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===U.S. Senate===

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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>U.S. Senate ''Congressional Record'', roll call vote on Senate Resolution 301, December 2, 1954.</ref>

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:

*U.S. Senate ''Congressional Record'', roll call vote on Senate Resolution 301, December 2, 1954.

*[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1954/s271 S. RES. 301. PASSAGE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved April 25, 2021.</ref>

Bridges broke his hip on December 31, 1941, and missed several months of the next Senate session.

Bridges broke his hip on December 31, 1941, and missed several months of the next Senate session.