Steve Shurtleff
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2014}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Steve Shurtleff
| image = SteveShurtleff.jpg
| office = Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
| deputy = Karen Ebel
| term_start = December 5, 2018
| term_end = December 2, 2020
| predecessor = Gene Chandler
| successor = Dick Hinch
| deputy1 = Cindy Rosenwald
| office1 = Minority Leader of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
| term_start1 = December 4, 2014
| term_end1 = December 5, 2018
| predecessor1 = Gene Chandler
| successor1 = Dick Hinch
| office2 = Majority Leader of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
| term_start2 = December 5, 2012
| term_end2 = December 4, 2014
| predecessor2 = Gene Chandler
| successor2 = Jack Flanagan
| state_house3 = New Hampshire
| district3 = Merrimack 11th
| term_start3 = December 1, 2004
| term_end3 =
| predecessor3 = Eric Daniels
| successor3 =
| birth_name = Stephen James Shurtleff
| birth_date = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|1947|9|4}}}}
| birth_place = Concord, New Hampshire, U.S
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Democratic
| spouse =
| children = 3
| education = City Colleges of Chicago
| allegiance = {{flag|United States}}
| branch = {{army|United States}}
| serviceyears = 1966–1969
| rank = Sergeant
| battles = Vietnam War
| caption = Shurtleff in 2011
}}
Stephen James Shurtleff (born September 4, 1947) is an American politician from the state of New Hampshire. He formerly served as Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. A member of the Democratic Party, he serves as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from the Merrimack 11th district. Shurtleff is a Vietnam veteran and a retired Supervisory Deputy US Marshal. While in the NH House he has held the positions of Committee Chair, Minority Leader, as well as Majority Leader. He previously served eleven years as an at-large member of the Concord City Council (2007 to 2018).
Career
In 2004, Shurtleff ran for election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives as a Democrat. He was also elected as an at-large member of the Concord City Council in 2007.
Shurtleff served as the majority leader of the New Hampshire House in the 2012-14 session. When the Republican Party took control of the chamber in the 2014 elections in November 2014, the Democratic caucus elected Shurtleff as the new minority leader of the New Hampshire House, succeeding outgoing Speaker Terie Norelli as the Democratic leader. He served as speaker of the house from 2018 to 2020, while Democrats had the majority.{{cite web|url=http://www.concordmonitor.com/home/14323051-95/new-hampshire-house-dems-select-steve-shurtleff-as-new-minority-leader|title=New Hampshire House Dems select Steve Shurtleff as new minority leader|work=Concord Monitor|access-date=November 19, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20141112/NEWS/141119739/101144/NEWS&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTUxODc3MjQ4MzM2NjIyODA4MjIaM2Y5ZTM1ODczM2Y0NThhYzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGrwGf2LUn_wzqad1PtaRCrKuHXzw|title=House Democrats elect Penacook's Shurtleff leader|work=seacoastonline.com|access-date=November 19, 2014}} In 2022, in the spirit of bipartisanship, former Speaker Shurtleff was named Speaker Emeritus of the N.H. House by the Republican House Speaker Sherm Packard. He is the first member of the N.H. House to hold all four of House's leadership positions, Minority Leader, Majority Leader, Speaker and Speaker Emeritus.
Personal life
Shurtleff is from Ward One of Concord, New Hampshire, the village of Penacook.{{cite web|url=http://www.concordmonitor.com/news/campaignmonitor/13869151-95/meet-the-district-11-state-rep-candidates|title=Meet the District 11 state rep candidates|work=Concord Monitor|access-date=November 19, 2014}} In 2020, he was one of New Hampshire's four Presidential Electors.
Shurtleff is a graduate of the Harold Washington School, of the City College of Chicago. In 2013, Shurtleff received the Henry Toll Fellowship from the Council of State Government. In 2015, he received the Caroline Gross Fellowship to attend the Senior Government Executive training program at Harvard's Kennedy School. He has three children, as well as two grandchildren Sarah and Alex.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
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Category:2020 United States presidential electors
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