NHSAR Past Presidents

PRESIDENTS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

  • April 24, 1889 – December 2, 1890. Charles R. Morrison, Esq., Concord.    
  • December 2, 1890 – March 13, 1891. John M. Hill, Concord [President Pro Tempore].  
  • March 13, 1891 – April 12, 1893. George C. Gilmore, Manchester.    
  • April 12, 1893 – May 8, 1895. Charles E. Staniels, East Concord.    
  • May 8, 1895 – April 21, 1897. William W. Bailey, Esq., Nashua.    
  • April 21, 1897 – October 12, 1898. Howard L. Porter, Concord.    
  • October 12, 1898 – January 11, 1899. Josiah Carpenter, Manchester.    
  • January 11, 1899 – April 19, 1901. Charles B. Spofford, Claremont.    
  • April 19, 1901 – June 14, 1902. Albert Stillman Batchellor, Esq., Littleton.    
  • June 14, 1902 – July 9, 1903. Congressman Henry Moore Baker, Esq., Bow.    
  • July 9, 1903 – April 18, 1906. Rev. Daniel Crane Roberts, Concord.    
  • April 18, 1906 – May 14, 1908. Charles G. Shedd, Keene.    
  • May 14, 1908 – April, 1909. Congressman Henry M. Baker, Esq., Bow.  
  • April, 1909 – July 12, 1910. Rev. Howard F. Hill, Concord.  
  • July 12, 1910 – April 20, 1911. Otis G. Hammond, Concord.    
  • April 20, 1911 – May 14, 1912. William F. Whitcher, Woodsville.    
  • May 14, 1912 – May 3, 1913. Admiral/Prof. John R. Eastman, Andover.    
  • May 3, 1913 – June 9, 1914. Congressman Sherman E. Burroughs, Esq., Manchester.    
  • June 9, 1914 – June 17, 1915. Fred W. Lamb, Manchester.    
  • June 17, 1915 – June 13, 1916. S. Howard Bell, Derry.    
  • June 13, 1916 – June 12, 1917. Franklin W. McKinley, Manchester.    
  • June 12, 1917 – April 29, 1918. Joab N. Patterson, Concord.    
  • April 29, 1918 – June 13, 1919. Henry H. Metcalf, Esq., Concord.    
  • June 13, 1919 – June 22, 1920. Harry T. Lord, Esq., Manchester.    
  • June 22 1920 – April 19, 1923. Prof. Ashley K. Hardy, Hanover.    
  • April 19, 1923 – April 19, 1924. Gen. Elbert Wheeler, Nashua.    
  • April 19, 1924 – April 20, 1925. Levin J. Chase, Concord.    
  • April 20, 1925 – May 6, 1926. Charles M. Steele, Epsom.    
  • May 6, 1926 – April 19, 1937. Prof. Charles A. Holden, Hanover.    
  • April 19, 1937 – April 19, 1939. Albert H. Lamson, Elkins.    
  • April 19, 1939 – April 19, 1940. Frank M. Cilley, Exeter.    
  • April 19, 1940 – April 19, 1945. Willoughby A. Colby, Esq. Concord.    
  • April 19, 1945 – April 19, 1947. Douglas Sloane, Rindge.    
  • April 19, 1947 – April 16, 1949. Congressman/Gov. Sherman Adams, Lincoln.    
  • April 16, 1949 – April 28, 1951. Prof. J. Duane Squires, New London.    
  • April 28, 1951 – April 18, 1953. Frank W. Randall, Portsmouth.    
  • April 18, 1953 – April 16, 1955. Noel T. Wellman, Kearsarge.    
  • April 16, 1955 – April 20, 1957. Judge Jason C. Sawyer, East Jaffrey.    
  • April 20, 1957 – April 29, 1959. Theodore W. Gunn, Peterborough.    
  • April 29, 1959 – April 17, 1961. Blaylock Atherton, Nashua.    
  • April 17, 1961 – April 26, 1962. Gov. Lane Dwinnell, Lebanon.    
  • April 26, 1962 – April 29, 1964. Paul G. Richter, Concord.    
  • April 29, 1964 – May 5, 1966. David V. Prugh Esq., Goffstown.    
  • May 5, 1966 – May 8, 1968. Allan Carman, Esq., Peterborough.    
  • May 8, 1968 – April 22, 1970. George T. Noyes. Bethlehem.    
  • April 22, 1970 – April 8, 1972. Dr. Donald Barton. Concord.    
  • April 8, 1972 – May 4, 1974. John P. H. Chandler, Jr.,Warner.    
  • May 4, 1974 – May 1, 1976. Edward G. Wood, North Hampton.    
  • May 1, 1976 – April 1, 1978. Forrest F. Lange, Portsmouth.    
  • April 1, 1978 – April 26, 1980. Roger Hunt, Manchester.    
  • April 26, 1980 – April 24, 1982. Arthur Wheat, Manchester.    
  • April 24, 1982 – April 21, 1984. Paul S. Onthank, Sr., Center Harbor.    
  • April 21, 1984 – April 19, 1986. Frederick M. Wood. Concord.    
  • April 19, 1986 – April 16, 1988. Louis Huggins. Manchester.    
  • April 16, 1988 – April 21, 1990. Allen R. Tailby, Campton.    
  • April 21, 1990 – April, 1992. Melvin E. Watts. Londonderry.    
  • April, 1992 – April 16, 1994. David A. April, Nashua.    
  • April 16, 1994 – April, 1996. Donald Sumner, Durham.    
  • April, 1996 – April, 1998. Richard C. Wright. Londonderry.    
  • April, 1998 – March, 2000. Harry G. Orcutt. Stoneham, MA/Salem, NH
  • March, 2000 – May 11, 2002. Thomas F. Kehr, Esq.. Concord.
  • May 11, 2002 – April 17, 2004. Hans E. Jackson. Derry.
  • April 17, 2004 – April 29, 2006. Benjamin Hampton. Goffstown.
  • April 29, 2006 – November 2009. Donald P. Hayes, Jr. Lowell, MA
  • November 2009 – March 30, 2013 . Douglas M. Wood.  Salem, NH
  • March 2013 –  May 7, 2016 Robert Walsh, Esq. Manchester, NH
  • May 7, 2016 – February 25, 2017 Brian Anderson Salem, NH
  • February 25, 2017 Rev. Garrett Lear Wakefield, NH
  • April 28, 2018  Russell B. Cumbee Franconia, NH
  • Sean Walsh
  • Andy Akers

NH Vice President Generals (VPG)

Hiram K. Slayton (1889)
Douglas Sloane (May 26, 1948)
David Prugh (1970)
George Noyes (1967)
David Prugh (1971)
Roger Hunt
Harry Orcutt
Richard C. Wright (2001)
Hans Jackson (2009)

National Minute Man Medal Recipients from New Hampshire:

National Trustee/Secretary Harry E. Sherwin, 1952
National Trustee/Secretary John T. Manning, 2012

National Society, SAR Officers from New Hampshire:

David Prugh, National Chancellor General
Donald Barton, National Surgeon General
Sherman Adams, National Executive Committee
Harry E. Sherwin, Acting Executive Director of the NSSAR (1950)
John T. Manning, Recording Secretary, National Executive Committee (2011& 2012), Historian General (2014-2015)

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