New Hampshire's 1st congressional district

New Hampshire's 1st congressional district covers parts of Southern New Hampshire and the eastern portion of the state. The district contains parts of Hillsborough, Rockingham, Merrimack, Grafton, and Belknap counties; and the entirety of Strafford and Carroll counties.

New Hampshire's 1st congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
  Chris Pappas
D–Manchester
Distribution
  • 69.55% urban
  • 30.45% rural
Population (2022 [1])703,923
Median household
income		$91,412[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVIEVEN[2]

The district contains Manchester, New Hampshire's most populous city, and its immediate suburbs. Most of the district's population resides in Rockingham County, which includes much of the Seacoast Region. The northern part of the district in Belknap, Carroll, and Grafton counties are far more rural.

The district is home to the University of New Hampshire, the state's largest university. Some of the largest employers in the district are Fidelity Investments, J. Jill, Elliot Health System, and The University System of New Hampshire.[3] It is represented in the United States House of Representatives by Democrat Chris Pappas.

History and composition

This district is competitive, with a Cook Partisan Voting Index of EVEN. During the mid-2000s and the 2010s, the district was extremely competitive, having changed hands in five of the last eight elections, with an incumbent losing reelection each time. The streak was broken in 2020 when incumbent Democrat Chris Pappas won reelection; he later won reelection again in 2022, becoming the first representative elected to a third consecutive term in the district since John E. Sununu. Since 2000, the district has been a presidential bellwether, voting for the winner by narrow margins each time.[4]

The district (2022–) includes:

Election results from statewide races

Election results from presidential races:[5]

Year Office Results
2000 President George W. Bush 49% – Al Gore 46%
2004 President George W. Bush 51% – John Kerry 48%
2008 President Barack Obama 52.8% – John McCain 46.4%
2012 President Barack Obama 50.8% – Mitt Romney 49.1%
2016 President Donald Trump 47.5% – Hillary Clinton 45.9%
2020 President Joe Biden 52.2% – Donald Trump 46.2%

Election results from statewide races:[5]

Year Office Results
2012 Governor Maggie Hassan 53% – Ovide Lamontagne 44%
2014 Governor Maggie Hassan 51% – Walt Havenstein 49%
Senate Scott Brown 51% – Jeanne Shaheen 49%
2016 Governor Chris Sununu 50% – Colin Van Ostern 45%
Senate Kelly Ayotte 49% – Maggie Hassan 47%
2018 Governor Chris Sununu 55% – Molly Kelly 44%
2020 Governor Chris Sununu 67% – Dan Feltes 32%
Senate Jeanne Shaheen 56% – Corky Messner 42%
2022 Senate Maggie Hassan 53% – Don Bolduc 45%

List of members representing the district
Representative Party Years Cong
ress		 Electoral history
District established March 4, 1847

Amos Tuck
(Exeter)		 Independent March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1849		 30th
31st
32nd		 Elected late on March 9, 1847.
Re-elected late on March 13, 1849.
Re-elected late on March 11, 1851.
Lost re-election.
Free Soil March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1851
Whig March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853

George W. Kittredge
(Newmarket)		 Democratic March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855		 33rd Elected late on March 8, 1853.
Lost re-election.

James Pike
(Sanbornton Bridge)		 Know Nothing March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857		 34th
35th		 Elected late on March 13, 1855.
Re-elected late on March 10, 1857.
Retired.
Republican March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859

Gilman Marston
(Exeter)		 Republican March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1863		 36th
37th		 Elected late on March 8, 1859.
Re-elected late on March 12, 1861.
Retired to serve in the Union Army.

Daniel Marcy
(Portsmouth)		 Democratic March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1865		 38th Elected late on March 10, 1863.
Lost re-election.

Gilman Marston
(Exeter)		 Republican March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1867		 39th Elected late on March 14, 1865.
Lost re-election.

