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  Bridges, H. Styles
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NameH. Styles Bridges
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Concord, New Hampshire , United States
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Born September 09, 1898
Died November 26, 1961 (63 years)
ContributorJoshua L.
Last ModifedJoshua L.
May 24, 2004 11:06pm
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InfoBRIDGES, Henry Styles (Styles), a Senator from New Hampshire; born in West Pembroke, Washington County, Maine, September 9, 1898; attended the public schools; was graduated from the University of Maine at Orono in 1918; instructor at Sanderson Academy, Ashfield, Mass., 1918-1919; member of the extension staff of the University of New Hampshire at Durham 1921-1922; secretary of the New Hampshire Farm Bureau Federation 1922-1923; editor of the Granite Monthly Magazine 1924-1926; director and secretary of the New Hampshire Investment Co. 1924-1929; member of the New Hampshire Public Service Commission 1930-1934; lieutenant in the United States Army Reserve Corps 1925-1937; Governor of New Hampshire 1934-1936; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1936, 1942, 1948, 1954, and again in 1960, and served from January 3, 1937, until his death on November 26, 1961; minority leader 1952-1953; served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Eighty-third Congress; chairman, Joint Committee on Foreign Economic Cooperation (Eightieth Congress), Joint Committee on Inaugural Arrangements (Eighty-second and Eighty-fourth Congresses), Committee on Appropriations (Eightieth and Eighty-third Congresses), Republican Policy Committee (Eighty-fourth through Eighty-seventh Congresses); died in East Concord, N.H., November 26, 1961; interment in Pine Grove Cemetery.


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RACES
  11/08/1960 NH US Senate Won 60.35% (+20.69%)
  09/13/1960 NH US Senate - R Primary Won 92.92% (+85.83%)
  07/01/1960 US President - R Primaries Lost 0.00% (-86.63%)
  03/08/1960 NH US Vice President - R Primary Lost 10.69% (-31.50%)
  03/13/1956 NH US Vice President - R Primary Lost 6.47% (-70.63%)
  11/02/1954 NH US Senate Won 60.22% (+20.44%)
  03/11/1952 NH US Vice President - D Primary Lost 8.65% (-25.95%)
  03/11/1952 NH US Vice President - R Primary Won 30.85% (+3.11%)
  01/08/1952 Minority Leader Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/02/1948 NH US Senate Won 58.14% (+16.98%)
  11/03/1942 NH US Senate Won 54.61% (+9.21%)
  07/28/1940 US President - R Convention Lost 1.34% (-46.26%)
  06/28/1940 US Vice President - R Convention Lost 0.20% (-88.80%)
  11/03/1936 NH US Senate Won 51.86% (+4.19%)
  09/15/1936 NH US Senate - R Primary Won 56.05% (+16.46%)
  06/12/1936 US Vice President - R Convention Lost 0.00% (-100.00%)
  11/06/1934 NH Governor Won 50.55% (+1.39%)
ENDORSEMENTS
U. S. Secretary of State - Jan 19, 1949 NPA Reject
US Attorney General - Jan 02, 1939 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 18, 1937 NPA Reject