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'''Henry Styles Bridges''', known as '''Styles Bridges''' (September 9, 1898 – November 26, 1961), was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[governor]] of [[New Hampshire]] from 1935 to 1937 and a [[United States Senator]] from 1937 until his death in office.

'''Henry Styles Bridges''', known as '''Styles Bridges''' (September 9, 1898 – November 26, 1961), was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[governor]] of [[New Hampshire]] from 1935 to 1937 and a [[United States Senator]] from 1937 until his death in office.

Bridges was born in West Pembroke in Washington County in southeastern [[Maine]], the son of the former Alina Roxanna Fisher and Earle Leopold Bridges. He attended public schools in Maine and attended until 1918 the University of Maine at Orono. Afterwards, he held a variety of jobs, including teaching, [[newspaper]] editing, business, and government. For a year, he was an instructor at Sanderson Academy in Ashfield, [[Massachusetts]]. He was a member of the extension staff of the [[University of New Hampshire]] at Durham from 1921 until 1922. He was the secretary of the New Hampshire [[Farm Bureau]] Federation from 1922 until 1923, and he edited the ''Granite Monthly'' [[magazine]] from 1924 until 1926. Meanwhile, he worked in the financial services industry from 1924 until 1929 and served on the New Hampshire Public Service Commission from 1930 until 1934.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7146308/henry-styles-bridges|title=Henry Styles Bridges|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=March 3, 2021}}</ref>

Bridges was born in West Pembroke in Washington County in southeastern [[Maine]], the son of the former Alina Roxanna Fisher and Earle Leopold Bridges. He attended public schools in Maine and attended until 1918 the University of Maine at Orono. Afterwards, he held a variety of jobs, including teaching, [[newspaper]] editing, business, and government. For a year, he was an instructor at Sanderson Academy in Ashfield, [[Massachusetts]]. He was a member of the extension staff of the [[University of New Hampshire]] at Durham from 1921 until 1922. He was the secretary of the New Hampshire [[Farm Bureau]] Federation from 1922 until 1923, and he edited the ''Granite Monthly'' [[magazine]] from 1924 until 1926. Meanwhile, he worked in the financial services industry from 1924 until 1929 and served on the New Hampshire Public Service Commission from 1930 until 1934.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7146308/henry-styles-bridges|title=Henry Styles Bridges|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=March 3, 2021}}</ref>

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. 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 Linza McNary (1874-1944) of [[Oregon, who ran opposite Senator [[Harry Truman]]. Bridges broke his hip on December 31, 1941, and missed several months of the next Senate session.  

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. 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 Linza McNary (1874-1944) of [[Oregon, who ran opposite Senator [[Harry Truman]]. Bridges broke his hip on December 31, 1941, and missed several months of the next Senate session.  

In 1954, Bridges and his allies, Joseph McCarthy and Herman Welker of [[Idaho]], were implicated along with McCarty and Senator Herman Welker of [[Idaho]] 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>https://www.bostonglobe.com/editorial/2012/12/29/new-hampshire-should-reassess-legacy-senator-styles-bridges/VM5ILWFhTDqsW80owDszPP/story.htmltitle=N.H. should reassess legacy of Senator Styles Bridges|publisher=''The Boston Globe''|date=December 29, 2012|accessdate=March 3, 2021}}</ref>

In 1954, Bridges and his allies, Joseph McCarthy and Herman Welker of [[Idaho]], were implicated along with McCarty and Senator Herman Welker of [[Idaho]] 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>https://www.bostonglobe.com/editorial/2012/12/29/new-hampshire-should-reassess-legacy-senator-styles-bridges/VM5ILWFhTDqsW80owDszPP/story.htmltitle=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 at Pine Grove Cemetery in East Concord, New Hampshire.  

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

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