Governors, New Hampshire Almanac
A list of New Hampshire’s chief executives from 1680 to the present. Additional information and their official portraits may be found in The Guide of Likenesses of New Hampshire Officials and Governor’s published by the NH Division of Historical Resources.
| Governor | Birth | Death | Term of Office | Spouse / Partner | Year Married |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Cutt | 1613 | Mar 27 1681 | 1680-81 | na | na |
| Richard Waldron | 1614/15 | Jun 28 1689 | 1681-82 | na | na |
| Edward Cranfield | na | Nov 1700 | 1682-85 | na | na |
| Walter Barefoote | 1636 | 1688/89 | 1685-86 | na | na |
| Joseph Dudley | Sep 23 1647 | Apr 2 1720 | 1686-87 & 1702-16 |
na | na |
| Edmund Andros | Dec 6 1637 | Feb 1714 | 1687-89 | na | na |
| Simon Bradstreet | Mar 1604 | Mar 1697 | 1689-92 | na | na |
| John Usher | Apr 17 1648 | Sep 25 1726 | 1692-97 | na | na |
| William Partridge | ca.1654 | Jan 3 1729 | 1697-98 & 1701-02 |
na | na |
| Samuel Allen | 1636 | May 5 1705 | 1689-99 | na | na |
| Richard Coote | 1636 | May 5 1701 | 1699-1701 | na | na |
| (Earl of Bellomont) George Vaughan |
Apr 13 1676 | Nov 20 1724 | Oct 1715- Oct 1716 |
na | na |
| Samuel Shute | Jan 12 1662 | Apr 15 1742 | 1716-23 | na | na |
| John Wentworth | Jan 16 1671 | Dec 12 1730 | 1723-27 | na | na |
| William Burnet | Mar 1688 | Sep 7 1729 | 1727-29 | na | na |
| Jonathan Belcher | Jan 8 1682 | Aug 31 1757 | 1730-41 | na | na |
| Benning Wentworth | Jul 24 1696 | Oct 14 1770 | 1741-66 | na | na |
| John Wentworth | Aug 9 1737 | Apr 8 1820 | 1767-75 | na | na |
| Governor | Birth | Death | Term of Office | Spouse / Partner | Year Married |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Thornton | ca. 1714 | Jun 24 1803 | 1775-76 | na | na |
| Governor | Birth | Death | Term of Office | Spouse / Partner | Year Married |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meshech Weare | Jan 16 1713 | Jan 14 1786 | 1784-85 | na | na |
| John Langdon | Jun 26 1741 | Sep 18 1819 | 1785-86 & 1788-89 & 1805-09 & 1810-12 |
Elizabeth Sherburne | 1776 |
| John Sullivan | Feb 17 1740 | Jan 23 1795 | 1786-88 & 1789 |
Lydia Remick Worster | 1760 |
| John Pickerning (acting) |
Sep 22 1737 | Apr 11 1805 | Jan 1789- Jun 1789 |
na | na |
| Josiah Bartlett | Nov 21 1729 | May 19 1795 | 1790-94 | Mary Bartlett | 1754 |
| John Taylor Gilman | Dec 19 1753 | Aug 31 1828 | 1794-1805 & 1813-16 |
Debora Folsom Mary Adams Mrs. Charlotte (Peabody) Hamilton |
1776 1792 1814 |
| Jeremiah Smith | Nov 29 1759 | Sep 21 1842 | 1809-10 | Elizabeth Ross Elizabeth Hall |
1797 1831 |
| William Plumer | Jun 25 1759 | Dec 22 1850 | 1812-13 & 1816-19 |
Sally Fowler | 1788 |
| Samuel Bell | Feb 9 1770 | Dec 23 1850 | 1819-23 | Mehitable Bowen Dana Lucy G. Smith |
1797 1828 |
| Levi Woodbury | Dec 22 1789 | Sep 4 1851 | 1823-24 | Elizabeth Williams Clapp | 1819 |
| David Lawrence Morril | Jun 10 1772 | Jan 28 1849 | 1824-27 | Jane Wallace | 1794 |
| Benjamin Pierce | Dec 25 1757 | Apr 1 1839 | 1827-30 | Elizabeth Andrews Anna Kendrich |
1787 1790 |
| John Bell | Jul 20 1765 | Mar 22 1836 | 1828-29 | Persis Thom | 1803 |
| Matthew Harvey | Jun 21 1781 | Apr 7 1866 | 1830-31 | Margaret Rowe | 1811 |
| Joseph Morrill Harper | Jun 21 1787 | Jan 15 1865 | Feb 1831- Dec 1831 |