Jacob Hart Ela
(Rochester)		 Republican March 4, 1867 –
March 3, 1871		 40th
41st		 Elected late on March 12, 1867.
Re-elected late on March 9, 1869.
Retired.

Ellery Albee Hibbard
(Laconia)		 Democratic March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873		 42nd Elected late on March 14, 1871.
Lost re-election.

William B. Small
(New Market)		 Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875		 43rd Elected late on March 11, 1873.
Retired.

Frank Jones
(Portsmouth)		 Democratic March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1879		 44th
45th		 Elected late on March 9, 1875.
Re-elected late on March 13, 1877.
Retired.

Joshua G. Hall
(Dover)		 Republican March 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1883		 46th
47th		 Elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
Retired.

Martin Alonzo Haynes
(Lake Village)		 Republican March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1887		 48th
49th		 Elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
Lost re-election.

Luther F. McKinney
(Manchester)		 Democratic March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1889		 50th Elected in 1886.
Lost re-election.

Alonzo Nute
(Farmington)		 Republican March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1891		 51st Elected in 1888.
Retired to run for Governor of New Hampshire.

Luther F. McKinney
(Manchester)		 Democratic March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893		 52nd Elected in 1890.
Retired to run for Governor of New Hampshire.

Henry W. Blair
(Manchester)		 Republican March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895		 53rd Elected in 1892.
Retired.

Cyrus A. Sulloway
(Manchester)		 Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1913		 54th
55th
56th
57th
58th
59th
60th
61st
62nd		 Elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Lost re-election.

Eugene Elliott Reed
(Manchester)		 Democratic March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1915		 63rd Elected in 1912.
Lost re-election.

Cyrus A. Sulloway
(Manchester)		 Republican March 4, 1915 –
March 11, 1917		 64th
65th		 Elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Died.
Vacant March 11, 1917 –
May 29, 1917		 65th

Sherman Everett Burroughs
(Manchester)		 Republican May 29, 1917 –
January 27, 1923		 65th
66th
67th		 Elected to finish Sulloway's term.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Retired and died before next term began.
Vacant January 27, 1923 –
March 3, 1923		 67th

William Nathaniel Rogers
(Sanbornville)		 Democratic March 4, 1923 –
March 3, 1925		 68th Elected in 1922.
Lost re-election.

Fletcher Hale
(Laconia)		 Republican March 4, 1925 –
October 22, 1931		 69th
70th
71st
72nd		 Elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Died.
Vacant October 22, 1931 –
January 5, 1932		 72nd

William Nathaniel Rogers
(Sanbornville)		 Democratic January 5, 1932 –
January 3, 1937		 72nd
73rd
74th		 Elected to finish Hale's term.
Re-elected in 1934.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.

Arthur B. Jenks
(Manchester)		 Republican January 3, 1937 –
June 9, 1938		 75th Elected in 1936.
Lost election contest.

Alphonse Roy
(Manchester)		 Democratic June 9, 1938 –
January 3, 1939		 75th Successfully contested Jenks's election.
Lost re-election.

Arthur B. Jenks
(Manchester)		 Republican January 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1943		 76th
77th		 Elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Lost renomination.

Chester Earl Merrow
(Center Ossipee)		 Republican January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1963		 78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th		 Elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.

Louis C. Wyman
(Manchester)		 Republican January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1965		 88th Elected in 1962.
Lost re-election.

Joseph Oliva Huot
(Laconia)		 Democratic January 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1967		 89th Elected in 1964.
Lost re-election.

Louis C. Wyman
(Manchester)		 Republican January 3, 1967 –
December 31, 1974		 90th
91st
92nd
93rd		 Elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Retired to run for U.S. senator and resigned when appointed.[lower-alpha 1]
Vacant December 31, 1974 –
January 3, 1975		 93rd

Norman D'Amours
(Manchester)		 Democratic January 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1985		 94th
95th
96th
97th
98th		 Elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.

