New Hampshire Secretary of State

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 New Hampshire Department of State. 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 William M. Gardner.

List of Office Holders

(Partial list)^[1]

1. Elias Stileman, 1680
2. Richard Chamberlain, 1682
3. Thomas Davis, 1692
4. Thomas Newton, 1693
5. Henry Penny, 1696
6. Charles Story, 1697
7. Henry Penny, 1698
8. Sampson Sheafe, 1698
9. Charles Story, 1699
10. Samuel Penhallow, 1704
11. Charles Story, 1705
12. Richard Waldron, 1719
13. Theodore Atkinson, 1741
14. Theodore Atkinson, Jr., 1762
15. Theodore Atkinson, 1769
16. Eben. Thompson, 1775
17. Joseph Pearson, 1786
18. Philip Carrigan, 1805
19. Nathaniel Parker, 1809
20. Samuel Sparhawk, 1810
21. Albe Cady, 1814
22. Samuel Sparhawk, 1816
23. Richard Bartlett, 1825
24. Dudley S. Palmer, 1829
25. Ralph Metcalf, 1831
26. Josiah Stevens, Jr., 1838
27. Thomas P. Treadwell, 1843
28. George G. Fogg, 1846
29. Thomas P. Treadwell, 1847
30. John L. Hadley, 1850
31. Lemuel N. Pattee, 1855
32. Thomas L. Tullock, 1858
33. Allen Tenney, 1861
34. Benjamin Gerrish, Jr., 1865
35. Walter Harriman, 1865
36. John D. Lyman, 1867
37. Nathan W. Gove, 1870
38. John H. Goodale, 1871
39. Benjamin F. Prescott, 1872
40. William Butterfield, 1874
41. Benjamin F. Prescott, 1875
42. Ai B. Thompson, 1877

References

See also

• List of company registers

External links

• Secretary of State's Website

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