Elizabeth Clough | 1816 |
| Samuel Dinsmoor | Jul 1 1766 | Mar 15 1835 | 1831-34 | Mary Boyd Reid | 1798 |
| William Badger | Jan 13 1779 | Sep 21 1852 | 1834-36 | Martha Smith Hannah Person Cogswell |
1803 1814 |
| Isaac Hill | Apr 6 1788 | Mar 22 1851 | 1836-39 | Susanna Ayer | 1814 |
| John Page | Mar 21 1787 | Sept 8 1865 | 1839-42 | Hannah Merrill | 1812 |
| Henry Hubbard | May 3 1784 | Jun 5 1857 | 1842-44 | Sally Walker Dean | 1813 |
| John Hardy Steele | Jan 4 1789 | Jul 3 1865 | 1844-46 | Jane Moore Nancy Moore |
1816 1833 |
| Anthony Colby | Nov 13 1792 | Jul 13 1873 | 1846-47 | Mary Everett Mrs. Eliza Messenger Richardson |
1814 1837 |
| Jared Warner Williams | Dec 22 1796 | Sep 29 1864 | 1847-49 | Sarah Hawes Bacon | 1824 |
| Samuel Dinsmoor Jr. | May 8 1799 | Feb 24 1869 | 1849-52 | Anna Eliza Janis Mrs. Catherine Pickman Abbot Fox |
1844 1853 |
| Noah Martin | Jul 26 1801 | May 28 1863 | 1852-54 | Mary Jane Woodbury | 1825 |
| Nathaniel Bradley Baker | Sep 29 1818 | Sep 11 1876 | 1854-55 | Lucretian M Tenbroeck | 1843 |
| Ralph Metcalf | Nov 21 1798 | Aug 26 1858 | 1855-57 | Lucretia Ann Bingham Martha Ann Gilmore |
1835 1843 |
| William Haile | May 1807 | Jul 22 1876 | 1857-59 | Sabrina Shaw Walker | 1828 |
| Ichabod Goodwin | Oct 8 1794 | Jul 4 1882 | 1859-61 | Susan Parker Rice | 1827 |
| Nathaniel Springer Berry | Sep 1 1796 | Apr 27 1894 | 1861-63 | Ruth Smith Mrs. Louise Farley |
1821 1860 |
| Joseph Albree Gilmore | Jun 19 1811 | Apr 17 1867 | 1863-65 | Ann Page Whipple | 1832 |
| Frederick Smyth | Mar 9 1819 | Apr 22 1899 | 1865-67 | Emma Lane Marion Cossar |
1844 1886 |
| Walter Harriman | Apr 8 1817 | Jul 25 1884 | 1867-69 | Apphia K Hoyt Almira Andrews |
1841 1844 |
| Onslow Stearns | Aug 30 1810 | Dec 29 1878 | 1869-71 | Mary Abbot Holbrook | 1845 |
| James Adams Weston | Aug 27 1827 | May 8 1895 | 1871-72 & 1874-1875 |
Anna S Gilmore | 1854 |
| Ezekial Albert Straw | Dec 30 1819 | Oct 23 1882 | 1872-74 | Charlotte Smith Webster | 1842 |
| Person Colby Cheney | Feb 25 1828 | Jun 19 1901 | 1875-77 | S. Anna Moore Mrs. Sarah (White) Keith |
1850 1858 |
| Benjamin Franklin Prescott | Feb 26 1833 | Feb 21 1895 | 1877-79 | Mary Little Noyes | 1869 |
| Natt Head | May 20 1828 | Nov 12 1883 | 1879-81 | Abbie M Sanford | 1863 |
| Charles Henry Bell | Nov 18 1823 | Nov 11 1893 | 1881-83 | Sarah Almira Gilman Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Gay) Gilman |
1847 1867 |
| Samuel Whitney Hale | Apr 2 1823 | Oct 16 1891 | 1883-85 | Emelia M Hay | 1850 |
| Moody Currier | Apr 22 1806 | Aug 23 1898 | 1885-87 | Lucretia Dustin Mary Kidder Hannah Slade |
1836 1847 1869 |
| Charles Henry Sawyer | Mar 30 1840 | Jan 18 1908 | 1887-89 | Susan Ellen Cowan | 1865 |
| David Harvey Goodell | May 6 1834 | Jan 22 1915 | 1889-91 | Hannah Jane Plumer Emma S. McCoy |
1857 ? |
| Hiram Americus Tuttle | Oct 16 1837 | Feb 10 1911 | 1891-93 | Mary C French | 1859 |
| John Butler Smith | Apr 12 1838 | Aug 10 1914 | 1893-95 | Emma Lavendar | 1883 |
| Charles Albert Busiel | Nov 24 1842 | Aug 29 1901 | 1895-97 | Eunice Elizabeth Preston | 1864 |
| George Allen Ramsdell | Mar 11 1834 | Nov 16 1900 | 1897-99 | Eliza D Wilson | 1860 |
| Frank West Rollins | Feb 24 1860 | Oct 27 1915 | 1899-1901 | Katherine W Pecker | 1882 |
