List of speakers of the New Hampshire House of Representatives

The following is a list of speakers of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from colonial period and since statehood in 1788.

Speaker of New Hampshire House of Representatives
Incumbent
Sherman Packard
since January 6, 2021
StatusPresiding officer
SeatNew Hampshire State House, Concord
AppointerNew Hampshire House of Representatives
Inaugural holderRichard Waldron Jr.

Colonial period

SpeakerTermPartyResidenceNotes
Richard Waldron Jr.1684–1692Portsmouth[1]
Richard Martin1692Portsmouth[1]
John Gilman1692–1693Exeter[1]
John Pickering1693–1695Portsmouth[1]
George Jaffrey1695–1696Portsmouth[1]
John Plaisted1696–1697Portsmouth[1]
John Pickering1697–1698Portsmouth[1]
Henry Dow1698Hampton[1]
John Pickering1698–1699Portsmouth[1]
Samuel Penhallow1699–1702Portsmouth[1]
John Pickering1702Portsmouth[1]
Daniel Tilton1702–1703Hampton[1]
John Pickering1703–1709Portsmouth[1]
Mark Hunking1709–1710Portsmouth[1]
Richard Garrish1710–1717Portsmouth[1]
John Plaisted1717Portsmouth[1]
Thomas Packer1717–1719Portsmouth[1]
Joshua Pierce1719–1722Portsmouth[1]
Peter Weare1722–1727Hampton Falls[1]
Nathaniel Weare1727–1728Hampton Falls[1]
Andrew Wiggin1728–1745Stratham[1]
Nathaniel Rogers1745Portsmouth[1]
Ebenezer Stevens1745–1749Kingston[1]
Richard Waldron1749–1752Hampton[1]
Meshech Weare1752–1755Hampton Falls[1]
Peter Sherburne1755–1765Portsmouth[1]
Peter Gilman1765–1771Exeter[1]
John Wentworth1771–1776Somersworth[1]
Phillips White1776South Hampton[1]
John Langdon1776–1782Portsmouth[1]
John Dudley1782–1784Raymond[1]
George Atkinson1784–1785Portsmouth[1]
John Sullivan1785–1786Durham[1]
John Langdon1786–1787Portsmouth[1]
John Sparhawk1787Portsmouth[1]

