1972 general · February 1, 1972
1972 New Hampshire House of Representatives election results, district by district
Every New Hampshire House of Representatives district in the 1972 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 400 seats
After the electionD 137 · R 263
Races160
Changed party0
Unopposed28%45 races
Incumbents defeated28
Every district
D 137 · R 263
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-210 | Robbins Milbank (R) | 29.1 | |
| HD-211 | Virginia W. Turner (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-212 | Sumner W. Raymond · Wayne E. Helie (R) | 1.8 | |
| HD-213 | H. Robie Ames · Michael J. Saunders (REP) | 6.7 | |
| HD-214 | Cleon E. Heald · Bernard A. Streeter (R) | 13.3 | |
| HD-410 | John K. Gemmill (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-411 | William M. Webb · Kenneth G. Bell (R) | 40.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-412 | Joseph A. Krainak (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-413 | Marion L. Copenhaver · David J. Bradley · David C. Nutt · Mary P. Chambers (DEM) | 0.5 | |
| HD-414 | Shirley Merrill · Ralph Degnan Hough · Madeline G. Townsend · Myrl R. Eaton · Roger M. Duhaime (REP) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-510 | Orson H. Bragdon · Kenneth W. Spalding Jr. · G. Winthrop Brown (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-511 | Theodore R. Langdell · Charles W. Ferguson Jr. · Malcolm M. Carter · Roscoe N. Coburn (R) | 7.7 | |
| HD-512 | Betty B. Hall · Jack Boyd (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-513 | Elaine T. Lyons · Donald R. Dwyer · Janis R. Lint · Minnie F. Carswell · Ronald E. Geiger (REP) | 0.5 | |
| HD-514 | Frank A. Nutting Jr. · Andrew J. Polak · John M. Bednar · Stanley Alukonis · Leonard A. Smith · Paul R. Bergeron (REP) | 0.0 | |
| HD-515 | Philip R. Currier · John W. Richardson · Henry J. Seamans Sr. (REP) | 1.6 | |
| HD-516 | Donald L. Ethier · D. Alan Rock · Lawrence G. McLaughlin (DEM) | 3.7 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-517 | Gerry F. Parker · Louis D. Record Jr. · Caroline N. Zechel · Neal W. Cobleigh (R) | 6.1 | |
| HD-518 | Marian D. Woodruff · Agenor Belcourt · Hector Trombley (D) | 0.9 | |
| HD-519 | Margaret S. Cote · Cecelia L. Winn · Albert N. Paul · Richard P. Joyce (D) | 11.3 | |
| HD-520 | Henry J. Lachance · William A. Desmarais · Thomas J. Charest (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-521 | Margaret L. McGlynn · Robert L. Gabriel · Thomas J. Migneault · Roland J. Lefebvre (D) | 2.4 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-522 | Wilfrid Boisvert · Samuel F. Mason · Adelard J. Aubut · Romeo A. Chasse (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-523 | David T. Sullivan · John D. Wilcox · Romeo Ouellette (REP) | 1.1 | |
| HD-524 | Ernest R. Coutermarsh · Duane Erickson · Lorraine F. Lebel (DEM) | 0.4 | |
| HD-525 | Greta Ainley · Kimon S. Zachos · Norman F. Milne Jr. · Forsaith Daniels (R) | 2.3 | |
| HD-526 | J. Henry Montplaisir · Francis Murphy · C. Edward Bourassa · Elmer A. Ackerson Sr. (REP) | 0.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-527 | Chris Spirou · Theodora P. Nardi · Craig D. Smith · William F. Horan (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-528 | Joseph Cote · Barbara F. Shea · William J. Cullity · George A. Bruton (D) | 4.1 | |
| HD-529 | Claude E. Dupont · William J. McDonough · William F. Barrett · Daniel J. Healy (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-530 | Mary J. Sullivan · William J. Gardner · Edward D. Clancy · Frank T. Conway (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-531 | David L. Gelinas · Emile D. Beaulieu · Henry O. Lemay · Edward Champagne (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-532 | George T. Healy · John L. Macdonald · Dorthea M. Oneil · P. Robert Thibeault (DEM) | 0.3 | |