| Chester Bradley Jordan | Oct 15 1839 | Aug 24 1914 | 1901-03 | Ida Rose Nutter | 1879 |
| Nahum Josiah Bachelder | Sep 3 1854 | Apr 22 1934 | 1903-05 | Mary Abbie Putney | 1887 |
| John McLane | Feb 27 1852 | Apr 13 1911 | 1905-07 | Ellen L Tuck | 1880 |
| Charles Miller Floyd | Jun 5 1861 | Feb 3 1923 | 1907-09 | Carrie E Atwood | 1886 |
| Henry Brewer Quinby | Jun 10 1846 | Feb 8 1924 | 1909-11 | Octavia M Cole | 1870 |
| Robert Perkins Bass | Sep 1 1873 | Jul 29 1960 | 1911-13 | Edith Harland Bird | 1912 |
| Samuel Demeritt Felker | Apr 16 1859 | Nov 14 1832 | 1913-15 | Mary J Dudley | 1900 |
| Rolland Harty Spaudling | Mar 15 1873 | Mar 14 1942 | 1915-17 | Vera Gowan | 1918 |
| Henry Wilder Keyes | May 23 1862 | Jun 19 1938 | 1917-19 | Frances Parkinson | 1904 |
| John Henry Bartlett | Mar 15 1869 | Mar 19 1952 | 1919-21 | Agnes Page Mildred C. Lawson |
1900 1944 |
| Albert Oscar Brown | Jul 18 1853 | Mar 28 1937 | 1921-23 | Susie Jane Clarke | 1888 |
| Fred Herbert Brown | Apr 12 1879 | Feb 3 1955 | 1923-25 | Edna C McHarg | 1925 |
| John Gilbert Winant | Feb 23 1889 | Nov 3 1947 | 1925-27 & 1931-35 |
Constance Rivington Russell | 1919 |
| Huntley Nowell Spaulding | Oct 30 1869 | Nov 14 1955 | 1927-29 | Harriet Mason | 1901 |
| Charles William Tobey | Jul 22 1880 | Jul 24 1953 | 1929-31 | Francelia M Lovett | 1902 |
| Henry Styles Bridges | Sep 9 1898 | Nov 26 1961 | 1935-37 | Sally Clement Doloris Thauwald |
1928 1944 |
| Francis Parnell Murphy | Aug 16 1877 | Dec 19 1958 | 1937-41 | Mae B Herrick | 1902 |
| Robert Oscar Blood | Nov 10 1887 | Aug 3 1975 | 1941-45 | Pauline Shepard | 1916 |
| Charles Milby Dale | Mar 8 1893 | Sep 25 1978 | 1945-49 | Marion Marvin | 1919 |
| Llewelyn Sherman Adams | Jan 8 1899 | Oct 27 1986 | 1949-53 | Rachel Leona While | 1923 |
| Hugh Gregg | Nov 22 1917 | na | 1953-55 | Catherine M Warner | 1940 |
| Lane Dwinell | Nov 14 1906 | Mar 27 1997 | 1955-59 | Elizabeth Cushman | 1932 |
| Wesley Powell | Oct 13 1915 | Jan 6 1981 | 1959-63 | Beverly Swaine | 1942 |
| John William King | Oct 10 1918 | Aug 9 1996 | 1963-69 | Anna McLaughlin | 1945 |
| Walter Rutherford Peterson | Sep 19 1922 | na | 1969-73 | Dorothy Donovan | 1949 |
| Meldrim Thomson | Mar 8 1912 | na | 1973-79 | Anne Gale Kelley | 1938 |
| Hugh J. Gallen | Jul 24 1924 | Dec 29 1982 | 1979-82 | Irene Carbonneau | 1948 |
| Vesta M. Roy (acting) |
Mar 26 1925 | Feb 9 2002 | Dec 30 1982- Jan 6 1983 |
Albert Roy | na |
| John H. Sununu | Jul 2 1939 | na | 1983-89 | Nancy Hayes | 1958 |
| Judd Gregg | Feb 14 1947 | na | 1989-93 | Kathleen MacLellan | 1973 |
| Ralph Degnan Hough (acting) |
May 21 1943 | na | Jan 2 – Jan 7 1993 | ||
| Stephen E. Merrill | Jun 21 1946 | Sep 5 2020 | 1993-1997 | Heather Walker | 1991 |
| Jeanne (Bowers) Shaheen | Jan 28 1947 | na | 1997-2003 | William | 1969 |
| Craig Benson | na | na | 2003-2004 | Denise | na |
| John Lynch | Nov 25 1952 | na | 2005-2012 | Susan | na |
| Maggie Hassan | Feb 27 1958 | na | 2013-2016 | Thomas | na |
| Chuck Morse (acting) |
na | na | Jan 3 2016 | na | na |
| Christopher T. Sununu | Nov 5 1974 | na | 2017- | Valerie | na |
The New Hampshire Almanac is compiled by the New Hampshire State Library from state statutes and other sources as noted.
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