New Hampshire's at-large congressional district

The New Hampshire at-large congressional district is obsolete, with representation having since been divided into districts.

However, from 1789 to 1847, New Hampshire elected members to the United States House of Representatives at-large:

  • From 1789 to 1793, three members represented the state at-large.
  • From 1793 to 1803, four members represented the state at-large.
  • From 1803 to 1813, five members represented the state at-large.
  • From 1813 to 1833, six members represented the state at-large.
  • From 1833 to 1843, five members represented the state at-large.
  • From 1843 to 1847, four members represented the state at-large.
  • In 1847 at-large representation was replaced by four electoral districts.

List of members representing the district
Years & Congresses Seat A Seat B Seat C Seat D Seat E Seat F
Rep. Party Electoral history Rep. Party Electoral history Rep. Party Electoral history Rep. Party Electoral history Rep. Party Electoral history Rep. Party Electoral history
March 4, 1789 –
June 22, 1789		 1st Representative-elect Benjamin West chose not to serve.
Nicholas Gilman		 Pro-Admin Elected in 1789.
Re-elected in 1790.
Re-elected in 1792.
Re-elected in 1794.
Retired.
Samuel Livermore		 Anti-Admin Elected in 1789.
Re-elected in 1790.
Retired.
June 23, 1789 –
March 3, 1791
Abiel Foster		 Pro-Admin Elected to finish West's term.
Lost re-election.
March 4, 1791 –
March 3, 1793		 2nd
Jeremiah Smith		 Pro-Admin Elected in 1790.
Re-elected in 1792.
Re-elected in 1794.
Re-elected in 1796.
Resigned.		 Pro-Admin
March 4, 1793 –
March 3, 1795		 3rd
John Samuel Sherburne		 Anti-Admin Elected in 1792.
Re-elected in 1794.
Retired.
Paine Wingate		 Pro-Admin Elected in 1792.
Lost re-election.
March 4, 1795 –
March 3, 1797		 4th Fed Fed Dem-Rep
Abiel Foster		 Fed Elected in 1794.
Re-elected in 1796.
Re-elected in 1798.
Re-elected in 1800.
Retired.
March 4, 1797 –
July 26, 1797		 5th Jonathan Freeman Fed Elected in 1796.
Re-elected in 1798.
Retired.		 William Gordon Fed Elected in 1796.
Re-elected in 1798.
Resigned to become New Hampshire Attorney General.
July 26, 1797 –
December 15, 1797		 Vacant
December 15, 1797 –
March 3, 1799		 Peleg Sprague Fed Elected to finish Smith's term.
Re-elected in 1798, but declined to serve.
March 4, 1799 –
June 12, 1800		 6th
James Sheafe		 Fed Elected to finish Sprague's term.
Retired.
June 12, 1800 –
December 8, 1800		 Vacant
December 8, 1800 –
March 3, 1801
Samuel Tenney		 Fed Elected August 25, 1800 to the next term.
Elected October 27, 1800 to finish Gordon's term.
Re-elected in 1802.
Re-elected in 1804.
Lost re-election.
March 4, 1801 –
?, 1802		 7th George B. Upham Fed Elected in 1800.
Retired.		 Joseph Peirce Fed Elected in 1800.
Resigned.
?, 1802 –
December 6, 1802		 Vacant
December 6, 1802 –
March 3, 1803		 Samuel Hunt Fed Elected August 30, 1802 to finish Peirce's term.
Elected August 30, 1802 to the next term.
Retired.
March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1805		 8th Silas Betton Fed Elected in 1802.
Re-elected in 1804.
Lost re-election.		 David Hough Fed Elected in 1802.
Re-elected in 1804.
Lost re-election.		 Clifton Clagett Dem-Rep Elected in 1802.
Retired.
March 4, 1805 –
March 3, 1807		 9th
Thomas W. Thompson		 Fed Elected in 1804.
Lost re-election.		 Caleb Ellis Fed Elected in 1804.
Lost re-election.
March 4, 1807 –
March 3, 1809		 10th Peter Carleton Dem-Rep Elected in 1806.
Retired.		 Daniel Meserve Durell Dem-Rep Elected in 1806.
Lost re-election.		 Francis Gardner Dem-Rep Elected in 1806.
Lost re-election.		 Jedediah K. Smith Dem-Rep Elected in 1806.
Lost re-election.
Clement Storer		 Dem-Rep Elected in 1806.
Lost re-election.
March 4, 1809 –
March 3, 1811		 11th Daniel Blaisdell Fed Elected in 1808.
Lost re-election.		 John Curtis Chamberlain Fed Elected in 1808.
Retired.		 William Hale Fed Elected in 1808.
Lost re-election.		 Nathaniel Appleton Haven Fed Elected in 1808.
Retired.		 James Wilson Fed Elected in 1808.
Lost re-election.
March 4, 1811 –
March 3, 1813		 12th Josiah Bartlett Jr. Dem-Rep Elected in 1810.
Retired.
Samuel Dinsmoor		 Dem-Rep Elected in 1810.
Lost re-election.		 Obed Hall Dem-Rep Elected in 1811.
Retired.		 John Adams Harper Dem-Rep Elected in 1811.
Lost re-election.		 George Sullivan Fed Elected in 1811.
Retired.
March 4, 1813 –
May 21, 1814		 13th
Bradbury Cilley		 Fed Elected in 1812.
Re-elected in 1814.
Lost re-election.		 Samuel Smith Fed Elected in 1812.
Resigned.[lower-alpha 1]		 William Hale Fed Elected in 1812.
