New Hampshire Secretary of State

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The Secretary of State office

The Secretary of State of New Hampshire is a constitutional officer in the U.S. state of New Hampshire and serves as the exclusive head of the . The Secretary of State performs duties of both a legislative branch as well as an executive branch officer. The Secretary of State is elected biannually by ballot of all members of the New Hampshire General Court assembled together. The Secretary of State is required to prepare and distribute election–related items as provided in the state Election code. The Secretary of State has the custody of the State Seal. The current Secretary of State is Bill Gardner.

List of officeholders[]

# Name Term of office Party
1 Elias Stileman[1] 1680–1682
2 Richard Chamberlain[2] 1682–1693
3 Thomas Davis 1692–1693
4 Thomas Newton 1693–1696
5 Henry Penny 1696–1697
6 Charles Story 1697–1698
7 Henry Penny 1698
8 Sampson Sheafe 1698–1699
9 Charles Story 1699–1704
10 Samuel Penhallow 1704–1705
11 Charles Story 1705–1719
12 Richard Waldron 1719–1730
13 Richard Waldron Jr. 1730–1741
14 Theodore Atkinson 1741–1762
15 Theodore Atkinson Jr. 1762–1769
16 Theodore Atkinson 1769–1775
17 Ebenezer Thompson 1775–1786
18 Joseph Pearson 1786–1805
19 Philip Carrigan 1805–1809
20 Nathaniel Parker 1809–1810
21 Samuel Sparhawk 1810–1814
22 Albe Cady 1814–1816
23 Samuel Sparhawk 1816–1825
24 Richard Bartlett 1825–1829
25 Dudley S. Palmer 1829–1831
26 Ralph Metcalf 1831–1838 Democratic
27 Josiah Stevens Jr. 1838–1843
# Name Term of office Party
28 Thomas P. Treadwell 1843–1846
29 George G. Fogg 1846 – 1847 Republican
30 Thomas P. Treadwell 1847–1850
31 John L. Hadley 1850–1855
32 Lemuel N. Pattee 1855–1858
33 Thomas L. Tullock 1858–1861
34 Allen Tenney 1861–1865
35 Benjamin Gerrish Jr. 1865
36 Walter Harriman 1865–1867 Union
37 John D. Lyman 1867–1870
38 Nathan W. Gove 1870–1871
39 John H. Goodale 1871–1872
40 Benjamin F. Prescott 1872–1873 Republican
41 William Butterfield 1874–1875
42 Benjamin F. Prescott 1875–1876
43 Ali B. Thompson 1877–1890
44 Clarence B. Randlett 1890–1891
46 Ezra S. Stearns 1891–1899
46 Edward Nathan Pearson 1899–1915 Republican
47 Edwin C. Bean 1915–1923
48 Enos K. Sawyer 1923–1925 Democratic
49 Hobart Pillsbury 1925–1929
50 Enoch D. Fuller 1929–1957
51 Harry E. Jackson 1957–1960
52 Robert L. Stark 1960–1976
53 Bill Gardner 1976–now Democratic

See also[]

  • List of company registers

References[]

  1. ^ Carter, Hosea B., ed. (1891). The New Hampshire Manual for the General Court 1680—1891. Concord: Office of the Secretary of State. p. 120. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  2. ^ Ladd, Karen H., ed. (1991). State of New Hampshire Manual for the General Court (52 ed.). New Hampshire Department of State. p. 94. Retrieved 29 December 2019.

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