Harold White Janeway (February 3, 1936 – August 20, 2020) was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the New Hampshire Senate, representing the 7th District from 2006 to 2010. He was founder and president at White Mountain Investment, Inc, a director at the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, and a Trustee of Milton Academy. He died of cancer on August 20, 2020, in Webster, New Hampshire at age 84.

Personal life

He was the son of Edward Gamaliel Janeway Sr. (1901-1986) and Elinor (White) Janeway (1905-1996). He had five siblings. His grandfather was Theodore Caldwell Janeway, and great-grandfather was Edward Gamaliel Janeway, both physicians. An uncle, Charles Alderson Janeway, was also a notable physician. He was also a descendant of Thomas Leiper. On August 2, 1958, he married Elizabeth Winthrop Chanler (b. 1937), granddaughter of politician Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, great-granddaughter of politician John Winthrop Chanler, 2nd great-granddaughter of Alexander Randall, 3rd great-granddaughter of William Backhouse Astor Sr. and John Randall, and a descendant of John Winthrop, Peter Stuyvesant and the Livingston family. They had five children: William, Roger Williams, Priscilla White, Nora and Augustus White Janeway.