned
				14
				15
Vacant			June 16, 1817 – June 27, 1817	15
7	Clement Storer	Democratic- Republican	June 27, 1817 – March 3, 1819	15 (Continued)		Elected to finish Mason's term
8	John Fabyan Parrott	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1825	16	6	Elected in 1819
		Democratic- Republican		17
		Adams Republican		18
Vacant			March 3, 1825 – March 16, 1825	19	7
9	Levi Woodbury	Jacksonian	March 16, 1825 – March 3, 1831	19 (continued)		Elected in 1825
				20
				21
10	Isaac Hill	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – May 30, 1836	22	8	Elected in 1831 Resigned to become N.H. Governor
				23
				24
Vacant			May 30, 1836 – June 8, 1836	24
11	John Page	Jacksonian	June 8, 1836 – March 3, 1837	24 (Continued)		Elected to finish Hill's term Lost election to full term
12	Franklin Pierce	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – February 28, 1842	25	9	Elected in 1837 Resigned
				26
				27
13	Leonard Wilcox	Democratic	March 1, 1842 – March 3, 1843	27 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Pierce's term Elected to finish Pierce's term
14	Charles G. Atherton	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849	28	10	Elected in 1842
				29
				30
15	Moses Norris, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – January 11, 1855	31	11	Elected in 1848 Died
				32
				33
Vacant			January 11, 1855 – January 16, 1855	33
16	John S. Wells	Democratic	January 16, 1855 – March 3, 1855	33 (Continued)		Appointed to finish Norris's term
Vacant			March 4, 1855 – July 29, 1855	34	12
17	James Bell	Republican	July 30, 1855 – May 26, 1857	34		Elected late in 1855 Died
17	James Bell	Republican	July 30, 1855 – May 26, 1857	35		Elected late in 1855 Died
Vacant			May 26, 1857 – June 27, 1857	35
18	Daniel Clark	Republican	June 27, 1857 – July 27, 1866	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	39
19	George G. Fogg	Republican	August 31, 1866 – March 3, 1867	39 (Continued)		Appointed to finish Clark's term Retired
20	James W. Patterson	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873	40	14	Elected in 1867
				41
				42
21	Bainbridge Wadleigh	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879	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	Republican	March 18, 1879 – June 18, 1879			Appointed to fill vacancy caused by legislature's failure to elect Retired
Vacant			June 18, 1879 – June 20, 1879
23	Henry W. Blair	Republican	June 20, 1879 – March 3, 1891	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	Republican	March 4, 1891 – August 17, 1918	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	Republican	September 2, 1918 – November 5, 1918			Appointed to continue Gallinger's term Retired
26	George H. Moses	Republican	November 6, 1918 – March 3, 1933	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	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	73	25	Elected in 1932 Lost re-election
				74
				75
28	Charles W. Tobey	Republican	January 3, 1939 – July 24, 1953	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	Republican	August 14, 1953 – November 7, 1954	83 (continued)		Appointed to continue Tobey's term Lost nomination to finish Tobey's term
30	Norris Cotton	Republican	November 8, 1954 – December 31, 1974	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	Republican	December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975	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	Republican	August 8, 1975 – September 18, 1975	94		Appointed to continue term after contested election
33	John A. Durkin	Democratic	September 18, 1975 – December 29, 1980	94 (Continued)		Won election contest Lost re-election, and resigned early
				95
				96
34	Warren Rudman	Republican	December 29, 1980 – January 3, 1993	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	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2011	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	Republican	January 3, 2011 – Present	112	38	Elected in 2010
				113
				114

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List of United States Senators from New Hampshire

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