New Hampshire- Governor:1
- Senators: 2 (Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
- 2020 Census: 1,379,089 (0.42% of 331,797,979
- 2024, 2028 Electors: 4 (0.74% of 538)
- 2022-2030 Representatives: 2 (0.46% of 435)
- 2010 Census: 1,321,445 (0.43% of 309,785,186)
- 2012, 2016, 2020 Electors: 4 (0.74% of 538)
- 2012-2020 Representatives: 2 (0.46% of 435)
- Capital: Concord
Current New Hampshire Statewide Office Holders
Official Name/Status All States
- The STATE of New Hampshire
- Status: STATE of the Union
- Ratified Articles of Confederation: 4 March 1778. this State formally adhered to the Articles on 9 July 1778 when the document was signed by its delegates to the Seventh Continental Congress
- Ratified Constitution of the United States: 21 June 1788
- The 9th state.
Traditional Sections and Regions All States
- Section: NORTHEAST
- Region: New England
- Survey: Metes & Bounds
Constitutions All States Links to State Constitutions
- Enabling Act: [None. One of the 13 original States which declared their independence from the nascent British Empire on 4 July 1776]
- 1st (1776-1784) [Adopted: 5 January 1776 "Congress" (that is, a convention) convened, 21 December 1775; New Hampshire's 1st Constitution was the first Constitution ever drafted by an American commonwealth (that is, a British province becoming a State), Ratified: 5 January 1776 not submitted to the People]
- 2nd (1784-1793) [Adopted: 31 October 1783 Convention convened, 12 June 1781: a Constitution was drafted and sent to the Town Meetings of Spring 1782 for ratification; however, amendments proposed by these Town Meetings were so numerous that the Constitution was redrafted by the Convention. Resubmitted to Town Meetings scheduled for Fall 1782, this redraft was also heavily altered by even more proposed amendments suggested at these subsequent Town Meetings. A third draft was necessary before it was resubmitted and accepted by the Town Meetings "as is". This October 1783 adoption date is the date the Convention adjourned sine die after having declared this 2nd Constitution to have been ratified by the people, Ratified: 1783 A requisite number of the Town Meetings of Spring 1783 having ratified the third draft of this 2nd Constitution "as is", it became effective, 2 June 1784]
- 3rd (1793-) [Adopted: 5 September 1792 Convention convened, 7 September 1791; this Convention proposed 72 amendments to the 1784 Constitution to be redrafted into a whole new document and submitted the same to the People on 8 February 1792. (NOTE: The State of New Hampshire regards this 1792 draft as merely a recodification of the 1784 (2nd) Constitution and, thus, claims that the State has had only 2 Constitutions with the 1784 Constitution still in force; however, the most reliable [as well as earliest] omnibus sources of the texts of State Constitutions consider this document to be a 3rd New Hampshire Constitution and, in the opinion of TheGreenPapers.com, these sources seem to have been the more correct ). This September 1792 adoption date is the date the Convention adjourned sine die after having declared this 3rd Constitution to have been ratified, Ratified: 27 August 1792 46 of the 72 amendments proposed by the Convention of 1791-1792 were accepted by the People on 7 May 1792; the Convention then had to reconcile more than a few difficulties caused by not all the proposed amendments having been accepted and resubmitted a reworked draft to the People. This August 1792 ratification date refers to the acceptance of this Constitution by the People "as is". This 3rd Constitution became effective, 5 June 1793]
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- Major Executive Officers Elected Statewide All States
- Governor: 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2024, 2026. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer
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- (--2007) The presidential primary election shall be held on the second Tuesday in March or on a Tuesday selected by the secretary of state which is 7 days or more immediately preceding the date on which any other state shall hold a similar election, whichever is earlier, of each year when a president of the United States is to be elected or the year previous. [RSA 653:9]
- (2007--) The presidential primary election shall be held on the second Tuesday in March or on a date selected by the secretary of state which is 7 days or more immediately preceding the date on which any other state shall hold a similar election, whichever is earlier, of each year when a president of the United States is to be elected or the year previous. [RSA 653:9] [The law no longer requires the primary to be held on a Tuesday in the year of the Presidential election. -Ed]
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- Hours of Polling in Municipalities. At all state elections in towns and cities the polls shall open not later than 11 o'clock in the morning and shall close not earlier than 7 o'clock in the evening. In cities, the city council shall determine the polling hours no later than 30 days prior to a state election. [RSA 659:4]
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