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===U.S. Senate===

===U.S. Senate===

[[File:Henry Style Bridges 1939.png|thumb|left|230px|Bridges in 1939.]]

[[File:Henry Style Bridges 1939.png|thumb|left|210px|Bridges in 1939.]]

Bridges was elected in 1946 to the United States Senate<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=124750 NH US Senate]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved April 25, 2021.</ref> and reelected in 1942,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=124749 NH US Senate]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved April 18, 2021.</ref> 1948,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=124748 NH US Senate]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved April 18, 2021.</ref> 1954,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=91486 NH US Senate]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved April 18, 2021.</ref> and 1960,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=60053 NH US Senate]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved April 18, 2021.</ref> but he served less than a year of his final term because of his death from a heart attack.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1961/11/27/archives/styles-bridges-is-dead-at-63-republicans-senior-senator.html Styles Bridges Is Dead at 63; Republicans' Senior Senator; Conservative Headed G.O.P. Policy Unit -- Governor of New Hampshire, '34-'36 Styles.Bridges Is Dead at 63; Senwr Repubhcan in Senate]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved April 25, 2021.</ref> He became the highest-ranking Republican senator, serving as chairman of the Joint Committee on Foreign Economic Cooperation when the Republicans had control of the upper chamber. For a year, he was the [[Senate Minority Leader]]. In 1954, he was one of twenty-two mostly [[conservative]] senators, all Republicans, who voted against the [[censure]] of Senator [[Joseph McCarthy]] of [[Wisconsin]], who exposed [[communist]] infiltration of the U.S. government.<ref>Two references:

Bridges was elected in 1946 to the United States Senate<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=124750 NH US Senate]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved April 25, 2021.</ref> and reelected in 1942,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=124749 NH US Senate]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved April 18, 2021.</ref> 1948,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=124748 NH US Senate]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved April 18, 2021.</ref> 1954,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=91486 NH US Senate]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved April 18, 2021.</ref> and 1960,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=60053 NH US Senate]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved April 18, 2021.</ref> but he served less than a year of his final term because of his death from a heart attack.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1961/11/27/archives/styles-bridges-is-dead-at-63-republicans-senior-senator.html Styles Bridges Is Dead at 63; Republicans' Senior Senator; Conservative Headed G.O.P. Policy Unit -- Governor of New Hampshire, '34-'36 Styles.Bridges Is Dead at 63; Senwr Repubhcan in Senate]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved April 25, 2021.</ref> He became the highest-ranking Republican senator, serving as chairman of the Joint Committee on Foreign Economic Cooperation when the Republicans had control of the upper chamber. For a year, he was the [[Senate Minority Leader]].

In 1937, Bridges was one of only sixteen senators to vote against the confirmation of [[Klansman]] [[Hugo Black]] to the [[United States Supreme Court]].<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/75-1/s71 TO CONFIRM THE NOMINATION OF HUGO BLACK TO BE ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 3, 2021.</ref>

In 1937, Bridges was one of only sixteen senators to vote against the confirmation of [[Klansman]] [[Hugo Black]] to the [[United States Supreme Court]].<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/75-1/s71 TO CONFIRM THE NOMINATION OF HUGO BLACK TO BE ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 3, 2021.</ref>

He voted present on the [[Civil Rights Act of 1957]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/s75|title=HR. 6127: The Civil Rights Act of 1957|publisher=govtrack|date=August 7, 1957|accessdate=March 3, 2021}}</ref> though supported the 1960 version of the bill.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/86-1960/s284|title=HR 8601: Passage of amended bill|date=April 8, 1960 |publisher=govtrack|accessdate=March 3, 2021}}</ref> Both measures, despite being gutted of their strong provisions in the U.S. Senate by Southern Democrats, were signed into law by [[President Dwight Eisenhower]].

He voted present on the [[Civil Rights Act of 1957]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/s75|title=HR. 6127: The Civil Rights Act of 1957|publisher=govtrack|date=August 7, 1957|accessdate=March 3, 2021}}</ref> though supported the 1960 version of the bill.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/86-1960/s284|title=HR 8601: Passage of amended bill|date=April 8, 1960 |publisher=govtrack|accessdate=March 3, 2021}}</ref> Both measures, despite being gutted of their strong provisions in the U.S. Senate by Southern Democrats, were signed into law by [[President Dwight Eisenhower]].

In 1954, Bridges and his allies, [[Joseph McCarthy]] and [[Herman Welker]] of [[Idaho]], were implicated in the [[blackmail]] of Democratic colleague [[Lester C. Hunt]] of [[Wyoming]], who like Bridges was a former governor of his state. Bridges threatened to expose Hunt's son as a [[homosexual]] who was found guilty of having solicited an undercover police officer. Following the threats of Bridges and Welker, Hunt resigned from the Senate but subsequently committed suicide in his Capitol office on June 19, 1954. Bridges' involvement in the blackmail much later caused ''The Boston Globe'' to reconsider the honors afforded to Bridges, including Interstate 93 from Concord to the [[Vermont]]  is named in his honor. Along that highway was the "Old Man of the Mountain," which many in the Granite State equated to Bridges.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/editorial/2012/12/29/new-hampshire-should-reassess-legacy-senator-styles-bridges/VM5ILWFhTDqsW80owDszPP/story.html|title=N.H. should reassess legacy of Senator Styles Bridges|publisher=''The Boston Globe''|date=December 29, 2012|accessdate=March 3, 2021}}</ref>

In 1954, he was one of twenty-two mostly [[conservative]] senators, all Republicans, who voted against the [[censure]] of Senator [[Joseph McCarthy]] of [[Wisconsin]], who exposed [[communist]] infiltration of the U.S. government.<ref>Two references:

 

During the same year McCarthy was censured, Bridges, the Wisconsin senator, and [[Herman Welker]] of [[Idaho]], were implicated in the [[blackmail]] of Democratic colleague [[Lester C. Hunt]] of [[Wyoming]], who like Bridges was a former governor of his state. Bridges threatened to expose Hunt's son as a [[homosexual]] who was found guilty of having solicited an undercover police officer. Following the threats of Bridges and Welker, Hunt resigned from the Senate but subsequently committed suicide in his Capitol office on June 19, 1954. Bridges' involvement in the blackmail much later caused ''The Boston Globe'' to reconsider the honors afforded to Bridges, including Interstate 93 from Concord to the [[Vermont]]  is named in his honor. Along that highway was the "Old Man of the Mountain," which many in the Granite State equated to Bridges.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/editorial/2012/12/29/new-hampshire-should-reassess-legacy-senator-styles-bridges/VM5ILWFhTDqsW80owDszPP/story.html|title=N.H. should reassess legacy of Senator Styles Bridges|publisher=''The Boston Globe''|date=December 29, 2012|accessdate=March 3, 2021}}</ref>

Bridges is interred along with his wives at Pine Grove Cemetery in East Concord, New Hampshire.<ref name=findagrave/>

Bridges is interred along with his wives at Pine Grove Cemetery in East Concord, New Hampshire.<ref name=findagrave/>