Since statehood

SpeakerTermPartyResidenceNotes
Thomas Bartlett1787–1791Nottingham[1]
William Plumer1791–1793Epping[1]
Nathaniel Peabody1793–1794Atkinson[1]
John Prentice1794–1795Langdon[1]
Russell Freeman1795–1797Hanover[1]
William Plumer1797–1798Epping[1]
John Prentice1798–1805Langdon[1]
Samuel Bell1805–1807Chester[1]
Charles Cutts1807–1809Portsmouth[1]
George B. Upham1809–1810Claremont[1]
Charles Cutts1810–1811Portsmouth[1]
Clement Storer1811–1813Portsmouth[1]
Thomas W. Thompson1813–1815Concord[1]
George B. Upham1815–1816Claremont[1]
David L. Morrill1816–1817Concord[1]
Henry B. Chase1817–1818Warner[1]
Matthew Harvey1818–1821Hopkinton[1]
Ichabod Bartlett1821–1822Dover[1]
Charles Woodman1822–1823Bridgwater[1]
Andrew Pierce1823DemocraticDover[1]
Edmund Parker1823–1825DemocraticNashua[1]
Levi Woodbury1825DemocraticPortsmouth[1]
Henry Hubbard1825–1828DemocraticCharlestown[1]
James Wilson Jr.1828–1829DemocraticKeene[1]
James B. Thornton1827–1829DemocraticMerrimack[1]
Samuel Webster1829–1831DemocraticKingston[1]
Franklin Pierce1831–1833DemocraticHillsborough[1]
Charles G. Atherton1835–1837DemocraticNashua[1]
Ira A. Eastman1837–1839DemocraticGilmanton[1]
Moses Norris Jr.1839–1841DemocraticPittsfield[1]
John S. Wells1841–1842DemocraticLancaster[1]
Samuel Swasey1842–1844DemocraticHaverhill[1]
Harry Hibbard1844–1846DemocraticBath[1]
John P. Hale1846–1847DemocraticDover[1]
Moses Norris Jr.1847–1848DemocraticPittsfield[1]
Samuel H. Ayer1848–1850Hillsborough[1]
Nathaniel B. Baker1850–1852DemocraticConcord[1]
George W. Kittredge1852–1853DemocraticNewmarket[1]
Jonathan Everett Sargent1853–1854RepublicanWentworth[1]
Francis R. Chase1854–1855RepublicanNorthfield[1]
John J. Prentiss1855–1856RepublicanClaremont[1]
Edward H. Rollins1856–1858RepublicanConcord[1]
Napolean B. Bryant1858–1860RepublicanPlymouth[1]
Charles H. Bell1860–1861RepublicanExeter[1]
Edward A. Rollins1861–1863RepublicanGreat Falls[1]
William E. Chandler1863–1865RepublicanConcord[1]
Austin F. Pike1865–1867RepublicanFranklin[1]
Simon G. Griffin1867–1869RepublicanKeene[1]
Samuel M. Wheeler1869–1871RepublicanDover[1]
William H. Gove1871–1872RepublicanWeare[1]
Asa Fowler1872–1873RepublicanConcord[1]
James Emery1873–1874RepublicanHudson[1]
Albert R. Hatch1874–1875RepublicanPortsmouth[1]
Charles P. Sanborn1875–1877RepublicanConcord[1]
Augustus A. Woolson1877–1879RepublicanLisbon[1]
Henry H. Huse1879–1881RepublicanManchester[1]
Chester B. Jordan1881–1883RepublicanLancaster[1]
Samuel C. Eastman1883–1885RepublicanConcord[1]
Edgar Aldrich1885–1887RepublicanColebrook[1]
Alvin Burleigh1887–1889RepublicanPlymouth[1]
Hiram D. Upton1889–1891RepublicanJaffrey[1]
Frank G. Clarke1891–1893RepublicanPeterborough[1]
Robert N. Chamberlain1893–1895RepublicanBerlin[1]
Stephen S. Jewett1895–1897RepublicanLaconia[1]
James F. Briggs1897–1899RepublicanManchester[1]
Frank D. Currier1899–1901RepublicanCanaan[1]
Cyrus H. Little1901–1903RepublicanManchester[1]
Harry N. Cheney1903–1905RepublicanLebanon[1]
Rufus N. Elwell1905–1907RepublicanExeter[1]
Bertram Ellis1907–1909RepublicanKeene[1]
Frank A. Musgrove1911–1913RepublicanHanover[1][2]
William J. Britton1913–1915RepublicanWolfeboro[2]
Olin H. Chase1915RepublicanNewport[2][1]
Edwin C. Bean1915RepublicanBelmont[2][1]
Arthur P. Morrill1915–1919RepublicanConcord[2][1]
Charles W. Tobey1919–1921RepublicanTemple[2][1]
Fred A. Jones1921–1923RepublicanLebanon[2][1]
William J. Ahern1923–1925DemocraticConcord[2][1]
George A. Wood1925–1927RepublicanPortsmouth[2][1]
Harold K. Davison1927–1929RepublicanHaverhill[2][1]
George A. Foster1929–1931RepublicanConcord[2][1]
Harold M. Smith1931–1933RepublicanPortsmouth[2][1]
Louis P. Elkins1933–1935RepublicanConcord[2][1]
Amos N. Blandin1935–1937DemocraticBath[2][1]
Oren V. Handerson1937–1939RepublicanDurham[2][1]
Ansel N. Sanborn1939–1941RepublicanWakefield[2][1]
Charles H. Barnard1941–1943RepublicanManchester[2][1]
Sherman Adams1943–1945RepublicanLincoln[2][1]
Norris Cotton1945–1947RepublicanLebanon[2][1]
J. Walker Wiggin1947–1949RepublicanManchester[2][1]
Richard F. Upton1949–1951RepublicanConcord[2][1]
Lane Dwinell1951–1953RepublicanLebanon[2][1]
Raymond K. Perkins1953RepublicanConcord[2][1]
Norman A. McMeekin1954RepublicanHaverhill[2][1]
Charles Griffin1955RepublicanLincoln[2][1]
Doug Scamman Sr.1957–1958RepublicanStratham[2][1]
Stewart Lamprey1959–1965RepublicanMoultonborough[2][1]
Walter R. Peterson Jr.1965–1969RepublicanPeterborough[2]
Marshall W. Cobleigh1969–1973RepublicanManchester[2]
James E. O'Neill1973–1975RepublicanChesterfield[2]
George B. Roberts Jr.1975–1981RepublicanAlton[2]
John B. Tucker1981–1987RepublicanClaremont[2]
Doug Scamman Jr.1987–1990RepublicanStratham[3]
Harold W. Burns1990–1996RepublicanWhitefield[3]
Donna Sytek1996–2000RepublicanSalem[3]
Gene Chandler2000–2004RepublicanBartlett[3]
Doug Scamman Jr.2004–2006RepublicanStratham[3]
Terie Norelli2006–2010DemocraticPortsmouth
William L. O'Brien2010–2012RepublicanMont Vernon
Terie Norelli2012–2014DemocraticPortsmouth
Shawn Jasper2014–2017RepublicanHudson
Gene Chandler2017–2018RepublicanBartlett
Steve Shurtleff2018–2020DemocraticConcord
Dick Hinch2020RepublicanMerrimack
Sherman Packard2021–RepublicanLondonderry

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