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Bridges, Henry Styles (Henry)
1898 - Bridges was born in West Pembroke, Maine on the 9th of September.
1918 - He attended the University of Maine at Orono.
- He held a variety of jobs, including teaching, newspaper editing, business and state government.
- He was an instructor at Sanderson Academy, Ashfield, Massachusetts.
1921 - He was a member of the extension staff of the University of New Hampshire at Durham.
1922-1923 - He was the secretary of the New Hampshire Farm Bureau Federation.
1924-1926 - He became the editor of the Granite Monthly Magazine.
- He was the director and secretary of the New Hampshire Investment Corporation0.
1930-1934 - He was then a member of the New Hampshire Public Service Commission.
- Bridges ran for the position of governor of New Hampshire, and won, becoming the nation's youngest governor at the time, according to John Gunther's book, Inside U.S.A..
1936 - He was elected to the United States Senate.
1937 - He retired from the Army Reserve Corps.
- He had served as a Lieutenant.
1940 - he attempted to win the Republican nomination for President; the nomination was eventually won by Wendell Willkie.
1941 - Bridges broke his hip on New Year's Eve and missed several months of the next Senate session.
1947-1949 - 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 Senate.
1952-1953 - He was Senate Minority Leader.
- He became President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate.
- He became chairman of the Joint Committee on Inaugural Arrangements for both of the inaugurations of President Dwight Eisenhower,
- He became Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations when the Republicans had control of the Senate.
1954 - He was Chairman of the Republican Policy Committee.
1961 - He died on the 26th of November.
1918 - He attended the University of Maine at Orono.
- He held a variety of jobs, including teaching, newspaper editing, business and state government.
- He was an instructor at Sanderson Academy, Ashfield, Massachusetts.
1921 - He was a member of the extension staff of the University of New Hampshire at Durham.
1922-1923 - He was the secretary of the New Hampshire Farm Bureau Federation.
1924-1926 - He became the editor of the Granite Monthly Magazine.
- He was the director and secretary of the New Hampshire Investment Corporation0.
1930-1934 - He was then a member of the New Hampshire Public Service Commission.
- Bridges ran for the position of governor of New Hampshire, and won, becoming the nation's youngest governor at the time, according to John Gunther's book, Inside U.S.A..
1936 - He was elected to the United States Senate.
1937 - He retired from the Army Reserve Corps.
- He had served as a Lieutenant.
1940 - he attempted to win the Republican nomination for President; the nomination was eventually won by Wendell Willkie.
1941 - Bridges broke his hip on New Year's Eve and missed several months of the next Senate session.
1947-1949 - 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 Senate.
1952-1953 - He was Senate Minority Leader.
- He became President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate.
- He became chairman of the Joint Committee on Inaugural Arrangements for both of the inaugurations of President Dwight Eisenhower,
- He became Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations when the Republicans had control of the Senate.
1954 - He was Chairman of the Republican Policy Committee.
1961 - He died on the 26th of November.
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