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Styles Bridges

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 9, 1898 in West Pembroke, ME
Died: November 26, 1961 in East Concord, NH

Education:

  • Univeristy of Maine, 1918

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1925-1937

Career:

  • Instructor, 1919-1922
  • Editor of Granite Monthly Magazine, 1924-1926
  • Director of NH Investment Co., 1924-1929
  • NH Public Service Commission, 1930-1934


Election Results for Styles Bridges


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 37 NH R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 45,463 56.0%
1936 37 NH R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 107,923 51.9%
1942 43 NH R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 37,045 92.4%
1942 43 NH R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 88,601 54.6%
1948 49 NH R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 44,616 100.0%
1948 49 NH R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 129,600 58.1%
1954 55 NH R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 62,524 100.0%
1954 55 NH R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 117,150 60.2%
1960 61 NH R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 87,629 92.9%
1960 61 NH R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 173,521 60.3%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Styles Bridges


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1945 46 Senate 47 7 D 53
1946 47 Senate 55 5 D 60
1947 48 Senate 78 4 D 64 25
1948 49 Senate 55 13 D 70 43
1949 50 Senate 82 2 D 80 0
1950 51 Senate 69 10 D 68 7
1951 52 Senate 73 4 D 66 0
1952 53 Senate 78 6 D 85 0
1953 54 Senate 71 0 R 81 66 9
1954 55 Senate 87 0 R 69 3 69 17
1955 56 Senate 73 0 R 65 0 66 0
1956 57 Senate 84 4 R 62 15 85 14
1957 58 Senate 26 0 R 16 4 20 0
1958 59 Senate 82 3 R 68 17 83 8
1959 60 Senate 70 2 72 6 R 69 10 74 0
1960 61 Senate 70 2 63 9 R 49 14 60 10
1961 62 Senate 40 0 49 5 D 15 41 52 0 82
Lifetime conservative rating:   82%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.