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Secretary of State of New Hampshire
Secretary of State of New Hampshire
	State seal
	Incumbent; David Scanlan; since January 10, 2022
	Government of New Hampshire
Seat	Concord, New Hampshire
Term length	Two years, no term limit
Constituting instrument	New Hampshire Constitution of 1776
Formation	January 21, 1680; (344 years ago)
Website	sos.nh.gov

The secretary of state of New Hampshire is a constitutional officer in the U.S. state of New Hampshire and serves as the exclusive head of the New Hampshire Department of State. The secretary is third in line for succession as acting governor of New Hampshire, following the state's president of the Senate and speaker of the House.^[1] The secretary oversees all state elections, including certifying the results, and keeps the official records of the state.^[1] The secretary is, by statute, the only person who can authorize use of the State Seal.^[2]

The secretary is elected biennially by the New Hampshire General Court (state legislature), as prescribed in the Constitution of New Hampshire as adopted in 1784.^[1] The position itself dates to 1680, when the Province of New Hampshire was under British rule.^[1]

List of officeholders

#	Name	Term of office	Party
1	Elias Stileman^[3]	1680–1682
2	Richard Chamberlain^[4]	1682–1693
3	Thomas Davis	1692–1693
4	Thomas Newton	1693–1696
5	Henry Penny	1696–1697
6	Charles Story	1697–1698
7	Henry Penny	1698
8	Sampson Sheafe	1698–1699
9	Charles Story	1699–1704
10	Samuel Penhallow	1704–1705
11	Charles Story	1705–1719
12	Richard Waldron	1719–1730
13	Richard Waldron Jr.	1730–1741
14	Theodore Atkinson	1741–1762
15	Theodore Atkinson Jr.	1762–1769
16	Theodore Atkinson	1769–1775
17	Ebenezer Thompson	1775–1786
18	Joseph Pearson	1786–1805
19	Philip Carrigan	1805–1809
20	Nathaniel Parker	1809–1810
21	Samuel Sparhawk	1810–1814
22	Albe Cady	1814–1816
23	Samuel Sparhawk	1816–1825
24	Richard Bartlett	1825–1829
25	Dudley S. Palmer	1829–1831
26	Ralph Metcalf	1831–1838	Democratic
27	Josiah Stevens Jr.	1838–1843
28	Thomas P. Treadwell	1843–1846
29	George G. Fogg	1846–1847	Republican
30	Thomas P. Treadwell	1847–1850
31	John L. Hadley	1850–1855
32	Lemuel N. Pattee	1855–1858
33	Thomas L. Tullock	1858–1861
34	Allen Tenney	1861–1865
35	Benjamin Gerrish Jr.	1865
36	Walter Harriman	1865–1867	Union
37	John D. Lyman	1867–1870
38	Nathan W. Gove	1870–1871
39	John H. Goodale	1871–1872
40	Benjamin F. Prescott	1872–1873	Republican
41	William Butterfield	1874–1875
42	Benjamin F. Prescott	1875–1876
43	Ali B. Thompson	1877–1890
44	Clarence B. Randlett	1890–1891
46	Ezra S. Stearns	1891–1899	Republican^[5]
46	Edward Nathan Pearson	1899–1915	Republican
47	Edwin C. Bean	1915–1923	Republican^[6]
48	Enos K. Sawyer	1923–1925	Democratic
49	Hobart Pillsbury	1925–1929	Republican^[7]
50	Enoch D. Fuller	1929–1957	Republican^[8]
51	Harry E. Jackson	1957–1960	Republican^[9]
52	Robert L. Stark	1960–1976	Republican^[10]
53	Bill Gardner	1976–2022	Democratic
54	David Scanlan	2022–present	Republican