New Hampshire's 1st congressional district

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New Hampshire's 1st congressional district

Population (2000)	617,575
Median income	$50,135
Ethnic composition	96.1% White, 0.8% Black, 1.2% Asian, 1.6% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.1% other
Cook PVI	R+0

New Hampshire's first congressional district covers the southeastern part of New Hampshire. The district consists of three general areas: Greater Manchester, the Seacoast and the Lakes Region.

It is currently represented in the United States House of Representatives by Democrat Carol Shea-Porter.

[edit] Cities and towns currently in the district

The district includes:

all of Belknap County except the communities of Sanbornton, and Tilton

all of Carroll County

the communities of Bedford, Goffstown, Manchester, and Merrimack in Hillsborough County

the community of Hooksett in Merrimack County

all of Rockingham County except the communities of Atkinson, Salem, and Windham

all of Strafford County

[edit] Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
District organized from New Hampshire's At-large congressional district in 1847
Amos Tuck	(Independent)	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849
	Free Soil	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851
	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853		Lost Re-election
George W. Kittredge	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	Newmarket	Lost Re-election
James Pike	American	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
James Pike	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
Gilman Marston	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	Exeter
Daniel Marcy	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865		Lost Re-election
Gilman Marston	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	Exeter
Jacob Hart Ela	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871
Ellery Albee Hibbard	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	Laconia	Lost Re-election
William B. Small	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
Frank Jones	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879
Joshua G. Hall	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883
Martin Alonzo Haynes	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887		Lost Re-election
Luther F. McKinney	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889		Lost Re-election
Alonzo Nute	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891
Luther F. McKinney	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893
Henry William Blair	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895
Cyrus A. Sulloway	Republican	March 4, 1895 – October 4, 1913
Eugene Elliott Reed	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915		Lost Re-election
Cyrus A. Sulloway	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 11, 1917		Died
Vacant		March 11, 1917 – May 29, 1917
Sherman Everett Burroughs	Republican	May 29, 1917 – January 27, 1923		Died
William Nathaniel Rogers	Democratic	March 4, 1923– March 3, 1925		Lost Re-election
Fletcher Hale	Republican	March 4, 1925 – October 22, 1931	Laconia	Died
Vacant		October 22, 1931 – January 5, 1932
William Nathaniel Rogers	Democratic	January 5, 1932– January 3, 1937		Retired to run for the US Senate
Arthur B. Jenks	Republican	January 3, 1937 – June 9, 1938		Lost seat due to contested election
Alphonse Roy	Democratic	June 9, 1938– January 3, 1939		Lost Re-election
Arthur B. Jenks	Republican	January 3, 1939 – June 9, 1943		Lost Re-election
Charles Earl Merrow	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1963		Retired to run for US Senate
Louis C. Wyman	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965		Lost Re-election
Joseph Oliva Huot	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967	Laconia	Lost Re-election
Louis C. Wyman	Republican	January 3, 1967 – December 31, 1974		Resigned to run for US Senate
Vacant		1975-01-01 - 1975-01-02
Norman D'Amours	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1985		Retired to run for the US Senate
Robert C. Smith	Republican	January 3, 1985 – December 7, 1990	Tuftonboro	Resigned on appointment to US Senate
Vacant		December 7, 1990 – January 3, 1991
Bill Zeliff	Republican	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1997	Jackson	Retired to run for Governor
John E. Sununu	Republican	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003	Bedford	Retired to run for US Senate
Jeb Bradley	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007	Wolfeboro	Lost Re-election
Carol Shea-Porter	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – Present	Rochester	Incumbent

Note: Representatives elected from 1789-1847 were elected At-Large

[edit] 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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v • d • e New Hampshire's congressional districts

At-large 1 2 3 4 The third and fourth districts have been obsolete since 1883 See also: New Hampshire's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations All U.S. districts – Apportionment – Redistricting – Gerrymandering – Maps

v • d • e New Hampshire's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators	Judd Gregg (R), John Sununu (R)

Representative(s)	Carol Shea-Porter (D), Paul Hodes (D)

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New Hampshire's 1st congressional district

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