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U.S. Senate seat, New Hampshire (class 2)

44 members have held this seat since Mar 4, 1789. Now: Jeanne Shaheen D.

Holders
44
25 R · 10 D · 4 F · 1 AA · 1 A · 1 U · 1 L · 1 FS
Longest tenure
19 years
Henry Styles Bridges
Current
12 years
Jeanne Shaheen, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/nh-sen-2Every holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Paine Wingate · 1789-03-04 – 1793-03-04 · Anti-AdministrationSamuel Livermore · 1793-12-02 – 1799-03-04 · FederalistSamuel Livermore · 1799-12-02 – 1802-01-01 · FederalistNicholas Gilman · 1805-12-02 – 1811-03-04 · RepublicanNicholas Gilman · 1811-11-04 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanDavid Lawrence Morril · 1817-12-01 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Bell · 1823-12-01 – 1829-03-04 · AdamsSamuel Bell · 1829-12-07 – 1835-03-04Henry Hubbard · 1835-12-07 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratLevi Woodbury · 1841-05-31 – 1846-01-01 · DemocratJoseph Cilley · 1846-01-01 – 1847-03-04 · LibertyJohn Parker Hale · 1847-12-06 – 1853-03-04 · Free SoilCharles Gordon Atherton · 1853-12-05 – 1854-01-01 · DemocratJohn Parker Hale · 1855-12-03 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Parker Hale · 1859-12-05 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanAaron Harrison Cragin · 1865-12-04 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Henry Rollins · 1877-10-15 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanAustin Franklin Pike · 1883-12-03 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Eaton Chandler · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanGilman Marston · 1889-12-02 – 1890-01-01 · RepublicanWilliam Eaton Chandler · 1895-12-02 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Eben Burnham · 1901-12-02 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Eben Burnham · 1907-12-02 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanHenry French Hollis · 1913-04-07 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratHenry Wilder Keyes · 1919-05-19 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Wilder Keyes · 1925-12-07 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Wilder Keyes · 1931-12-07 – 1937-01-04 · RepublicanHenry Styles Bridges · 1937-01-05 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanHenry Styles Bridges · 1943-01-06 – 1961-11-27 · RepublicanMaurice J. Murphy Jr. · 1961-12-07 – 1962-11-07 · RepublicanThomas James McIntyre · 1962-11-07 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratThomas James McIntyre · 1967-01-10 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratGordon John Humphrey · 1979-01-15 – 1990-12-05 · RepublicanRobert Smith · 1990-12-07 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Smith · 1997-01-07 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanJohn E. Sununu · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanJeanne Shaheen · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratJeanne Shaheen · 2015-01-06 – present · DemocratSimeon Olcott · 1801-12-07 – 1805-03-04 · FederalistThomas Weston Thompson · 1814-01-01 – 1817-03-04 · FederalistBenning Wentworth Jenness · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratJared Warner Williams · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratPerson Colby Cheney · 1886-01-01 – 1888-01-01 · RepublicanWilliam Eaton Chandler · 1889-12-02 – 1895-03-04 · Republican
Jeanne Shaheen D
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Jeanne Shaheen D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
John E. Sununu R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Robert Smith R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 2003 · 6 years
Robert Smith R
Dec 7, 1990 – Jan 4, 1997 · 6.1 years
Gordon John Humphrey R
Jan 15, 1979 – Dec 5, 1990 · 12 years
Thomas James McIntyre D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1979 · 12 years
Thomas James McIntyre D
Nov 7, 1962 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4.2 years
Maurice J. Murphy Jr. R
Dec 7, 1961 – Nov 7, 1962 · 11 months
Henry Styles Bridges R
Jan 6, 1943 – Nov 27, 1961 · 19 years
Henry Styles Bridges R
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1943 · 6 years
Henry Wilder Keyes R
Dec 7, 1931 – Jan 4, 1937 · 5.1 years
Henry Wilder Keyes R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 4, 1931 · 5.2 years
Henry Wilder Keyes R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1925 · 5.8 years
Henry French Hollis D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1919 · 5.9 years
Henry Eben Burnham R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1913 · 5.3 years
Henry Eben Burnham R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1907 · 5.3 years
William Eaton Chandler R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1901 · 5.3 years
Gilman Marston R
Dec 2, 1889 – Jan 1, 1890 · 30 days
William Eaton Chandler R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1895 · 5.3 years
William Eaton Chandler R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Person Colby Cheney R
Jan 1, 1886 – Jan 1, 1888 · 2 years
Austin Franklin Pike R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1887 · 3.2 years
Edward Henry Rollins R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1883 · 5.4 years
Aaron Harrison Cragin R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1877 · 11 years
John Parker Hale R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1865 · 5.2 years
John Parker Hale R
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1859 · 3.2 years
Charles Gordon Atherton D
Dec 5, 1853 – Jan 1, 1854 · 27 days
Jared Warner Williams D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
John Parker Hale FS
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1853 · 5.2 years
Joseph Cilley L
Jan 1, 1846 – Mar 4, 1847 · 14 months
Benning Wentworth Jenness D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Levi Woodbury D
May 31, 1841 – Jan 1, 1846 · 4.6 years
Henry Hubbard D
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1841 · 5.2 years
Samuel Bell
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1835 · 5.2 years
Samuel Bell A
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1829 · 5.3 years
David Lawrence Morril R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1823 · 5.3 years
Thomas Weston Thompson F
Jan 1, 1814 – Mar 4, 1817 · 3.2 years
Nicholas Gilman R
Nov 4, 1811 – Mar 4, 1815 · 3.3 years
Nicholas Gilman R
Dec 2, 1805 – Mar 4, 1811 · 5.3 years
Simeon Olcott F
Dec 7, 1801 – Mar 4, 1805 · 3.2 years
Samuel Livermore F
Dec 2, 1799 – Jan 1, 1802 · 2.1 years
Samuel Livermore F
Dec 2, 1793 – Mar 4, 1799 · 5.3 years
Paine Wingate AA
Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1793 · 4 years

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