List of New Hampshire General Courts

The following is a list of legislative terms of the New Hampshire General Court, the law-making branch of government of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. The legislature continues to operate under the amended New Hampshire Constitution of 1784.

Legislatures

Number	Name	Start date[1]	End date[1]	Last election
1 [2]	1784-1785 New Hampshire General Court	June 2, 1784	February 25, 1785
2 [2]	1785-1786 New Hampshire General Court	June 1, 1785	March 4, 1786
3 [2]	1786-1787 New Hampshire General Court	June 7, 1786	January 18, 1787
4 [2]	1787-1788 New Hampshire General Court	June 6, 1787	February 13, 1788	1787 [3]
5 [2]	1788-1789 New Hampshire General Court	June 4, 1788	February 7, 1789	1788 [3]
6 [2]	1789-1790 New Hampshire General Court	June 3, 1789	January 26, 1790	1789 [3]
7 [2]	1790-1791 New Hampshire General Court	June 2, 1790	February 18, 1791	1790 [3]
8 [2]	1791-1792 New Hampshire General Court	June 1, 1791	January 6, 1792	1791 [3]
9
10 [4]
11 [4]
12 [4]
13 [4]
14 [4]
15 [4]
16 [4]
17 [4]
18 [4]
19 [4]
20 [5]	1811 New Hampshire General Court	June 5, 1811	June 21, 1811	1811 [3]
21 [5]	1812 New Hampshire General Court	June 3, 1812	December 18, 1812	1812 [3]
22 [5]	1813 New Hampshire General Court	June 2, 1813	November 5, 1813	1813 [3]
23 [5]	1814 New Hampshire General Court	June 1, 1814	June 24, 1814	1814 [3]
24 [5]	1815 New Hampshire General Court	June 7, 1815	June 28, 1815	1815 [3]
25 [5]	1816 New Hampshire General Court	June 5, 1816	December 26, 1816	1816 [3]
26 [5]	1817 New Hampshire General Court	June 4, 1817	June 28, 1817	1817 [3]
27 [5]	1818 New Hampshire General Court	June 3, 1818	June 30, 1818	1818 [3]
28 [5]	1819 New Hampshire General Court	June 2, 1819	July 2, 1819	1819 [3]
29 [5]	1820 New Hampshire General Court	June 7, 1820	December 23, 1820	1820 [3]
30 [6]
31 [6]
32 [6]
33 [6]
34 [6]
35 [6]
36 [6]
37 [6]
38 [7]	1829 New Hampshire General Court	June 3, 1829	July 4, 1829
39 [7]	1830 New Hampshire General Court	June 2, 1830	July 3, 1830
40 [7]	1831 New Hampshire General Court	June 1, 1831	July 2, 1831
41 [7]	1832 New Hampshire General Court	June 6, 1832	January 5, 1833
42 [7]	1833 New Hampshire General Court	June 5, 1833	July 6, 1833
43 [7]	1834 New Hampshire General Court	June 4, 1834	July 5, 1834
44 [7]	1835 New Hampshire General Court	June 3, 1835	June 27, 1835
101 ?	1889-1890 New Hampshire General Court	January 1889		November 1888[8]
102 ?	1891-1892 New Hampshire General Court			November 1890
103 ?	1893-1894 New Hampshire General Court			November 1892
104 ?	1895-1896 New Hampshire General Court			November 1894
105 ?	1897-1898 New Hampshire General Court	January 1897		November 3, 1896[9]
106 ?	1899-1900 New Hampshire General Court			November 1898
107 ?	1901-1902 New Hampshire General Court			November 1900
108 ?	1903-1904 New Hampshire General Court	January 1903		November 4, 1902[10]
109 ?	1905-1906 New Hampshire General Court			November 1904
110 ?	1907-1908 New Hampshire General Court			November 1906
111 ?	1909-1910 New Hampshire General Court			November 1908
112 ?	1911-1912 New Hampshire General Court			November 1910
113 ?	1913-1914 New Hampshire General Court	January 1913		November 5, 1912[11]
114 ?	1915-1916 New Hampshire General Court	January 1915		November 3, 1914[12]
119 ?		January 7, 1925		November 1924
134 ?		1955
149	1985-1986 New Hampshire General Court		1986	November 1984
150	1987-1988 New Hampshire General Court		1988	November 1986
151	1989-1990 New Hampshire General Court	December 1988	1990	November 1988
152	1991-1992 New Hampshire General Court		1992	November 1990
153	1993-1994 New Hampshire General Court		1994	November 1992
154	1995-1996 New Hampshire General Court	1995[13]	1996	November 1994
155 [14]	1997-1998 New Hampshire General Court	1997[13]	1998	November 1996
156 [14]	1999-2000 New Hampshire General Court	1999[13]	2000	November 1998
157 [14]	2001-2002 New Hampshire General Court	2001[13]	2002	November 2000
158 [14]	2003-2004 New Hampshire General Court	2003[13]	2004	November 2002
159	2005-2006 New Hampshire General Court[15]	2005 [15]	2006	November 2, 2004 [15]
160 [14]	2007-2008 New Hampshire General Court	December 6, 2006	2008	November 2006
161 [14]	2009-2010 New Hampshire General Court	December 2008	2010	November 2008
162 [14]	2011-2012 New Hampshire General Court	December 2010	2012	November 2, 2010[16]
163 [14]	2013-2014 New Hampshire General Court	December 5, 2012	2014	November 6, 2012[16]
164 [14]	2015-2016 New Hampshire General Court	December 1, 2014	2016	November 4, 2014[16]
165 [14]	2017-2018 New Hampshire General Court	December 7, 2016	2018	November 2016:[17] Senate
166 [14]	2019-2020 New Hampshire General Court	December 5, 2018	2020 [18]	November 6, 2018:[17] House, Senate
167 [14]	2021-2022 New Hampshire General Court	December 2, 2020	2022	November 3, 2020:[17] House, Senate
168 [14]	2023-2024 New Hampshire General Court[19][20]	December 7, 2022	2024 [21]	November 8, 2022:[17] House, Senate
169	2025-2026 New Hampshire General Court	December 2024	2026	November 5, 2024:[16] House, Senate

