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List of New Hampshire General Courts

{{short description|List of New Hampshire state legislatures}}

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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

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1 {{citation |title=Volume 5: First constitutional period 1784-1792 |work=Laws of New Hampshire |url=https://archive.org/details/lawsofnewhampshi05newh |via=Internet Archive |year=1916 }}

| 1784-1785 New Hampshire General Court

| June 2, 1784

| February 25, 1785

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| 1785-1786 New Hampshire General Court

| June 1, 1785 [https://archive.org/details/lawsofnewhampshi05newh/page/60/mode/2up]

| March 4, 1786

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| 1786-1787 New Hampshire General Court

| June 7, 1786

| January 18, 1787

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| 1787-1788 New Hampshire General Court

| June 6, 1787

| February 13, 1788

| 1787 {{citation |url= https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/?f%5Bstate_name_sim%5D%5B%5D=New+Hampshire |work=A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825 |title= New Hampshire |publisher=American Antiquarian Society and Tufts Archival Research Center |location=Massachusetts |access-date=2024-08-20 }}

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| 1788-1789 New Hampshire General Court

| June 4, 1788

| February 7, 1789

| 1788

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| 1789-1790 New Hampshire General Court

| June 3, 1789 [https://archive.org/details/lawsofnewhampshi05newh/page/438/mode/2up]

| January 26, 1790

| 1789

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| 1790-1791 New Hampshire General Court

| June 2, 1790 [https://archive.org/details/lawsofnewhampshi05newh/page/508/mode/2up]

| February 18, 1791

| 1790

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| 1791-1792 New Hampshire General Court

| June 1, 1791 [https://archive.org/details/lawsofnewhampshi05newh/page/740/mode/2up]

| January 6, 1792

| 1791

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| 1811 New Hampshire General Court

| June 5, 1811

| June 21, 1811

| 1811

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| 1812 New Hampshire General Court

| June 3, 1812

| December 18, 1812

| 1812

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| 1813 New Hampshire General Court

| June 2, 1813

| November 5, 1813

| 1813

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| 1814 New Hampshire General Court

| June 1, 1814

| June 24, 1814

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| 1815 New Hampshire General Court

| June 7, 1815

| June 28, 1815

| 1815

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| 1816 New Hampshire General Court

| June 5, 1816

| December 26, 1816

| 1816

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| 1817 New Hampshire General Court

| June 4, 1817

| June 28, 1817

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| 1818 New Hampshire General Court

| June 3, 1818

| June 30, 1818

| 1818

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| 1819 New Hampshire General Court

| June 2, 1819

| July 2, 1819

| 1819

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| 1820 New Hampshire General Court

| June 7, 1820

| December 23, 1820

| 1820

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| 1829 New Hampshire General Court

| June 3, 1829 [https://archive.org/details/lawsofnewhampshi10newh/page/n11/mode/2up]

| July 4, 1829

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| 1830 New Hampshire General Court

| June 2, 1830 [https://archive.org/details/lawsofnewhampshi10newh/page/114/mode/2up]

| July 3, 1830

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| 1831 New Hampshire General Court

| June 1, 1831 [https://archive.org/details/lawsofnewhampshi10newh/page/178/mode/2up]

| July 2, 1831

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| 1832 New Hampshire General Court

| June 6, 1832 [https://archive.org/details/lawsofnewhampshi10newh/page/286/mode/2up]

| January 5, 1833

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| 1833 New Hampshire General Court

| June 5, 1833 [https://archive.org/details/lawsofnewhampshi10newh/page/436/mode/2up]

| July 6, 1833

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| 1834 New Hampshire General Court

| June 4, 1834 [https://archive.org/details/lawsofnewhampshi10newh/page/520/mode/2up]

| July 5, 1834

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| 1835 New Hampshire General Court

| June 3, 1835 [https://archive.org/details/lawsofnewhampshi10newh/page/624/mode/2up]

| June 27, 1835

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| 1889-1890 New Hampshire General Court

| January 1889

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| November 1888{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w3o0AQAAMAAJ |title=New Hampshire Manual of Useful Information |year=1889 |location=Manchester }}

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| 1891-1892 New Hampshire General Court

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| 1893-1894 New Hampshire General Court

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| November 1892

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| 1895-1896 New Hampshire General Court

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| November 1894

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| 1897-1898 New Hampshire General Court

| January 1897

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| November 3, 1896{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uzktAQAAMAAJ |title=New Hampshire Manual for the General Court, 1897 }}

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| 1899-1900 New Hampshire General Court

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| 1901-1902 New Hampshire General Court

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| November 1900

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| 1903-1904 New Hampshire General Court

| January 1903

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| November 4, 1902{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JzktAQAAMAAJ |title=New Hampshire Manual for the General Court, 1903 }}

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| 1905-1906 New Hampshire General Court

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| 1907-1908 New Hampshire General Court

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| November 1906

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| 1909-1910 New Hampshire General Court

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| November 1908

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| 1911-1912 New Hampshire General Court