| HD-533 | Timothy K. Oconnor · John A. Burke · Marcel A. Vachon · Emmett J. Grady (D) | 6.1 | |
| HD-534 | James A. Sweeney Jr. · Doris T. Lynch · Robert H. Gillmore · Lou Dallesandro (DEM) | 3.9 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-535 | Albert R. Martineau · Armand R. Lemire · Alphonse Levasseur · Catherine G. Lamy (D) | 19.9 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-536 | Lucien G. Lambert · Leo R. Bernier · Edmond Allard · Origene E. Lesmerises (D) | 7.4 | |
| HD-610 | Doris L. Thompson · Elmer S. Wiggin · Russell C. Mattice (R) | 19.6 | |
| HD-611 | James A. Humphrey (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-612 | Joseph Burleigh (R) | 17.5 | |
| HD-613 | William B. Fisher · Eugene S. Daniell Jr. · Donald J. Piper (REP) | 0.7 | |
| HD-614 | Martin R. Haller · Milton A. Cate (R) | 3.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-615 | Chris K. Andersen · Alice Davis (R) | 10.4 | |
| HD-616 | Susan McLane · Henry C. Newell (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-617 | Kenneth M. Tarr · H. Gwendolyn Jones (DEM) | 2.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-618 | Charles M. Filides · Wayne S. Rich (R) | 12.2 | |
| HD-619 | Katherine J. Harriman · Ralph W. Wilson (DEM) | 4.4 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-620 | Eugene H. Woodward Jr. · C. Edwin Howard (R) | 9.6 | |
| HD-621 | Elizabeth Hager · John H. Noble (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-710 | Paul Esterbrook · Myrtle B. Rogers (R) | 11.5 | |
| HD-711 | Anthony T. Randall · Stanley A. Hamel (R) | 0.9 | |
| HD-712 | Tony Smith · Ednapearl F. Parr · Herbert A. Casassa · Wilfred R. Cunningham · Oliver H. Akerman (R) | 0.5 | |
| HD-713 | Edwin W. Eastman · Henry H. Page · Lyman E. Collishaw · F. Leroy Junkins · Benjamin A. Brown (R) | 9.4 | |
| HD-714 | John Twardus · F. Albert Sewall (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-715 | Elliot A. Stevans · Peter S. Simmons · W. Douglas Scamman Jr. (R) | 8.9 | |
| HD-716 | Edna B. Weeks · Richard I. Ellis (R) | 22.0 | |
| HD-717 | Elizabeth A. Greene · Ralph F. Hammond · Richard S. Lockhart (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-718 | Ralph C. Maynard · William Palfrey (DEM) | 1.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-719 | Ruth L. Griffin · James R. Splaine (REP) | 1.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-720 | C. Cecil Dame · Mary Cotton · Joseph A. McEachern (REP) | 1.8 | |
| HD-721 | Thomas P. Connors · Robert T. Call (D) | 1.0 | |
| HD-722 | Paul A. Hodgdon Sr. · Gerald G. Woods (REP) | 0.4 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-723 | Paul McEachern · William F. Keefe (D) | 7.6 | |
| HD-810 | Alfred J. Ruel · Noreen Winkley (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-811 | Donald Sylvain · J. Paul Laroche (D) | 0.7 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-812 | J. Thornton Tripp · Howell F. Preston (R) | 15.2 | |
| HD-813 | Max W. Leighton · Roger O. Boisse (REP) | 2.3 | |
| HD-814 | Helene Donnelly · Mary E. Bernard (D) | 13.8 | |
| HD-815 | Roderick H. Oconnor · William K. Kincaid (DEM) | 2.1 | |
| HD-816 | Harriett W. B. Richardson · Aram Parnagian (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-817 | Anthony A. McManus · Charlotte P. Cogswell (R) | 5.4 | |
| BELKNAP 1 | Robert Lawton · L. Keith Matheson · Marshall French (R) | 12.0 | |
