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New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district

68 members have held this seat since Dec 6, 1847. Now: Maggie Goodlander D.

Holders
68
53 R · 14 D · 1 A
Longest tenure
10 years
Ann M. Kuster
Current
21 months
Maggie Goodlander, since Jan 3, 2025
history/seat/nh-2Every holder, newest first
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186018801900192019401960198020002020Charles Hazen Peaslee · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratCharles Hazen Peaslee · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratCharles Hazen Peaslee · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Washington Morrison · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratMason Weare Tappan · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · AmericanMason Weare Tappan · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanMason Weare Tappan · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Henry Rollins · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Henry Rollins · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Henry Rollins · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanAaron Fletcher Stevens · 1867-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Newell Bell · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratAustin Franklin Pike · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Newell Bell · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratJames Frankland Briggs · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanJames Frankland Briggs · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanJames Frankland Briggs · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanOssian Ray · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Harold Gallinger · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Harold Gallinger · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanOrren Cheney Moore · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanWarren Fisher Daniell · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratHenry Moore Baker · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Moore Baker · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Gay Clarke · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Gay Clarke · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Dunklee Currier · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Dunklee Currier · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Dunklee Currier · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Dunklee Currier · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Dunklee Currier · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Dunklee Currier · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanRaymond Bartlett Stevens · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratEdward Hills Wason · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Hills Wason · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Hills Wason · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Hills Wason · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Hills Wason · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Hills Wason · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanEdward Hills Wason · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Hills Wason · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Hills Wason · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanCharles William Tobey · 1933-03-09 – 1939-01-04 · RepublicanFoster Waterman Stearns · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · RepublicanNorris H. Cotton · 1947-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · RepublicanPerkins Bass · 1955-01-05 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanPerkins Bass · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanJames Colgate Cleveland · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanJames Colgate Cleveland · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanJames Colgate Cleveland · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanJames Colgate Cleveland · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanJames Colgate Cleveland · 1979-01-15 – 1981-01-04 · RepublicanJudd A. Gregg · 1981-01-05 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanJudd A. Gregg · 1987-01-06 – 1989-01-04 · RepublicanRichard Swett · 1991-01-03 – 1995-01-04 · DemocratCharles F. Bass · 1995-01-04 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanCharles F. Bass · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanCharles F. Bass · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanCharles F. Bass · 2003-01-07 – 2007-01-04 · RepublicanPaul W. Hodes · 2007-01-04 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratPaul W. Hodes · 2009-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · DemocratCharles F. Bass · 2011-01-05 – 2013-01-04 · RepublicanAnn M. Kuster · 2015-01-06 – 2025-01-04 · DemocratFoster Waterman Stearns · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanSherman Adams · 1945-01-03 – 1947-01-04 · RepublicanCharles Gywnne Douglas III · 1989-01-03 – 1991-01-04 · RepublicanAnn M. Kuster · 2013-01-03 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratMaggie Goodlander · 2025-01-03 – present · Democrat
Maggie Goodlander D
Jan 3, 2025 – present · 21 months
Ann M. Kuster D
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2025 · 10 years
Ann M. Kuster D
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 years
Charles F. Bass R
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2013 · 2 years
Paul W. Hodes D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2011 · 2 years
Paul W. Hodes D
Jan 4, 2007 – Jan 4, 2009 · 2 years
Charles F. Bass R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2007 · 4 years
Charles F. Bass R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Charles F. Bass R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Charles F. Bass R
Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 4, 1997 · 2 years
Richard Swett D
Jan 3, 1991 – Jan 4, 1995 · 4 years
Charles Gywnne Douglas III R
Jan 3, 1989 – Jan 4, 1991 · 2 years
Judd A. Gregg R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1989 · 2 years
Judd A. Gregg R
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1987 · 6 years
James Colgate Cleveland R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1981 · 2 years
James Colgate Cleveland R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
James Colgate Cleveland R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
James Colgate Cleveland R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
James Colgate Cleveland R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Perkins Bass R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Perkins Bass R
Jan 5, 1955 – Jan 4, 1959 · 4 years
Norris H. Cotton R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1953 · 6 years
Sherman Adams R
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1947 · 2 years
Foster Waterman Stearns R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Foster Waterman Stearns R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
Charles William Tobey R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1939 · 5.8 years
Edward Hills Wason R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Edward Hills Wason R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Edward Hills Wason R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Edward Hills Wason R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Edward Hills Wason R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Edward Hills Wason R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Edward Hills Wason R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Edward Hills Wason R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Edward Hills Wason R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Raymond Bartlett Stevens D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Frank Dunklee Currier R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Frank Dunklee Currier R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Frank Dunklee Currier R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Frank Dunklee Currier R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Frank Dunklee Currier R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Frank Dunklee Currier R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Frank Gay Clarke R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Frank Gay Clarke R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Henry Moore Baker R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Henry Moore Baker R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Warren Fisher Daniell D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Orren Cheney Moore R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Jacob Harold Gallinger R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Jacob Harold Gallinger R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Ossian Ray R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
James Frankland Briggs R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
James Frankland Briggs R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
James Frankland Briggs R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Samuel Newell Bell D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Austin Franklin Pike R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Samuel Newell Bell D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Aaron Fletcher Stevens R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1871 · 4 years
Edward Henry Rollins R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
Edward Henry Rollins R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Edward Henry Rollins R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Mason Weare Tappan R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Mason Weare Tappan R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Mason Weare Tappan A
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
George Washington Morrison D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Charles Hazen Peaslee D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Charles Hazen Peaslee D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Charles Hazen Peaslee D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months

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