Changes

|term_end2=November 26, 1961

|term_end2=November 26, 1961

|predecessor2=Homer S. Ferguson

|predecessor2=Homer S. Ferguson

|successor2= [[Bourke B. Hickenlooper]]

|successor2=[[Bourke B. Hickenlooper]]

|office3=[[President pro tempore of the Senate|President Pro Tempore of<br>the United States Senate]]

|office3=[[President pro tempore of the Senate|President Pro Tempore of<br>the United States Senate]]

|term_start3=January 3, 1953

|term_start3=January 3, 1953

|resting_place=Pine Grove Cemetery in East Concord

|resting_place=Pine Grove Cemetery in East Concord

|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

|spouse=Sally Clement Bridges (married 1928–1938, her death)<br>

|spouse=(1) Sally Clement Bridges (married 1928–1938, her death)<br>

(2) Doloris Thauwald Bridges (married 1944–1961, his death)

(2) Doloris Thauwald Bridges (married 1944–1961, his death)

|alma_mater=University of Maine<br>at Orono (BA)

|alma_mater=University of Maine<br>at Orono (BA)