New Hampshire's 1st congressional district

New Hampshire's 1st congressional district
	New Hampshire's 1st congressional district since January 3, 2013
	Chris Pappas; D–Manchester
Distribution	69.55% urban; 30.45% rural;
Population (2019[1])	686,735
Median household; income	$79,996[2]
Ethnicity	93.5% White; 3.5% Hispanic; 2.4% Asian; 1.6% Black; 0.3% other; 0.1% Native American;
Cook PVI	R+2[3]

New Hampshire's 1st 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 represented in the United States House of Representatives by Democrat Chris Pappas.

Politically, the 1st district is one of the most competitive congressional districts in the country, with a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R+2. As of 2021, the district has changed hands in six of the last eight elections, with an incumbent losing re-election in five instances. Chris Pappas, the incumbent Democrat, achieved a notable feat by winning his 2020 re-election bid in this district.

Cities and towns in the district

The district includes:

all of Belknap County except the town of Center Harbor
all of Carroll County
the town of Campton in Grafton County
the communities of Bedford, Goffstown, Manchester, and Merrimack in Hillsborough County
the town of Hooksett in Merrimack County
all of Rockingham County except the towns of Atkinson, Deerfield, Northwood, Salem, and Windham
all of Strafford County

List of members representing the district

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District organized from New Hampshire's At-large congressional district – March 4, 1847
Amos Tuck	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	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Elected late on March 8, 1853. Lost re-election.
James Pike	Know Nothing	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th 35th	Elected late on March 13, 1855. Re-elected late on March 10, 1857. Retired.
James Pike	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	34th 35th
Gilman Marston	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	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	Elected late on March 10, 1863. Lost re-election.
Gilman Marston	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	39th	Elected late on March 14, 1865. Lost re-election.
Jacob Hart Ela	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	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	Elected late on March 14, 1871. Lost re-election.
William B. Small	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Elected late on March 11, 1873. Retired.
Frank Jones	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	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Retired.
Martin Alonzo Haynes	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th	Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Lost re-election.
Luther F. McKinney	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	Elected in 1886. Lost re-election.
Alonzo Nute	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st	Elected in 1888. Retired to run for Governor of New Hampshire.
Luther F. McKinney	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Elected in 1890. Retired to run for Governor of New Hampshire.
Henry W. Blair	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Elected in 1892. Retired.
Cyrus A. Sulloway	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	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63rd	Elected in 1912. Lost re-election.
Cyrus A. Sulloway	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	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	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925	68th	Elected in 1922. Lost re-election.
Fletcher Hale	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	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	Republican	January 3, 1937 – June 9, 1938	75th	Elected in 1936. Lost election contest.
Alphonse Roy	Democratic	June 9, 1938 – January 3, 1939	75th	Successfully contested Jenks's election. Lost re-election.
Arthur B. Jenks	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943	76th 77th	Elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Lost renomination.
Chester Earl Merrow	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1963	78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th	First 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	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965	88th	Elected in 1962. Lost re-election.
Joseph Oliva Huot	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967	89th	Elected in 1964. Lost re-election.
Louis C. Wyman	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. Retired to run for U.S. senator and resigned when appointed.{{efn\|The previous senator Norris Cotton resigned after election and governor Meldrim Thomson appointed him to the vacant term. Wyman lost the [[1974 and 1975 United States Senate elections in New Hampshire#Special election: September 1975\|special election.}}
Vacant		December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975	93rd
Norman D'Amours	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	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	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	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	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007	108th 109th	Elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Lost re-election.
Carol Shea-Porter	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011	110th 111th	Elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Lost re-election.
Frank Guinta	Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013	112th	Elected in 2010. Lost re-election.
Carol Shea-Porter	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015	113th	Elected in 2012. Lost re-election.
Frank Guinta	Republican	January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017	114th	Elected in 2014. Lost re-election.
Carol Shea-Porter	Democratic	January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019	115th	Elected in 2016. Retired.
Chris Pappas	Democratic	January 3, 2019 – Present	116th 117th	Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.

Recent election results

2012

New Hampshire's 1st congressional district, 2012[4][5]
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

New Hampshire's 1st congressional district, 2014[6]
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

New Hampshire's 1st congressional district, 2016 [7]
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

New Hampshire's 1st congressional district, 2018
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

New Hampshire's 1st congressional district, 2020[7]
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

Competitiveness

District election results from presidential races:[8]

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 53% – John McCain 47%
2012	President	Barack Obama 50% – Mitt Romney 49%
2016	President	Donald Trump 48% – Hillary Clinton 47%
2020	President	Joe Biden 52% – Donald Trump 46%

Election results from statewide races:[8]

Year	Office	Results
2016	Governor	Chris Sununu 50% – Colin Van Ostern 45%
2016	Senate	Kelly Ayotte 49% – Maggie Hassan 47%
2018	Governor	Chris Sununu 55% – Molly Kelly 44%
2020	Senate	Jeanne Shaheen 56% – Corky Messner 41%

Historical district boundaries

2003–2013

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

"ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates: 2013 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates (DP05)". U.S. Census Bureau American Factfinder. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=33&cd=01
"Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
"State of New Hampshire General Election Congressional District 1 2012". New Hampshire Secretary of State Elections Division. November 6, 2013. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
Scatterings votes are listed as they were reported to the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives
"Representative in Congress - 2014 General Election". NH Secretary of State. 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2014-11-16.
"2016 General Election Information and Results". New Hampshire Secretary of State Elections Division. November 8, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
"NH-SOS - NHSOS". sos.nh.gov. Retrieved 2020-10-30.

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[1] "ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates: 2013 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates (DP05)". U.S. Census Bureau American Factfinder. Retrieved January 14, 2015.

[2] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=33&cd=01

[Cook-3] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[4] "State of New Hampshire General Election Congressional District 1 2012". New Hampshire Secretary of State Elections Division. November 6, 2013. Retrieved April 7, 2013.

[ReferenceA-5] Scatterings votes are listed as they were reported to the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives

[election_results-6] "Representative in Congress - 2014 General Election". NH Secretary of State. 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2014-11-16.

[General-7] "2016 General Election Information and Results". New Hampshire Secretary of State Elections Division. November 8, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2016.

[:0-8] "NH-SOS - NHSOS". sos.nh.gov. Retrieved 2020-10-30.

New Hampshire's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators	Jeanne Shaheen (D) Maggie Hassan (D)
Representatives (ordered by district)	Chris Pappas (D) Ann McLane Kuster (D)