Re-elected in 1814.
Lost re-election.		 Roger Vose Fed Elected in 1812.
Re-elected in 1814.
Lost re-election.
Daniel Webster		 Fed Elected in 1812.
Re-elected in 1814.
Retired.		 Jeduthun Wilcox Fed Elected in 1812.
Re-elected in 1814.
Lost re-election.
May 21, 1814 –
March 3, 1815		 Vacant
March 4, 1815 –
March 3, 1817		 14th Charles Humphrey Atherton Fed Elected in 1814.
Retired.
March 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1819		 15th Josiah Butler Dem-Rep Elected in 1816.
Re-elected in 1819.
Re-elected in 1820.
Retired.		 Nathaniel Upham Dem-Rep Elected in 1816.
Re-elected in 1819.
Re-elected in 1820.
Retired.		 Clifton Clagett Dem-Rep Elected in 1816.
Re-elected in 1819.
Lost re-election.		 Salma Hale Dem-Rep Elected in 1816.
Retired.
Arthur Livermore		 Dem-Rep Elected in 1816.
Re-elected in 1819.
Lost re-election.
John Parrott		 Dem-Rep Elected in 1816.
Retired.
March 4, 1819 –
March 3, 1821		 16th Joseph Buffum Jr. Dem-Rep Elected in 1819.
Retired.
William Plumer Jr.		 Dem-Rep Elected in 1819.
Re-elected in 1820.
Re-elected in 1822.
Retired.
March 4, 1821 –
March 3, 1823		 17th
Matthew Harvey		 Dem-Rep Elected in 1820.
Re-elected in 1822.
Retired.
Aaron Matson		 Dem-Rep Elected in 1820.
Re-elected in 1822.
Retired.		 Thomas Whipple Jr. Dem-Rep Elected in 1820.
Re-elected in 1822.
Re-elected in 1824.
Re-elected in 1827.
Retired.
March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825		 18th Ichabod Bartlett Adams-Clay Dem-Rep Elected in 1822.
Re-elected in 1824.
Re-elected in 1827.
Retired.
Arthur Livermore		 Adams-Clay Dem-Rep Elected on the second ballot in 1823.
Lost re-election.		 Adams-Clay Dem-Rep Adams-Clay Dem-Rep Adams-Clay Dem-Rep Adams-Clay Dem-Rep
March 4, 1825 –
March 8, 1825		 19th Anti-J James Miller was elected in 1824 but declined to serve. Nehemiah Eastman Anti-J Elected in 1824.
Lost re-election.		 Jonathan Harvey Jack Elected in 1824.
Re-elected in 1827.
Re-elected in 1829.
[data unknown/missing]		 Anti-J Late run-off election.
March 8, 1825 –
March 3, 1827
Titus Brown		 Anti-J Elected March 8, 1825 to finish Miller's term.
Re-elected in 1827.
Retired.		 Joseph Healy Anti-J Elected late on the second ballot in 1825.
Re-elected in 1827.
Retired.
March 4, 1827 –
March 3, 1829		 20th David Barker Jr. Anti-J Elected in 1827.
Retired.
March 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1831		 21st John Brodhead Jack Elected in 1829.
[data unknown/missing]		 Thomas Chandler Jack Elected in 1829.
[data unknown/missing]		 Joseph Hammons Jack Elected in 1829.
[data unknown/missing]
Henry Hubbard		 Jack Elected in 1829.
[data unknown/missing]		 John W. Weeks Jack Elected in 1829.
[data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1833		 22nd
Joseph M. Harper		 Jack [data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835		 23rd Benning M. Bean Jack [data unknown/missing] Robert Burns Jack [data unknown/missing]
Franklin Pierce		 Jack [data unknown/missing]
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.		 Seat eliminated
March 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837		 24th
Samuel Cushman		 Jack [data unknown/missing] Joseph Weeks Jack [data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839		 25th
Charles G. Atherton		 Dem [data unknown/missing] James Farrington Dem [data unknown/missing]
Jared W. Williams		 Dem [data unknown/missing] Dem Dem
March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1841		 26th
Edmund Burke		 Dem [data unknown/missing]
Ira Allen Eastman		 Dem [data unknown/missing] Tristram Shaw Dem [data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1843		 27th John Randall Reding Dem [data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845		 28th
Moses Norris Jr.		 Dem [data unknown/missing]
John P. Hale		 Dem [data unknown/missing]
Lost re-election.		 Seat eliminated.
March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1847		 29th Mace Moulton Dem [data unknown/missing] James Hutchins Johnson Dem [data unknown/missing]
Redistricted to the 4th district.		 Vacant.
No candidate received a majority of votes.
Years & Cong
ress		 Rep. Party Electoral history Rep. Party Electoral history Rep. Party Electoral history Rep. Party Electoral history Rep. Party Electoral history Rep. Party Electoral history
Seat A Seat B Seat C Seat D Seat E Seat F

Notes
  1. Samuel Smith's resignation is not mentioned in the Congressional Biography.

References
  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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