District 5: Canaan, Charlestown, Claremont, Cornish, Enfield, Hanover, Lebanon, Lyme, and Plainfield
Current Committees: Chair, Judiciary; Transportation
View Bills Senator Hennessey Sponsored This Session
Contact Information:
State House, Room 302
107 North Main Street
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603-271-2609
Email: martha.hennessey@leg.state.nh.us
Years Served in the Senate: 2017-18, 2019-20 (Current)
Years Served in the House: 2015-16
2017-18 Legislative Priorities: Finding solutions to Heroin and Opioid Crisis; Funding universal full day kindergarten; Supporting
affordable and accessible women’s
healthcare choices; Instituting paid family and medical leave insurance; Improving sexual and domestic assault awareness and education
Profession: Educational/Developmental Psychologist
Education: B.A., Dartmouth College; MBA & Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Professional & Community Affiliations: Member, Hanover Historical Society; Former Board member, The Circle Program
Family: Senator Hennessey is married to her husband Steve Severson and they have three children and four granddaughters.
Personal: Senator Hennessey was a member of first coeducational class at Dartmouth College and is the first female Senator in District 5
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