See also

• List of speakers of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
• List of presidents of the New Hampshire Senate
• Elections in New Hampshire
• List of governors of New Hampshire
• Politics of New Hampshire
• Historical outline of New Hampshire
• Lists of United States state legislative sessions

References

1. "Sessions of the legislature since 1775", New Hampshire Manual for the General Court, 1891, p. 161
2. "Volume 5: First constitutional period 1784-1792", Laws of New Hampshire, 1916 – via Internet Archive
3. "New Hampshire", A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825, Massachusetts: American Antiquarian Society and Tufts Archival Research Center, retrieved 2024-08-20
4. "Volume 7: Second constitutional period, 1801-1811", Laws of New Hampshire, 1918 – via Internet Archive
5. "Volume 8: Second constitutional period, 1811-1820", Laws of New Hampshire, 1920
6. "Volume 9: Second constitutional period, 1821-1828", Laws of New Hampshire, 1921 – via Internet Archive
7. "Volume 10: Second constitutional period, 1829-1835", Laws of New Hampshire, 1922 – via Internet Archive
8. New Hampshire Manual of Useful Information, Manchester, 1889{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
9. New Hampshire Manual for the General Court, 1897
10. New Hampshire Manual for the General Court, 1903
11. New Hampshire Manual for the General Court, 1913
12. New Hampshire Manual for the General Court, 1915
13. Manual of the New Hampshire General Court, retrieved 2024-07-31 – via University of New Hampshire. 1995-2009
14. "New Hampshire House of Representatives: Calendars & Journals", gencourt.state.nh.us, General Court of New Hampshire, retrieved 2024-07-31
15. New Hampshire Manual for the General Court, 2005 – via Internet Archive
16. "New Hampshire General Court", ballotpedia.org, retrieved 2024-08-21
17. "Election results", sos.nh.gov, New Hampshire Secretary of State, retrieved 2024-08-20. 2016-2022
18. "The NH legislature is the third largest in the world. To adhere to social distancing it will meet inside the UNH hockey arena", Boston Globe, May 15, 2020
19. "The researchers behind New Hampshire's laws are busy", Boston Globe, September 12, 2023
20. "Eight bills tackling some of the New Hampshire's quirkier problems", Boston Globe, December 28, 2023
21. Amanda Gokee (August 20, 2024), "'We knew we had to get out': This family fled N.H. over legislation that would restrict their transgender daughter", Boston Globe

Further reading

• Journals of the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire – via HathiTrust. 1861–1966
• Manual for the use of the General Court of New Hampshire – via HathiTrust. 1829–1975

External links

• Digital Public Library of America. Assorted materials related to New Hampshire General Court