New Hampshire's at-large congressional district

The New Hampshire at-large congressional district is obsolete, with representation having since been divided into districts.

However, from 1789 to 1847, New Hampshire elected members to the United States House of Representatives at-large:

• From 1789 to 1793, three members represented the state at-large.
• From 1793 to 1803, four members represented the state at-large.
• From 1803 to 1813, five members represented the state at-large.
• From 1813 to 1833, six members represented the state at-large.
• From 1833 to 1843, five members represented the state at-large.
• From 1843 to 1847, four members represented the state at-large.
• In 1847 at-large representation was replaced by four electoral districts.

List of members representing the district

Years & Congresses		Seat A				Seat B				Seat C				Seat D				Seat E				Seat F
		Rep.	Party	Electoral history		Rep.	Party	Electoral history		Rep.	Party	Electoral history		Rep.	Party	Electoral history		Rep.	Party	Electoral history		Rep.	Party	Electoral history
March 4, 1789 – June 22, 1789	1st	Representative-elect Benjamin West chose not to serve.				Nicholas Gilman	Pro-Admin	Elected in 1789. Re-elected in 1790. Re-elected in 1792. Re-elected in 1794. Retired.		Samuel Livermore	Anti-Admin	Elected in 1789. Re-elected in 1790. Retired.
June 23, 1789 – March 3, 1791		Abiel Foster	Pro-Admin	Elected to finish West's term. Lost re-election.
March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793	2nd	Jeremiah Smith	Pro-Admin	Elected in 1790. Re-elected in 1792. Re-elected in 1794. Re-elected in 1796. Resigned.							Pro-Admin
March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	3rd									John Samuel Sherburne	Anti-Admin	Elected in 1792. Re-elected in 1794. Retired.		Paine Wingate	Pro-Admin	Elected in 1792. Lost re-election.
March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797	4th		Fed				Fed				Dem-Rep			Abiel Foster	Fed	Elected in 1794. Re-elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Re-elected in 1800. Retired.
March 4, 1797 – July 26, 1797	5th					Jonathan Freeman	Fed	Elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Retired.		William Gordon	Fed	Elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Resigned to become New Hampshire Attorney General.
July 26, 1797 – December 15, 1797		Vacant
December 15, 1797 – March 3, 1799		Peleg Sprague	Fed	Elected to finish Smith's term. Re-elected in 1798, but declined to serve.
March 4, 1799 – June 12, 1800	6th	James Sheafe	Fed	Elected to finish Sprague's term. Retired.
June 12, 1800 – December 8, 1800										Vacant
December 8, 1800 – March 3, 1801										Samuel Tenney	Fed	Elected August 25, 1800 to the next term. Elected October 27, 1800 to finish Gordon's term. Re-elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Lost re-election.
March 4, 1801 – ?, 1802	7th	George B. Upham	Fed	Elected in 1800. Retired.		Joseph Peirce	Fed	Elected in 1800. Resigned.
?, 1802 – December 6, 1802						Vacant
December 6, 1802 – March 3, 1803						Samuel Hunt	Fed	Elected August 30, 1802 to finish Peirce's term. Elected August 30, 1802 to the next term. Retired.
March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	8th	Silas Betton	Fed	Elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Lost re-election.										David Hough	Fed	Elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Lost re-election.		Clifton Clagett	Dem-Rep	Elected in 1802. Retired.
March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807	9th					Thomas W. Thompson	Fed	Elected in 1804. Lost re-election.										Caleb Ellis	Fed	Elected in 1804. Lost re-election.
March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809	10th	Peter Carleton	Dem-Rep	Elected in 1806. Retired.		Daniel Meserve Durell	Dem-Rep	Elected in 1806. Lost re-election.		Francis Gardner	Dem-Rep	Elected in 1806. Lost re-election.		Jedediah K. Smith	Dem-Rep	Elected in 1806. Lost re-election.		Clement Storer	Dem-Rep	Elected in 1806. Lost re-election.
March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811	11th	Daniel Blaisdell	Fed	Elected in 1808. Lost re-election.		John Curtis Chamberlain	Fed	Elected in 1808. Retired.		William Hale	Fed	Elected in 1808. Lost re-election.		Nathaniel Appleton Haven	Fed	Elected in 1808. Retired.		James Wilson	Fed	Elected in 1808. Lost re-election.
March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	12th	Josiah Bartlett Jr.	Dem-Rep	Elected in 1810. Retired.		Samuel Dinsmoor	Dem-Rep	Elected in 1810. Lost re-election.		Obed Hall	Dem-Rep	Elected in 1811. Retired.		John Adams Harper	Dem-Rep	Elected in 1811. Lost re-election.		George Sullivan	Fed	Elected in 1811. Retired.
March 4, 1813 – May 21, 1814	13th	Bradbury Cilley	Fed	Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Lost re-election.		Samuel Smith	Fed	Elected in 1812. Resigned.[lower-alpha 1]		William Hale	Fed	Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Lost re-election.		Roger Vose	Fed	Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Lost re-election.		Daniel Webster	Fed	Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Retired.		Jeduthun Wilcox	Fed	Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Lost re-election.
May 21, 1814 – March 3, 1815						Vacant
