New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district

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New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district
Current Representative		Charles Bass (R–Peterborough)
Distribution	51.83% urban, 48.17% rural
Population (2010)	658,486
Median income	$48,762
Ethnicity	96.0% White, 0.7% Black, 1.4% Asian, 1.7% Hispanic, 0.3% Native American, 0.0% other
Cook PVI	D+3

New Hampshire's second congressional district covers the western and northern parts of New Hampshire. It includes the state's second-largest city, Nashua, as well as the state capital, Concord. It is currently represented in the United States House of Representatives by Republican Charles Bass.

Cities and towns currently in the district

The district includes:

• the towns of Sanbornton and Tilton in Belknap County

• all of Cheshire County

• all of Coos County

• all of Grafton County

• all of Hillsborough County except the communities of Bedford, Goffstown, Manchester, and Merrimack

• all of Merrimack County except the town of Hooksett

• the towns of Atkinson, Salem, and Windham in Rockingham County

• all of Sullivan County

Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
District organized from New Hampshire's At-large congressional district in 1847
Charles H. Peaslee	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1853		Retired
George W. Morrison	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855		Lost Re-election
Mason W. Tappan	American	March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861	Bradford	Retired
Edward H. Rollins	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1867		Retired
Aaron Fletcher Stevens	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 4, 1871	Nashua	Lost Re-election
Samuel Newell Bell	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1873		Lost Re-election
Austin F. Pike	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875		Retired
Samuel Newell Bell	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877		Retired
James F. Briggs	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1883		Retired
Ossian Ray	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885		Retired
Jacob H. Gallinger	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889		Retired
Orren C. Moore	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891		Lost Re-election
Warren F. Daniell	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893	Franklin	Retired
Henry Moore Baker	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897		Retired
Frank Gay Clarke	Republican	March 4, 1897 – January 9, 1901		Died
Vacant		January 9, 1901 – March 4, 1901
Frank Dunklee Currier	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1913		Lost Re-election
Raymond Bartlett Stevens	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915		Retired to run for US Senate from New Hampshire
Edward Hills Wason	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1933		Retired
Charles William Tobey	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939
Foster Waterman Stearns	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1945		Retired to run for US Senate from New Hampshire
Sherman Adams	Republican	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947		Retired to run for Governor of New Hampshire
Norris H. Cotton	Republican	January 3, 1947 – November 7, 1954		Resigned to assume seat in US Senate from New Hampshire
Vacant		November 7, 1954 – January 3, 1955
Perkins Bass	Republican	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1963		Resigned to run for US Senate from New Hampshire
James Colgate Cleveland	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1981		Retired
Judd Gregg	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1989	Greenfield	Elected Governor of New Hampshire
Charles Douglas III	Republican	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991	Concord	Lost Re-election
Richard Swett	Democratic	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1995	Bow	Lost Re-election
Charles Bass	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2007	Peterborough	Lost Re-election
Paul Hodes	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011	Concord	Retired to run for US Senate
Charles Bass	Republican	January 3, 2011 - present	Peterborough	Incumbent

Note: Representatives elected from 1789-1847 were elected At-Large

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