Bob Smith
(Tuftonboro)		 Republican January 3, 1985 –
December 7, 1990		 99th
100th
101st		 Elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Resigned when appointed U.S. Senator.
Vacant December 7, 1990 –
January 3, 1991		 101st

Bill Zeliff
(Jackson)		 Republican January 3, 1991 –
January 3, 1997		 102nd
103rd
104th		 Elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Retired to run for Governor of New Hampshire.

John E. Sununu
(Bedford)		 Republican January 3, 1997 –
January 3, 2003		 105th
106th
107th		 Elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.

Jeb Bradley
(Wolfeboro)		 Republican January 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2007		 108th
109th		 Elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Lost re-election.

Carol Shea-Porter
(Rochester)		 Democratic January 3, 2007 –
January 3, 2011		 110th
111th		 Elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Lost re-election.

Frank Guinta
(Manchester)		 Republican January 3, 2011 –
January 3, 2013		 112th Elected in 2010.
Lost re-election.

Carol Shea-Porter
(Rochester)		 Democratic January 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2015		 113th Elected in 2012.
Lost re-election.

Frank Guinta
(Manchester)		 Republican January 3, 2015 –
January 3, 2017		 114th Elected in 2014.
Lost re-election.

Carol Shea-Porter
(Rochester)		 Democratic January 3, 2017 –
January 3, 2019		 115th Elected in 2016.
Retired.

Chris Pappas
(Manchester)		 Democratic January 3, 2019 –
present		 116th
117th
118th		 Elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.

Electoral history

2012
2012 New Hampshire's 1st congressional district election[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Carol Shea-Porter 171,650 49.7
Republican Frank Guinta (incumbent) 158,659 46.0
Libertarian Brendan Kelly 14,521 4.2
n/a Write-ins 192 0.1
Total votes 345,022 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

2014
2014 New Hampshire's 1st congressional district election[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Guinta 125,508 51.7
Democratic Carol Shea-Porter (incumbent) 116,769 48.1
n/a Write-ins 459 0.2
Total votes 242,736 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

2016
2016 New Hampshire's 1st congressional district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Carol Shea-Porter 162,080 44.3
Republican Frank Guinta (incumbent) 157,176 42.9
Independent Shawn O' Connor 34,735 9.5
Independent Brendan Kelly 6,074 1.7
Libertarian Robert Lombardo 5,507 1.5
n/a Write-ins 412 0.1
Total votes 365,984 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

2018
2018 New Hampshire's 1st congressional district election[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chris Pappas 155,884 53.6
Republican Eddie Edwards 130,996 45.0
Libertarian Dan Belforti 4,048 1.4
n/a Write-ins 111 0.0
Total votes 291,039 100.0
Democratic hold

2020
2020 New Hampshire's 1st congressional district election[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chris Pappas (incumbent) 205,606 51.32
Republican Matt Mowers 185,159 46.21
Libertarian Zachary Dumont 9,747 2.43
N/A Scatter 149 0.04
Total votes 400,661 100.0
Democratic hold

2022
2022 New Hampshire's 1st congressional district election[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chris Pappas (incumbent) 167,391 54.0
Republican Karoline Leavitt 142,229 45.9
Write-in 342 0.1
Total votes 309,962 100.0
Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries
2003–2013
2013–2023

See also

Notes
  1. The previous senator Norris Cotton resigned after election and governor Meldrim Thomson appointed him to the vacant term. Wyman lost the special election.

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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  4. "Just 47 House districts flipped in the last three presidential elections. What do they tell us?".
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  6. "State of New Hampshire General Election Congressional District 1 2012". New Hampshire Secretary of State Elections Division. November 6, 2013. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  7. Scatterings votes are listed as they were reported to the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives
  8. "Representative in Congress - 2014 General Election". NH Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
  9. "2016 General Election Information and Results". New Hampshire Secretary of State Elections Division. November 8, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
  10. Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
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  12. "2022 General Election Results". New Hampshire Department of State.

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