March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	14th					Charles Humphrey Atherton	Fed	Elected in 1814. Retired.
March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819	15th	Josiah Butler	Dem-Rep	Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1819. Re-elected in 1820. Retired.		Nathaniel Upham	Dem-Rep	Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1819. Re-elected in 1820. Retired.		Clifton Clagett	Dem-Rep	Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1819. Lost re-election.		Salma Hale	Dem-Rep	Elected in 1816. Retired.		Arthur Livermore	Dem-Rep	Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1819. Lost re-election.		John Parrott	Dem-Rep	Elected in 1816. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	16th													Joseph Buffum Jr.	Dem-Rep	Elected in 1819. Retired.						William Plumer Jr.	Dem-Rep[lower-alpha 2]	Elected in 1819. Re-elected in 1820. Re-elected in 1822. Retired.
March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	17th									Matthew Harvey	Dem-Rep[lower-alpha 2]	Elected in 1820. Re-elected in 1822. Retired.		Aaron Matson	Dem-Rep[lower-alpha 2]	Elected in 1820. Re-elected in 1822. Retired.		Thomas Whipple Jr.	Dem-Rep[lower-alpha 2]	Elected in 1820. Re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1827. Retired.
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th	Ichabod Bartlett	Dem-Rep[lower-alpha 2]	Elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1827. Retired.		Arthur Livermore	Dem-Rep[lower-alpha 2]	Elected on the second ballot in 1823. Lost re-election.
March 4, 1825 – March 8, 1825	19th		Anti-J			James Miller was elected in 1824 but declined to serve.				Nehemiah Eastman	Anti-J	Elected in 1824. Lost re-election.		Jonathan Harvey	Jack	Elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. Retired.			Anti-J			Late run-off election.
March 8, 1825 – March 3, 1827						Titus Brown	Anti-J	Elected March 8, 1825 to finish Miller's term. Re-elected in 1827. Retired.														Joseph Healy	Anti-J	Elected late on the second ballot in 1825. Re-elected in 1827. Retired.
March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829	20th									David Barker Jr.	Anti-J	Elected in 1827. Lost re-election.
March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	21st	John Brodhead	Jack	Elected in 1829. Re-elected in 1831. Retired.		Thomas Chandler	Jack	Elected in 1829. Re-elected in 1831. Retired.		Joseph Hammons	Jack	Elected in 1829. Re-elected in 1831. Retired.						Henry Hubbard	Jack	Elected in 1829. Re-elected in 1831. Re-elected in 1833. Retired to run for U.S. senator.		John W. Weeks	Jack	Elected in 1829. Re-elected in 1831. Retired.
March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22nd													Joseph M. Harper	Jack	Elected in 1831. Re-elected in 1833. Retired.
March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd	Benning M. Bean	Jack	Elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1835. Retired.		Robert Burns	Jack	Elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1835. Retired.		Franklin Pierce	Jack	Elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1835. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.										Seat eliminated
March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th													Samuel Cushman	Jack	Elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. Retired.		Joseph Weeks	Jack	Elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. Retired.
March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	Charles G. Atherton	Dem	Elected in 1837. Re-elected in 1839. Re-elected in 1841. Retired to run for U.S. senator.		James Farrington	Dem	Elected in 1837. Retired.		Jared W. Williams	Dem	Elected in 1837. Re-elected in 1839. Retired.			Dem				Dem
March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	26th					Edmund Burke	Dem	Elected in 1839. Re-elected in 1841. Re-elected in 1843. Retired.						Ira Allen Eastman	Dem	Elected in 1839. Re-elected in 1841. Retired.		Tristram Shaw	Dem	Elected in 1839. Re-elected in 1841. Retired.
March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th									John Randall Reding	Dem	Elected in 1841. Retired.
March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Moses Norris Jr.	Dem	Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1845. Retired.										John P. Hale	Dem	Elected in 1843. Lost re-election.		Seat eliminated.
March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th					Mace Moulton	Dem	Elected in 1845. Redistricted to the 3rd district and lost re-election.		James Hutchins Johnson	Dem	Elected in 1845. Redistricted to the 4th district.		Vacant. No candidate received a majority of votes.
Years & Cong ress		Rep.	Party	Electoral history		Rep.	Party	Electoral history		Rep.	Party	Electoral history		Rep.	Party	Electoral history		Rep.	Party	Electoral history		Rep.	Party	Electoral history
		Seat A				Seat B				Seat C				Seat D				Seat E				Seat F

Notes

1. Samuel Smith's resignation is not mentioned in the Congressional Biography.
2. Supported the Adams-Clay faction in the 1824 United States presidential election.

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
• "Our Campaigns - United States - New Hampshire - NH At-Large". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2021-01-07.