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New Hampshire's 1st congressional district

67 members have held this seat since Dec 6, 1847. Now: Chris Pappas D.

Holders
67
43 R · 20 D · 1 I · 1 FS · 1 W · 1 A
Longest tenure
16 years
Chester Earl Merrow
Current
7.8 years
Chris Pappas, since Jan 3, 2019
history/seat/nh-1Every holder, newest first
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186018801900192019401960198020002020Amos Tuck · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · IndependentAmos Tuck · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · Free SoilAmos Tuck · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigGeorge Washington Kittredge · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratJames Pike · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · AmericanJames Pike · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanGilman Marston · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanGilman Marston · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanDaniel Marcy · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · DemocratGilman Marston · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Hart Ela · 1867-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanEllery Albee Hibbard · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Bradbury Small · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Jones · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratFrank Jones · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratJoshua Gilman Hall · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanJoshua Gilman Hall · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanMartin Alonzo Haynes · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanMartin Alonzo Haynes · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanLuther Franklin McKinney · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratAlonzo Nute · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanLuther Franklin McKinney · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratHenry William Blair · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanCyrus Adams Sulloway · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanCyrus Adams Sulloway · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanCyrus Adams Sulloway · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanCyrus Adams Sulloway · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanCyrus Adams Sulloway · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanCyrus Adams Sulloway · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanCyrus Adams Sulloway · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanCyrus Adams Sulloway · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanCyrus Adams Sulloway · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanEugene Elliott Reed · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratCyrus Adams Sulloway · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanCyrus Adams Sulloway · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanSherman Everett Burroughs · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanSherman Everett Burroughs · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Nathaniel Rogers · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratFletcher Hale · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanFletcher Hale · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanFletcher Hale · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Nathaniel Rogers · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Nathaniel Rogers · 1933-03-09 – 1937-01-04 · DemocratAlphonse Roy · 1937-01-05 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratChester Earl Merrow · 1943-01-06 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanChester Earl Merrow · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanLouis Crosby Wyman · 1963-01-09 – 1965-01-04 · RepublicanJoseph Oliva Huot · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratLouis Crosby Wyman · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanLouis Crosby Wyman · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-01 · RepublicanNorman Edward D’Amours · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratNorman Edward D’Amours · 1979-01-15 – 1985-01-04 · DemocratRobert Smith · 1987-01-06 – 1990-12-08 · RepublicanWilliam H. Zeliff Jr. · 1991-01-03 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanJohn E. Sununu · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanJohn E. Sununu · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanJeb E. Bradley · 2003-01-07 – 2007-01-04 · RepublicanCarol Shea-Porter · 2007-01-04 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratCarol Shea-Porter · 2009-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · DemocratFrank C. Guinta · 2011-01-05 – 2013-01-04 · RepublicanFrank C. Guinta · 2015-01-06 – 2017-01-04 · RepublicanChris Pappas · 2019-01-03 – present · DemocratSherman Everett Burroughs · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanArthur Byron Jenks · 1937-01-05 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Smith · 1985-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanCarol Shea-Porter · 2013-01-03 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratCarol Shea-Porter · 2017-01-03 – 2019-01-04 · Democrat
Chris Pappas D
Jan 3, 2019 – present · 7.8 years
Carol Shea-Porter D
Jan 3, 2017 – Jan 4, 2019 · 2 years
Frank C. Guinta R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2017 · 2 years
Carol Shea-Porter D
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 years
Frank C. Guinta R
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2013 · 2 years
Carol Shea-Porter D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2011 · 2 years
Carol Shea-Porter D
Jan 4, 2007 – Jan 4, 2009 · 2 years
Jeb E. Bradley R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2007 · 4 years
John E. Sununu R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
John E. Sununu R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
William H. Zeliff Jr. R
Jan 3, 1991 – Jan 4, 1997 · 6 years
Robert Smith R
Jan 6, 1987 – Dec 8, 1990 · 3.9 years
Robert Smith R
Jan 3, 1985 – Jan 4, 1987 · 2 years
Norman Edward D’Amours D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1985 · 6 years
Norman Edward D’Amours D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Louis Crosby Wyman R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 1, 1975 · 3.9 years
Louis Crosby Wyman R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Joseph Oliva Huot D
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
Louis Crosby Wyman R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1965 · 2 years
Chester Earl Merrow R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Chester Earl Merrow R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1959 · 16 years
Alphonse Roy D
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1939 · 2 years
Arthur Byron Jenks R
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1943 · 6 years
William Nathaniel Rogers D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1937 · 3.8 years
William Nathaniel Rogers D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Fletcher Hale R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Fletcher Hale R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Fletcher Hale R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
William Nathaniel Rogers D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Sherman Everett Burroughs R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Sherman Everett Burroughs R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Cyrus Adams Sulloway R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Sherman Everett Burroughs R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Cyrus Adams Sulloway R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Eugene Elliott Reed D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Cyrus Adams Sulloway R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Cyrus Adams Sulloway R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Cyrus Adams Sulloway R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Cyrus Adams Sulloway R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Cyrus Adams Sulloway R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Cyrus Adams Sulloway R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Cyrus Adams Sulloway R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Cyrus Adams Sulloway R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Cyrus Adams Sulloway R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Henry William Blair R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Luther Franklin McKinney D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Alonzo Nute R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Luther Franklin McKinney D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Martin Alonzo Haynes R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Martin Alonzo Haynes R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Joshua Gilman Hall R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Joshua Gilman Hall R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Frank Jones D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Frank Jones D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
William Bradbury Small R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Ellery Albee Hibbard D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Jacob Hart Ela R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1871 · 4 years
Gilman Marston R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
Daniel Marcy D
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Gilman Marston R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Gilman Marston R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
James Pike R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
James Pike A
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
George Washington Kittredge D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Amos Tuck W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Amos Tuck FS
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Amos Tuck I
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.