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==Political career==
==Political career==
In 1934, Bridges was elected as the nation's youngest governor at that time and served a single two-year term prior to entering the U.S. Senate.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263001 NH Governor]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved April 18, 2021.</ref> In 1937, he retired from the [[United States Army]] Reserve Corps, in which he had served as a [[Lieutenant]] since 1925. In 1940, he attempted to win the Republican presidential nomination, which instead went on the sixth ballot by [[Moderate Republican]] [[Wendell Willkie]]. After losing the presidential nod, he obtained two delegates for the Republican vice-presidential nomination, which eventually went to another Moderate Republican, [[Charles McNary]] of [[Oregon]], who ran opposite to then-senator [[Harry Truman]].
In 1934, Bridges was elected as the nation's youngest governor at that time and served a single two-year term prior to entering the U.S. Senate.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263001 NH Governor]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved April 18, 2021.</ref> During his tenure, he enacted relief measures to aid economically disadvantaged mothers and needy children and promoted a fair unemployment insurance bill.<ref>[https://www.nga.org/governor/henry-styles-bridges/ Gov. Henry Styles Bridges]. ''National Governors Association''. Retrieved August 23, 2021.</ref> Bridges also appointed the first woman to the state's judicial branch.
In 1937, he retired from the [[United States Army]] Reserve Corps, in which he had served as a [[Lieutenant]] since 1925. In 1940, he attempted to win the Republican presidential nomination, which instead went on the sixth ballot by [[Moderate Republican]] [[Wendell Willkie]]. After losing the presidential nod, he obtained two delegates for the Republican vice-presidential nomination, which eventually went to another Moderate Republican, [[Charles McNary]] of [[Oregon]], who ran opposite to then-senator [[Harry Truman]].
===U.S. Senate===
===U.S. Senate===