List of governors of New Hampshire
| Party | Governors |
| Republican | 52 |
| Democratic | 21 |
| Democratic-Republican | 7 |
| Federalist | 3 |
| Whig | 1 |
| Know Nothing | 1 |
| National Republican | 1 |
| No Party | 2 |
This is a list of Governors of New Hampshire, in the United States. The governor of New Hampshire has a term of two years, and can seek re-election. The original title was President of New Hampshire. It was changed to "governor" during the term of Josiah Bartlett, though the office itself remained the same.
The longest-serving governor in state history is Federalist John Taylor Gilman, who served as governor for 14 years, from 1794 to 1805 and from 1813 to 1816.
List of governors
The last of the colonial governors of New Hampshire fled in 1775.; Parties
| # | Image | Governor | Took office | Left office | Party | Notes |
| 1 | Meshech Weare | June 15, 1776 | June 1, 1785 | Independent | ||
| 2 | John Langdon | June 1, 1785 | June 7, 1786 | Independent | ||
| 3 | John Sullivan | June 7, 1786 | June 4, 1788 | Federalist | ||
| John Langdon | June 4, 1788 | January 22, 1789 | Democratic-Republican | |||
| John Sullivan | January 22, 1789 | June 5, 1790 | Federalist | |||
| 4 | Josiah Bartlett | June 5, 1790 | June 5, 1794 | Democratic-Republican | ||
| 5 | John Taylor Gilman | June 5, 1794 | June 6, 1805 | Federalist | ||
| John Langdon | June 6, 1805 | June 8, 1809 | Democratic-Republican | |||
| 6 | Jeremiah Smith | June 8, 1809 | June 5, 1810 | Federalist | ||
| John Langdon | June 5, 1810 | June 5, 1812 | Democratic-Republican | |||
| 7 | William Plumer | June 5, 1812 | June 3, 1813 | Democratic-Republican | ||
| John Taylor Gilman | June 3, 1813 | June 6, 1816 | Federalist | |||
| William Plumer | June 6, 1816 | June 3, 1819 | Democratic-Republican | |||
| 8 | Samuel Bell | June 3, 1819 | June 5, 1823 | Democratic-Republican | ||
| 9 | Levi Woodbury | June 5, 1823 | June 3, 1824 | Democratic-Republican | ||
| 10 | David L. Morril | June 3, 1824 | June 7, 1827 | Democratic-Republican | ||
| 11 | Benjamin Pierce | June 7, 1827 | June 5, 1828 | Democratic-Republican | ||
| 12 | John Bell | June 5, 1828 | June 4, 1829 | National Republican | ||
| Benjamin Pierce | June 4, 1829 | June 3, 1830 | Democratic | |||
| 13 | Matthew Harvey | June 3, 1830 | February 28, 1831 | Democratic | ||
| — | Joseph M. Harper | February 28, 1831 | June 2, 1831 | Democratic | ||
| 14 | Samuel Dinsmoor | June 2, 1831 | June 5, 1834 | Democratic | ||
| 15 | William Badger | June 5, 1834 | June 2, 1836 | Democratic | ||
| 16 | Isaac Hill | June 2, 1836 | June 5, 1839 | Democratic | ||
| 17 | John Page | June 5, 1839 | June 2, 1842 | Democratic | ||
| 18 | Henry Hubbard | June 2, 1842 | June 6, 1844 | Democratic | ||
| 19 | John H. Steele | June 6, 1844 | June 4, 1846 | Democratic | ||
| 20 | Anthony Colby | June 4, 1846 | June 3, 1847 | Whig | ||
| 21 | Jared W. Williams | June 3, 1847 | June 7, 1849 | Democratic | ||
| 22 | Samuel Dinsmoor Jr. | June 7, 1849 | June 3, 1852 | Democratic | ||
| 23 | Noah Martin | June 3, 1852 | June 8, 1854 | Democratic | ||
| 24 | Nathaniel B. Baker | June 8, 1854 | June 7, 1855 | Democratic | ||
| 25 | Ralph Metcalf | June 7, 1855 | June 4, 1857 | Know Nothing | ||
| 26 | William Haile | June 4, 1857 | June 2, 1859 | Republican | ||
| 27 | Ichabod Goodwin | June 2, 1859 | June 6, 1861 | Republican | ||
| 28 | Nathaniel S. Berry | June 6, 1861 | June 3, 1863 | Republican | ||
| 29 | Joseph A. Gilmore | June 3, 1863 | June 8, 1865 | Republican | ||
| 30 | Frederick Smyth | June 8, 1865 | June 6, 1867 | Republican | ||
| 31 | Walter Harriman | June 6, 1867 | June 3, 1869 | Republican | ||
| 32 | Onslow Stearns | June 3, 1869 | June 8, 1871 | Republican | ||
| 33 | James A. Weston | June 8, 1871 | June 6, 1872 | Democratic | ||
| 34 | Ezekiel A. Straw | June 6, 1872 | June 3, 1874 | Republican | ||
| James A. Weston | June 3, 1874 | June 10, 1875 | Democratic | |||
| 35 | Person C. Cheney | June 10, 1875 | June 7, 1877 | Republican | ||
| 36 | Benjamin F. Prescott | June 7, 1877 | June 5, 1879 | Republican | ||
| 37 | Natt Head | June 5, 1879 | June 2, 1881 | Republican | ||
| 38 | Charles H. Bell | June 2, 1881 | June 7, 1883 | Republican | ||
| 39 | Samuel W. Hale | June 7, 1883 | June 4, 1885 | Republican | ||
| 40 | Moody Currier | June 4, 1885 | June 2, 1887 | Republican | ||
| 41 | Charles H. Sawyer | June 2, 1887 | June 6, 1889 | Republican | ||
