New Hampshire General Court
Template:Short description Template:Distinguish Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox legislature The General Court of New Hampshire is the bicameral state legislature of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. The lower house is the New Hampshire House of Representatives with 400 members, and the upper house is the New Hampshire Senate with 24 members. This ratio of one Senate seat for every 16.67 House seats makes New Hampshire's ratio of upper house to lower house seats the largest in the country.
The General Court convenes in the New Hampshire State House in downtown Concord, opened in 1819. The House of Representatives continues to meet in its original chambers, making Representatives Hall the oldest chamber in the United States still in continuous legislative use. When numbered seats were installed in Representatives Hall, the number thirteen was purposely omitted in deference to triskaidekaphobia.Template:Citation needed
The annual pay for legislators is set by law at $100.00.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
House of RepresentativesEdit
Template:Main article The House of Representatives consists of 400 members coming from 204 districts across the state created from divisions of the state's counties, each making up about 3,000 residents for every one legislator.
Unlike many legislative chambers, there is no central "aisle" to cross. Instead, there are five sections with aisles between them. Seats are pre-assigned.
Composition of the House of RepresentativesEdit
Template:As of, the composition of the House of Representatives is:
| Affiliation | Members | |
|---|---|---|
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Republican Party | 221 |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Democratic Party | 177 |
| Independent | 1 | |
| Vacant | 1 | |
| Total |
400 | |
| Majority |
44 | |
New Hampshire SenateEdit
Template:Main article The New Hampshire Senate has been meeting since 1784. It consists of 24 members representing Senate districts based on population. As of the 2025–26 legislative session, there are 16 Republicans and 8 Democrats in the Senate.
Composition of the SenateEdit
| Affiliation | Members | |
|---|---|---|
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Republican Party | 16 |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Democratic Party | 8 |
| Total |
24 | |
| Majority |
8 | |
Media coverageEdit
The New Hampshire State House press covers the New Hampshire State House for newspapers, news services and other news-gathering operations. The New Hampshire General Court website has calendars and journals for both the House and the Senate.
Pew Research Center in 2014 reported New Hampshire had one of the nation's smallest statehouse press corps, with five full-time reporters and an additional nine part-time reporters.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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