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State of New Hampshire
Governors
List of New Hampshire State Governors
| Name | Held Office | Political Party |
| Meshech Weare | Jun 15, 1776 Jun 1, 1785 | No party |
| John Langdon | 1810 Jun 5, 1812 | Democratic-Republican |
| John Sullivan | Jan 22, 1789 Jun 5, 1790 | Federalist |
| Josiah Bartlett | Jun 5, 1790 Jun 5, 1794 | Democratic-Republican |
| John Taylor Gilman | Jun 3, 1813 Jun 6, 1816 | Federalist |
| Jeremiah Smith | Jun 8, 1809 1810 | Federalist |
| William Plumer | Jun 6, 1816 Jun 3, 1819 | Democratic-Republican |
| Samuel Bell | Jun 3, 1819 Jun 5, 1823 | Democratic-Republican |
| Levi Woodbury | Jun 5, 1823 Jun 3, 1824 | Democratic-Republican |
| David L. Morril | Jun 3, 1824 Jun 7, 1827 | Democratic-Republican |
| Benjamin Pierce | Jun 4, 1829 Jun 3, 1830 | Democratic |
| John Bell | Jun 5, 1828 Jun 4, 1829 | National Republican |
| Matthew Harvey | Jun 3, 1830 Feb 28, 1831 | Democratic |
| Joseph M. Harper | Feb 28, 1831 Jun 2, 1831 | Democratic |
| Samuel Dinsmoor | Jun 2, 1831 Jun 5, 1834 | Democratic |
| William Badger | Jun 5, 1834 Jun 2, 1836 | Democratic |
| Isaac Hill | Jun 2, 1836 Jun 5, 1839 | Democratic |
| John Page | Jun 5, 1839 Jun 2, 1842 | Democratic |
| Henry Hubbard | Jun 2, 1842 Jun 6, 1844 | Democratic |
| John H. Steele | Jun 6, 1844 Jun 4, 1846 | Democratic |
| Anthony Colby | Jun 4, 1846 Jun 3, 1847 | Whig |
| Jared W. Williams | Jun 3, 1847 Jun 7, 1849 | Democratic |
| Samuel Dinsmoor, Jr. | Jun 7, 1849 Jun 3, 1852 | Democratic |
| Noah Martin | Jun 3, 1852 Jun 8, 1854 | Democratic |
| Nathaniel B. Baker | Jun 8, 1854 Jun 7, 1855 | Democratic |
| Ralph Metcalf | Jun 7, 1855 Jun 4, 1857 | Know Nothing |
| William Haile | Jun 4, 1857 Jun 2, 1859 | Republican |
| Ichabod Goodwin | Jun 2, 1859 Jun 6, 1861 | Republican |
| Nathaniel S. Berry | Jun 6, 1861 Jun 3, 1863 | Republican |
| Joseph A. Gilmore | Jun 3, 1863 Jun 8, 1865 | Republican |
| Frederick Smyth | Jun 8, 1865 Jun 6, 1867 | Republican |
| Walter Harriman | Jun 6, 1867 Jun 3, 1869 | Republican |
| Onslow Stearns | Jun 3, 1869 Jun 8, 1871 | Republican |
| James A. Weston | Jun 3, 1874 Jun 10, 1875 | Democratic |
| Ezekiel A. Straw | Jun 6, 1872 Jun 3, 1874 | Republican |
| Person C. Cheney | Jun 10, 1875 Jun 7, 1877 | Republican |
| Benjamin F. Prescott | Jun 7, 1877 Jun 5, 1879 | Republican |
| Natt Head | Jun 5, 1879 Jun 2, 1881 | Republican |
| Charles H. Bell | Jun 2, 1881 Jun 7, 1883 | Republican |
| Samuel W. Hale | Jun 7, 1883 Jun 4, 1885 | Republican |
| Moody Currier | Jun 4, 1885 Jun 2, 1887 | Republican |
| Charles H. Sawyer | Jun 2, 1887 Jun 6, 1889 | Republican |
| David H. Goodell | Jun 6, 1889 Jan 8, 1891 | Republican |
| Hiram A. Tuttle | Jan 8, 1891 Jan 5, 1893 | Republican |
| John B. Smith | Jan 5, 1893 Jan 3, 1895 | Republican |
| Charles A. Busiel | Jan 3, 1895 Jan 7, 1897 | Republican |
| George A. Ramsdell | Jan 7, 1897 Jan 5, 1899 | Republican |
| Frank W. Rollins | Jan 5, 1899 Jan 3, 1901 | Republican |
| Chester B. Jordan | Jan 3, 1901 Jan 1, 1903 | Republican |
| Nahum J. Bachelder | Jan 1, 1903 Jan 5, 1905 | Republican |
| John McLane | Jan 5, 1905 Jan 3, 1907 | Republican |
| Charles M. Floyd | Jan 3, 1907 Jan 7, 1909 | Republican |
| Henry B. Quinby | Jan 7, 1909 Jan 5, 1911 | Republican |
| Robert P. Bass | Jan 5, 1911 Jan 2, 1913 | Republican |
| Samuel D. Felker | Jan 2, 1913 Jan 1, 1915 | Democratic |
| Rolland H. Spaulding | Jan 1, 1915 Jan 2, 1917 | Republican |
| Henry W. Keyes | Jan 2, 1917 Jan 6, 1919 | Republican |
| John H. Bartlett | Jan 6, 1919 Jan 6, 1921 | Republican |
| Albert O. Brown | Jan 6, 1921 Jan 4, 1923 | Republican |
| Fred H. Brown | Jan 4, 1923 Jan 1, 1925 | Democratic |
| John Gilbert Winant | Jan 1, 1931 Jan 3, 1935 | Republican |
| Huntley N. Spaulding | Jan 6, 1927 Jan 3, 1929 | Republican |
| Charles W. Tobey | Jan 3, 1929 Jan 1, 1931 | Republican |
| Styles Bridges | Jan 3, 1935 Jan 7, 1937 | Republican |
| Francis P. Murphy | Jan 7, 1937 Jan 2, 1941 | Republican |
| Robert O. Blood | Jan 2, 1941 Jan 4, 1945 | Republican |
| Charles M. Dale | Jan 4, 1945 Jan 6, 1949 | Republican |
| Sherman Adams | Jan 6, 1949 Jan 1, 1953 | Republican |
| Hugh Gregg | Jan 1, 1953 Jan 6, 1955 | Republican |
| Lane Dwinell | Jan 6, 1955 Jan 1, 1959 | Republican |
| Wesley Powell | Jan 1, 1959 Jan 3, 1963 | Republican |
| John W. King | Jan 3, 1963 Jan 2, 1969 | Democratic |
| Walter R. Peterson, Jr. | Jan 2, 1969 Jan 4, 1973 | Republican |
| Meldrim Thomson, Jr. | Jan 4, 1973 Jan 4, 1979 | Republican |
| Hugh J. Gallen | Jan 4, 1979 Nov 30, 1982 | Democratic |
| Vesta M. Roy (acting) | Nov 30, 1982 Jan 6, 1983 | Republican |
| John H. Sununu | Jan 6, 1983 Jan 4, 1989 | Republican |
| Judd Gregg | Jan 4, 1989 Jan 7, 1993 | Republican |
| Steve Merrill | Jan 7, 1993 Jan 9, 1997 | Republican |
| Jeanne Shaheen | Jan 9, 1997 Jan 9, 2003 | Democratic |
| Craig Benson | Jan 9, 2003 Jan 6, 2005 | Republican |
| John Lynch | Jan 6, 2005 Incumbent | Democratic |
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