Natt Head (1828 - 1883) was born at Hooksett (NH). Like John McLane and Moody Currier, Head was first President of the State Senate and then Governor. Head, McLane and Currier have their portraits on both the State House second floor, which is dedicated to the likenesses of governors of New Hampshire, and the third floor, which is dedicated to members of the legislature and others. As a member of the State Senate (1876, 1877; President of the Senate, 1877), Head had his portrait "taken" by Plumber Prescot. As governor (1879 - 1880), Head asked artist U.S. Tenney to paint his portrait.

Natt Head was one of four brothers. Their father was a farmer, and a sawmill owner, and an officer in the state's militia. After completing his education at Pembroke Academy (Pembroke, (NH), Head a age nineteen (1847) took over the family farm and lumber business. He was also Drum major in the 11th regiment of state militia, and later a member of the Amoskeag Veterans, of Manchester (NH).

In 1852, aged twenty-four, Natt Head was joined by one of his brothers in the family business. The two brothers added brickmaking to their lumber business, and Head & Dorst became a major builder of railways and public buildings.

Head entered state politics as a State Representative (1861, 1862), then served as State Adjutant General (1864 - 1870). His annual Reports, containing state military records of veterans and regiments, were enormously popular, and Head became widely known. He won a State Senate seat in 1874, but the victory was nullified on grounds that his name "Natt" was improperly listed on the ballot. Head's political career surmounted this derailing;' he went on to a distinguished New Hampshire political career.