| 42 | David H. Goodell | June 6, 1889 | January 8, 1891 | Republican | ||
| 43 | Hiram A. Tuttle | January 8, 1891 | January 5, 1893 | Republican | ||
| 44 | John Butler Smith | January 5, 1893 | January 3, 1895 | Republican | ||
| 45 | Charles A. Busiel | January 3, 1895 | January 7, 1897 | Republican | ||
| 46 | George A. Ramsdell | January 7, 1897 | January 5, 1899 | Republican | ||
| 47 | Frank W. Rollins | January 5, 1899 | January 3, 1901 | Republican | ||
| 48 | Chester B. Jordan | January 3, 1901 | January 1, 1903 | Republican | ||
| 49 | Nahum J. Bachelder | January 1, 1903 | January 5, 1905 | Republican | ||
| 50 | John McLane | January 5, 1905 | January 3, 1907 | Republican | ||
| 51 | Charles M. Floyd | January 3, 1907 | January 7, 1909 | Republican | ||
| 52 | Henry B. Quinby | January 7, 1909 | January 5, 1911 | Republican | ||
| 53 | Robert P. Bass | January 5, 1911 | January 2, 1913 | Republican | ||
| 54 | Samuel D. Felker | January 2, 1913 | January 1, 1915 | Democratic | ||
| 55 | Rolland H. Spaulding | January 1, 1915 | January 2, 1917 | Republican | ||
| 56 | Henry W. Keyes | January 2, 1917 | January 6, 1919 | Republican | ||
| 57 | John H. Bartlett | January 6, 1919 | January 6, 1921 | Republican | ||
| 58 | Albert O. Brown | January 6, 1921 | January 4, 1923 | Republican | ||
| 59 | Fred H. Brown | January 4, 1923 | January 1, 1925 | Democratic | ||
| 60 | John Gilbert Winant | January 1, 1925 | January 6, 1927 | Republican | ||
| 61 | Huntley N. Spaulding | January 6, 1927 | January 3, 1929 | Republican | ||
| 62 | Charles W. Tobey | January 3, 1929 | January 1, 1931 | Republican | ||
| John Gilbert Winant | January 1, 1931 | January 3, 1935 | Republican | |||
| 63 | Styles Bridges | January 3, 1935 | January 7, 1937 | Republican | ||
| 64 | Francis P. Murphy | January 7, 1937 | January 2, 1941 | Republican | ||
| 65 | Robert O. Blood | January 2, 1941 | January 4, 1945 | Republican | ||
| 66 | Charles M. Dale | January 4, 1945 | January 6, 1949 | Republican | ||
| 67 | Sherman Adams | January 6, 1949 | January 1, 1953 | Republican | ||
| 68 | Hugh Gregg | January 1, 1953 | January 6, 1955 | Republican | ||
| 69 | Lane Dwinell | January 6, 1955 | January 1, 1959 | Republican | ||
| 70 | Wesley Powell | January 1, 1959 | January 3, 1963 | Republican | ||
| 71 | John W. King | January 3, 1963 | January 2, 1969 | Democratic | ||
| 72 | Walter R. Peterson Jr. | January 2, 1969 | January 4, 1973 | Republican | ||
| 73 | Meldrim Thomson Jr. | January 4, 1973 | January 4, 1979 | Republican | ||
| 74 | Hugh J. Gallen | January 4, 1979 | December 29, 1982 | Democratic | ||
| — | Vesta M. Roy | December 29, 1982 | January 6, 1983 | Republican | ||
| 75 | John H. Sununu | January 6, 1983 | January 4, 1989 | Republican | ||
| 76 | Judd Gregg | January 4, 1989 | January 2, 1993 | Republican | ||
| — | Ralph D. Hough | January 2, 1993 | January 7, 1993 | Republican | ||
| 77 | Steve Merrill | January 7, 1993 | January 9, 1997 | Republican | ||
| 78 | Jeanne Shaheen | January 9, 1997 | January 9, 2003 | Democratic | ||
| 79 | Craig Benson | January 9, 2003 | January 6, 2005 | Republican | ||
| 80 | John Lynch | January 6, 2005 | January 3, 2013 | Democratic | ||
| 81 | Maggie Hassan | January 3, 2013 | January 2, 2017 | Democratic | ||
| — | Chuck Morse | January 3, 2017 | January 5, 2017 | Republican | ||
| 82 | Chris Sununu | January 5, 2017 | present | Republican |
Succession
Other high offices held
This is a table of congressional and other federal offices held by governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented New Hampshire. * denotes those offices which the governor resigned to take.Living former governors and acting governors of New Hampshire
, there are seven former governors and two former acting governors of New Hampshire who are currently living, the oldest governor being John H. Sununu. The most recent governor of New Hampshire to die was Walter R. Peterson, Jr., on June 2, 2011. The most recently serving governor of New Hampshire to die was Vesta M. Roy, on February 8, 2002.| Governor | Gubernatorial term | Date of birth |
| John H. Sununu | 1983-1989 | |
| Judd Gregg | 1989-1993 | |
| Ralph D. Hough | 1993 | |
| Steve Merrill | 1993-1997 | |
| Jeanne Shaheen | 1997-2003 | |
| Craig Benson | 2003-2005 | |
| John Lynch | 2005-2013 | |
| Maggie Hassan | 2013-2017 | |
| Chuck Morse | 2017 |