 Democrats lost control of both chambers of the State Legislature, control of the Executive Council and both of the U.S. House seats.According to the Concord Monitor, when Lynch was inaugurated on January 6, 2011, he became "the state's longest-serving governor in nearly two centuries.John Taylor Gilman was the last governor to serve longer than six years, serving 14 one-year terms as governor between 1794 and 1816.