| BELKNAP 2 | Esther R. Nighswander · Norman Marsh · Marion Wuelper (R) | Unopposed | |
| BELKNAP 3 | Charles B. Roberts · John T. Dodge (R) | 3.4 | |
| BELKNAP 4 | George B. Roberts Jr. · George Twigg III (R) | 22.1 | |
| BELKNAP 5 | Robert E. Hood (R) | Unopposed | |
| BELKNAP 6 | David O. Huot (D) | Unopposed | |
| BELKNAP 7 | Carol Pierce · Peter C. Hildreth (REP) | 0.3 | |
| BELKNAP 8 | Dorothy V. Randlett · Fritz T. Sabbow (REP) | Unopposed | |
| BELKNAP 9 | James W. Murray · Frank A. Maguire Jr. (R) | 6.3 | |
| CARROLL 1 | Donalda K. Howard (R) | 27.9 | |
| CARROLL 2 | Stephen M. Duprey · Esther M. Davis · Grace N. Cox (R) | 16.9 | |
| CARROLL 3 | Raymond K. Conley Jr. · Dorothy W. Davis (R) | 31.2 | |
| CARROLL 4 | Russell C. Chase · Russell G. Claflin (R) | 36.6 | |
| CARROLL 5 | Roderick Allen · T. Anne Webster (R) | 18.3 | |
| CHESHIRE 1 | Edward A. Johnson · Robert L. Galloway · Anthony Stevens (REP) | 0.1 | |
| CHESHIRE 2 | James E. Oneil (R) | 46.8 | |
| CHESHIRE 3 | George F. Slicer · Elizabeth Ladd · Elmer L. Johnson (R) | 6.5 | |
| CHESHIRE 4 | Daley E. Whipple (R) | 42.1 | |
| CHESHIRE 5 | Janet W. Dunham · Jacob M. Hackler (R) | 14.0 | |
| CHESHIRE 6 | Charles L. McGiness (D) | Unopposed | |
| CHESHIRE 7 | Harold E. Savage (R) | 29.4 | |
| CHESHIRE 8 | Homer J. Forcier · Anne B. Gordon (DEM) | 1.6 | Incumbent lost |
| CHESHIRE 9 | William L. Yardley (R) | 28.7 | |
| CHESHIRE 15 | Stuart V. Nims · Katherine K. Barrett · Elmer H. Close (DEM) | 5.7 | |
| CHESHIRE 16 | Harold F. Drew · Andrea A. Scranton (R) | 4.0 | |
| COOS 1 | Harry F. Huggins · Warren F. Metcalf · David Patrick (R) | 5.8 | |
| COOS 2 | Walter O. Bushey · Roger L. Hunt (D) | Unopposed | |
| COOS 3 | Arthur M. Drake · Dana H. Lee (R) | Unopposed | |
| COOS 4 | Mabel L. Richardson · Harold Burns (R) | Unopposed | |
| COOS 5 | Victor L. Kidder · Otto H. Oleson (REP) | 2.4 | Incumbent lost |
| COOS 6 | Alcide Valliere · Guy Fortier (D) | 18.5 | Incumbent lost |
| COOS 7 | Romeo A. Desilets · Nelson A. Pryor (D) | Unopposed | |
| COOS 8 | Hilda C. F. Brungot · George Lemire (REP) | 0.9 | Incumbent lost |
| COOS 9 | Romeo J. Theriault · Rebecca A. Gagnon (D) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 1 | John H. Tilton · Kenneth E. Curran · Elmer H. Southard (R) | 10.1 | |
| GRAFTON 2 | Nelson H. Chamberlin (R) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 3 | Malcolm J. Stevenson (R) | 1.4 | |
| GRAFTON 4 | Eino O. Fimlaid (R) | 12.1 | Incumbent lost |
| GRAFTON 5 | W. Murray Clark · Richard L. Bradley (R) | 26.8 | Incumbent lost |
| GRAFTON 6 | Anthony K. Jones · Ezra B. Mann (R) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 7 | Fayne E. Anderson (R) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 8 | Albert C. Jones · Roger K. Warren · Carl F. Altman (DEM) | 0.3 | Incumbent lost |
| GRAFTON 9 | Harold V. Buckman · Steven Harrison (R) | Unopposed | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 1 | Richard W. Withington · Joseph M. Eaton · Howard S. Humphrey Sr. (R) | 18.1 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 2 | Russell S. Cary (R) | 56.2 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 3 | Fred E. Murray · Arthur F. Mann (R) | 19.0 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 4 | Theodore H. Karnis (R) | 32.4 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 5 | Philip C. Heald Jr. · Clyde S. Eaton · Edward G. Warren (R) | 8.9 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 6 | Marjorie D. Colburn (R) | Unopposed | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 7 | Harold E. Thomson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 8 | Arnold B. Perkins · Alice Tirirrell Knight · Ernest W. Fletcher · Lois K. Messina · John J. Clougherty (REP) | 1.3 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 9 | John C. Harvell · Anna S. Vanloan · Rudolph Stokes Nelson Jr. (R) | 4.1 | |
