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U.S. Senate seat, New Hampshire (class 3)

49 members have held this seat since Mar 4, 1789. Now: Margaret Wood Hassan D.

Holders
49
34 R · 8 D · 3 F · 3 J · 1 DR
Longest tenure
15 years
Charles William Tobey
Current
9.8 years
Margaret Wood Hassan, since Jan 3, 2017
history/seat/nh-sen-3Every holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020John Langdon · 1789-03-04 – 1795-03-04 · Democratic RepublicanJohn Langdon · 1795-12-07 – 1801-03-04 · RepublicanJames Sheafe · 1801-12-07 – 1803-03-04 · FederalistNahum Parker · 1807-10-26 – 1811-03-04 · RepublicanJeremiah Mason · 1813-05-24 – 1818-01-01 · FederalistJohn Fabyan Parrott · 1819-12-06 – 1825-03-04 · RepublicanLevi Woodbury · 1825-12-05 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonIsaac Hill · 1831-12-05 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonFranklin Pierce · 1837-09-04 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratCharles Gordon Atherton · 1843-12-04 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratMoses Norris Jr. · 1849-12-03 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratJohn Sullivan Wells · 1855-12-03 – 1856-01-01 · DemocratDaniel Clark · 1857-12-07 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanDaniel Clark · 1861-07-04 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanJames Willis Patterson · 1867-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanBainbridge Wadleigh · 1873-12-01 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Henry Bell · 1879-03-18 – 1880-01-01 · RepublicanHenry William Blair · 1885-12-07 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Harold Gallinger · 1891-12-07 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Harold Gallinger · 1897-03-15 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Harold Gallinger · 1903-11-09 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Harold Gallinger · 1909-03-15 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Harold Gallinger · 1915-12-06 – 1918-08-18 · RepublicanIrving Webster Drew · 1918-09-02 – 1918-11-06 · RepublicanGeorge Higgins Moses · 1918-11-06 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Higgins Moses · 1921-04-11 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanGeorge Higgins Moses · 1927-12-05 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanFred Herbert Brown · 1933-03-09 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratRobert William Upton · 1953-08-14 – 1954-11-08 · RepublicanNorris H. Cotton · 1954-11-08 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanNorris H. Cotton · 1963-01-09 – 1975-01-01 · RepublicanNorris H. Cotton · 1975-08-08 – 1975-09-19 · RepublicanWarren Bruce Rudman · 1980-12-29 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanWarren Bruce Rudman · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · RepublicanJudd A. Gregg · 1993-01-05 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanJudd A. Gregg · 1999-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · RepublicanKelly Ayotte · 2011-01-05 – 2017-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Plumer · 1802-01-01 – 1807-03-04 · FederalistCharles Cutts · 1810-01-01 – 1813-03-04 · RepublicanClement Storer · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Page · 1836-01-01 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonLeonard Wilcox · 1842-01-01 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratJames Bell · 1855-12-03 – 1858-01-01 · RepublicanGeorge Gilman Fogg · 1866-01-01 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanHenry William Blair · 1879-03-18 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanCharles William Tobey · 1939-01-03 – 1953-07-25 · RepublicanLouis Crosby Wyman · 1974-12-31 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Anthony Durkin · 1975-09-18 – 1980-12-30 · DemocratMargaret Wood Hassan · 2017-01-03 – present · Democrat
Margaret Wood Hassan D
Jan 3, 2017 – present · 9.8 years
Kelly Ayotte R
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2017 · 6 years
Judd A. Gregg R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2011 · 12 years
Judd A. Gregg R
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1999 · 6 years
Warren Bruce Rudman R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Warren Bruce Rudman R
Dec 29, 1980 – Jan 4, 1987 · 6 years
John Anthony Durkin D
Sep 18, 1975 – Dec 30, 1980 · 5.3 years
Norris H. Cotton R
Aug 8, 1975 – Sep 19, 1975 · 42 days
Louis Crosby Wyman R
Dec 31, 1974 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 days
Norris H. Cotton R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 1, 1975 · 12 years
Norris H. Cotton R
Nov 8, 1954 – Jan 4, 1963 · 8.2 years
Robert William Upton R
Aug 14, 1953 – Nov 8, 1954 · 15 months
Charles William Tobey R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jul 25, 1953 · 15 years
Fred Herbert Brown D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1939 · 5.8 years
George Higgins Moses R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1933 · 5.2 years
George Higgins Moses R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 5, 1927 · 5.9 years
George Higgins Moses R
Nov 6, 1918 – Mar 4, 1921 · 2.3 years
Irving Webster Drew R
Sep 2, 1918 – Nov 6, 1918 · 2 months
Jacob Harold Gallinger R
Dec 6, 1915 – Aug 18, 1918 · 2.7 years
Jacob Harold Gallinger R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1915 · 6 years
Jacob Harold Gallinger R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1909 · 5.3 years
Jacob Harold Gallinger R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1903 · 6 years
Jacob Harold Gallinger R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1897 · 5.2 years
Henry William Blair R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1891 · 5.2 years
Charles Henry Bell R
Mar 18, 1879 – Jan 1, 1880 · 9 months
Henry William Blair R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1885 · 6 years
Bainbridge Wadleigh R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1879 · 5.3 years
James Willis Patterson R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1873 · 6 years
George Gilman Fogg R
Jan 1, 1866 – Mar 4, 1867 · 14 months
Daniel Clark R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1867 · 5.7 years
Daniel Clark R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1861 · 3.2 years
John Sullivan Wells D
Dec 3, 1855 – Jan 1, 1856 · 29 days
James Bell R
Dec 3, 1855 – Jan 1, 1858 · 2.1 years
Moses Norris Jr. D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1855 · 5.2 years
Charles Gordon Atherton D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1849 · 5.2 years
Leonard Wilcox D
Jan 1, 1842 – Mar 4, 1843 · 14 months
Franklin Pierce D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1843 · 5.5 years
John Page J
Jan 1, 1836 – Mar 4, 1837 · 14 months
Isaac Hill J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1837 · 5.2 years
Levi Woodbury J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1831 · 5.2 years
John Fabyan Parrott R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1825 · 5.2 years
Clement Storer R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
Jeremiah Mason F
May 24, 1813 – Jan 1, 1818 · 4.6 years
Charles Cutts R
Jan 1, 1810 – Mar 4, 1813 · 3.2 years
Nahum Parker R
Oct 26, 1807 – Mar 4, 1811 · 3.4 years
William Plumer F
Jan 1, 1802 – Mar 4, 1807 · 5.2 years
James Sheafe F
Dec 7, 1801 – Mar 4, 1803 · 15 months
John Langdon R
Dec 7, 1795 – Mar 4, 1801 · 5.2 years
John Langdon DR
Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1795 · 6 years

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