Citizenship Test Answers for New Hampshire
Four of the 128 civics questions depend on where you live. Here is how to answer them if you live in New Hampshire.
62. What is the capital of your state?
Answer for New Hampshire
Concord
This is the one state-specific answer that does not change. The three below change with elections. Every name on this page is checked each night against the congressional record and, for governors, two independent public records, and a name is left out rather than printed when the sources disagree.
23. Who is one of your state's U.S. senators now?
Answer for New Hampshire now
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Margaret Wood Hassan
You only need to give one of these names.
New Hampshire has two U.S. senators, like every state. You only need to name one of them. Senators are elected to six-year terms, so this answer changes; give the name of a senator serving on the day of your interview.
Look up New Hampshire's senators at senate.gov
29. Name your U.S. representative.
Your representative depends on your congressional district, not just your state, so it is different for two people living in the same city. Look it up by ZIP code.
All 2 of New Hampshire's representatives, by district
| District | Representative |
|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Pappas |
| 2 | Maggie Goodlander |
If you do not know your district, the lookup below finds it from your ZIP code.
Find your representative at house.gov
Residents of territories with nonvoting Delegates or Resident Commissioners may provide the name of that Delegate or Commissioner. Also acceptable is any statement that the territory has no (voting) representatives in Congress.
61. Who is the governor of your state now?
Answer for New Hampshire now
Kelly Ayotte
Governors are elected and change, so answer with whoever is serving on the day of your
interview. Your state government's official .gov website is the reliable
place to check.
Background on New Hampshire
Concord is New Hampshire's capital, while Manchester is the larger city. New Hampshire is one of the thirteen original states, and its ratification carries unusual weight: it became the 9th state in 1788, and nine was the number the Constitution itself set for taking effect, so the new government existed from that vote onward. It has 2 congressional districts and 4 electoral votes. The state also holds the first presidential primary in the country, which along with its small size gives it attention out of proportion to those 4 electoral votes. The capital is the fixed answer among the four asked on this page. Its motto, Live Free or Die, comes from a toast written by a Revolutionary War general, and the state still prints it on license plates.
This background section is written by US Citizenship Test Practice. It is not part of the USCIS question list, and it names no senator, representative or governor itself: those names change with elections, so they appear only in the answers above, which are checked every night.
The other 124 questions
Everything else on the civics test is the same no matter where you live.