David Watters' Biography
- State Senate (NH) - District 4, Democratic
Contact Information
Office
Legislative Office Building, Room 101-A
33 North State Street
Concord, NH 03301
Full Name:
David H. Watters
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Jan; 1 Child: Harper
Birth Date:
12/28/1950
Birth Place:
Hartford, CT
Home City:
Dover, NH
PhD, Philosophy, English Language and Literature/Letters, Brown University, 1973-1978
BA, English Language and Literature/Letters, Dartmouth College, 1968-1972
Senator, New Hampshire State Senate, District 4, 2012-present
Former Member, Board of Selectman, Ward 1, Town of Dover
Candidate, New Hampshire State Senate, District 4, 2020, 2022
Deputy Majority Leader, New Hampshire State Senate, 2019-2020
Representative, New Hampshire State House of Representatives, District Strafford 4, 2008-2012
Member, Capital Budget Committee
Member, Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Vice Chair, Transportation Committee
Former Member, Administrative Rules Committee, New Hampshire State Senate
Former Chair, Capital Budget Committee, New Hampshire State Senate
Former Member, Education Committee, New Hampshire State Senate
Former Chair, Transportation Committee, New Hampshire State Senate
English Professor, University of New Hampshire, 1978-present
Director, Center for New England Culture, University of New Hampshire, present
Co-Editor, "Encyclopedia of New England"
Consultant, New Hampshire Public Radio
Commissioner, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, present
Tutor, Adult Learning Center, Town of Dover
Member, Board of Directors, Dover Adult Learning Center
Member, Board of Directors, New Hampshire Humanities Council
Former Member, Democratic State Committee, New Hampshire
Trustee, Historical Society, New Hampshire
Member, New Hampshire Sea Grant Policy Advisory Committee
Member, Pontine Movement Theatre
Trustee, Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail
Trustee, Robert Frost Homestead Foundation
Former Chair, Strafford County Democratic Committee
Spouse's Occupation:
Retired English Professor, Fitchburg State University