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| November 1910

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| 1913-1914 New Hampshire General Court

| January 1913

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| November 5, 1912{{citation |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=S340AQAAMAAJ |title=New Hampshire Manual for the General Court, 1913 }}

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| 1915-1916 New Hampshire General Court

| January 1915

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| November 3, 1914{{citation |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=CjhAAAAAYAAJ |title=New Hampshire Manual for the General Court, 1915 }}

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| January 7, 1925

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| November 1924

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| 1955 [https://archive.org/details/lawsofstateofnew1955newh/page/n13/mode/2up]

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| 1985-1986 New Hampshire General Court

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| 1986

| November 1984

150 [https://archive.org/details/journalofhouseof1989newh/page/n5/mode/2up]

| 1987-1988 New Hampshire General Court

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| 1988

| November 1986

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| 1989-1990 New Hampshire General Court

| December 1988 [https://archive.org/details/journalofhouseof1989newh/page/n5/mode/2up]

| 1990

| November 1988

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| 1991-1992 New Hampshire General Court

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| November 1990

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| 1993-1994 New Hampshire General Court

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| 1994

| November 1992

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| 1995-1996 New Hampshire General Court

| 1995{{citation |title= Manual of the New Hampshire General Court |url=https://scholars.unh.edu/manualofcourt/ |via=University of New Hampshire |access-date= 2024-07-31 }}. 1995-2009

| 1996

| November 1994

155 {{citation |url=https://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/calendars_journals/ |work=gencourt.state.nh.us |title=New Hampshire House of Representatives: Calendars & Journals |publisher=General Court of New Hampshire |access-date= 2024-07-31 }}

| 1997-1998 New Hampshire General Court

| 1997

| 1998

| November 1996

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| 1999-2000 New Hampshire General Court

| 1999

| 2000

| November 1998

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| 2001-2002 New Hampshire General Court

| 2001

| 2002

| November 2000

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| 2003-2004 New Hampshire General Court

| 2003

| 2004

| November 2002

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| 2005-2006 New Hampshire General Court{{citation |url=https://archive.org/details/manualforgeneral59newh/page/458/mode/2up |title=New Hampshire Manual for the General Court, 2005 |via=Internet Archive }}

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| 2006

| November 2, 2004

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| 2007-2008 New Hampshire General Court

| December 6, 2006

| 2008

| November 2006

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| 2009-2010 New Hampshire General Court

| December 2008

| 2010

| November 2008

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| 2011-2012 New Hampshire General Court

| December 2010

| 2012

| November 2, 2010

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| 2013-2014 New Hampshire General Court

| December 5, 2012

| 2014

| November 6, 2012

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| 2015-2016 New Hampshire General Court

| December 1, 2014

| 2016

| November 4, 2014

165 [https://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/calendars_journals/viewer.aspx?fileName=Journals\2018\No%2020%20September%2013,%202018.PDF]

| 2017-2018 New Hampshire General Court

| December 7, 2016

| 2018

| November 2016:{{citation |url=https://www.sos.nh.gov/elections/2020-election-results |work=sos.nh.gov |access-date=2024-08-20 |title=Election results |publisher=New Hampshire Secretary of State }}. 2016-2022 Senate

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| 2019-2020 New Hampshire General Court

| December 5, 2018

| 2020 {{citation |work=Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/15/metro/nh-legislature-is-third-largest-world-adhere-social-distancing-theyll-begin-meet-inside-unh-hockey-arena/ |title=The NH legislature is the third largest in the world. To adhere to social distancing it will meet inside the UNH hockey arena|date=May 15, 2020 }}

| November 6, 2018: House, Senate

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| 2021-2022 New Hampshire General Court

| December 2, 2020

| 2022

| November 3, 2020: House, Senate

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| 2023-2024 New Hampshire General Court{{citation |work=Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/09/12/metro/researchers-behind-new-hampshires-laws-are-busy/ |title=The researchers behind New Hampshire’s laws are busy |date=September 12, 2023 }}{{citation |work=Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/12/28/metro/8-bills-tackling-some-new-hampshires-quirkier-problems/ |title=Eight bills tackling some of the New Hampshire’s quirkier problems |date=December 28, 2023 }}

| December 7, 2022

| 2024 {{citation |work=Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/08/20/metro/new-hampshire-family-moves-out-of-state-after-facing-anti-transgender-legislation/ |title=‘We knew we had to get out’: This family fled N.H. over legislation that would restrict their transgender daughter |date=August 20, 2024 |author=Amanda Gokee }}

| November 8, 2022: House, Senate

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| 2025-2026 New Hampshire General Court

| December 2024

| 2026

| November 5, 2024:{{citation |url=https://ballotpedia.org/New_Hampshire_State_Legislature |work=ballotpedia.org |title=New Hampshire General Court |access-date=2024-08-21 }} House, Senate

See also

References

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Further reading

  • {{citation |title=Journals of the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire |via=HathiTrust |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010309817 }}. 1861–1966
  • {{citation |title=Manual for the use of the General Court of New Hampshire |via=HathiTrust |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008637145 }}. 1829–1975

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