| MERRIMACK 1 | William F. Kidder · Arthur E. Thompson (R) | 15.3 | |
| MERRIMACK 2 | Kenneth L. Sherman (R) | Unopposed | |
| MERRIMACK 3 | John P. H. Chandler · L. Waldo Bigelow Jr. (R) | 16.3 | Incumbent lost |
| MERRIMACK 4 | Harry C. Parker · Donald P. Jones Sr. (R) | 17.0 | |
| MERRIMACK 5 | Joseph H. Deoss · Richard D. Hanson (R) | 10.9 | |
| MERRIMACK 6 | Laurent J. Boucher · Edith S. Rice · Edward H. Enright (R) | 1.1 | Incumbent lost |
| MERRIMACK 7 | John B. Goff · Robert E. Plourde · George E. Gordon III · Ovila Gamache (DEM) | 0.8 | |
| MERRIMACK 8 | John H. Perkins Jr. · Clarence E. Bartlett (DEM) | Unopposed | |
| MERRIMACK 9 | George D. Kopperl · Kathryn M. Cushman (REP) | 1.9 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 1 | Roger C. King · Henry M. Lovejoy (R) | 19.4 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 2 | Roy W. Davis · Helen F. Wilson · Richardson D. Benton (R) | 17.8 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 3 | William P. Boucher · Earle L. Soule · Juanita E. Kashulines · Patricia M. Skinner · George J. Thibeault (R) | 5.2 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 4 | Ernest P. Barka · Kenneth L. Senter · Maurice W. Read · Charles H. Gay · Herbert L. Macgregor · Don Gorman (R) | 1.4 | Incumbent lost |
| ROCKINGHAM 5 | Laurence N. Belair · Vesta M. Roy · James A. Sayer · Richard L. Southwick · Grace L. Decesare · William E. Tuttle · John H. Sununu · Margaret S. Lemay · Marilyn R. Campbell · Elizabeth E. Goff · William J. Stevens (DEM) | 0.0 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 6 | George W. White · Clarence L. Webster · Doris M. Spollett (R) | Unopposed | |
| ROCKINGHAM 7 | Mary T. Vey · Charles Everett Cummings (R) | Unopposed | |
| ROCKINGHAM 8 | John Hoar Jr. · Vera E. Goodrich · Robert C. Erler (R) | 2.3 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 9 | Paul H. Simard · K. Michael Tavitian · Annie Mae Schwaner · Leonard F. Sanborn (R) | 7.8 | |
| STRAFFORD 1 | Ruth H. Dawson (R) | 7.3 | Incumbent lost |
| STRAFFORD 2 | Robert B. Hunt · Sheldon D. Harvey · Ralph W. Canney (R) | 8.2 | |
| STRAFFORD 3 | Ruth T. Rowell (R) | Unopposed | |
| STRAFFORD 4 | John A. Beckett · Richard C. Plumer · Loring V. Tirrell · Dudley W. Dudley (REP) | 0.6 | |
| STRAFFORD 5 | Grace L. Joncas (D) | Unopposed | |
| STRAFFORD 6 | David J. Bouchard · Helen Maloomian (D) | Unopposed | |
| STRAFFORD 7 | John H. Meserve · Roland N. Hebert · Peter N. Chasse (REP) | 0.8 | Incumbent lost |
| STRAFFORD 8 | Thelma P. Tibbetts · Patrick P. Tanner (REP) | Unopposed | |
| STRAFFORD 9 | Barbara C. Thompson · John H. Ineson (R) | 3.1 | |
| STRAFFORD 18 | Raymond B. Peabody · Harry H. Pray (R) | 9.6 | |
| SULLIVAN 1 | Sara M. Townsend (R) | 87.0 | |
| SULLIVAN 2 | George A. Barrus (R) | 19.3 | Incumbent lost |
| SULLIVAN 3 | Mary R. Roy · Omer A. Rousseau (D) | 11.9 | |
| SULLIVAN 4 | John B. Tucker · Robert B. Buckley Jr. · Roma A. Spaulding (REP) | 2.9 | Incumbent lost |
| SULLIVAN 5 | Carmine F. Damante · Adolph J. Burrows · Robert J. Brodeur (D) | 9.5 | |
| SULLIVAN 6 | Jesse W. Scott · James Saggiotes · Alexander P. Lewko (R) | 4.5 | |
| SULLIVAN 7 | Martha McD Frizzell · Dana E. Olden (R) | Unopposed | |
| SULLIVAN 8 | George I. Wiggins (R) | Unopposed | |
| SULLIVAN 9 | Stanley H. Williamson (R) | Unopposed |
New Hampshire House of Representatives
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner