Henry “Styles” Bridges, former Senator from New Hampshire

Dates	Title	Representing
1937-1960	Senator	New Hampshire

Voting Record

From Jan 1937 to Sep 1960, Bridges missed 246 of 3,120 roll call votes, which is 7.9%. This is worse than the median of 4.4% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Sep 1960. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1937 Jan-Mar	19	0	0.0%	0^th
1937 Apr-Jun	21	1	4.8%	0^th
1937 Jul-Aug	29	1	3.4%	22^nd
1937 Nov-Dec	21	1	4.8%	44^th
1938 Jan-Jun	70	11	15.7%	50^th
1939 Jan-Mar	16	2	12.5%	82^nd
1939 Apr-Jun	33	3	9.1%	36^th
1939 Jul-Aug	40	6	15.0%	73^rd
1939 Oct-Nov	20	8	40.0%	91^st
1940 Jan-Mar	42	8	19.0%	73^rd
1940 Apr-Jun	62	6	9.7%	36^th
1940 Jul-Sep	36	7	19.4%	64^th
1940 Oct-Nov	5	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Jan-Mar	23	4	17.4%	92^nd
1941 Apr-Jun	26	1	3.8%	29^th
1941 Jul-Sep	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Oct-Dec	21	3	14.3%	69^th
1942 Jan-Mar	21	5	23.8%	85^th
1942 Apr-Jun	28	4	14.3%	46^th
1942 Jul-Sep	19	5	26.3%	54^th
1942 Oct-Dec	22	7	31.8%	62^nd
1943 Jan-Mar	19	1	5.3%	27^th
1943 Apr-Jun	50	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Jul-Sep	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Oct-Dec	29	3	10.3%	67^th
1944 Jan-Mar	50	5	10.0%	33^rd
1944 Apr-Jun	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Aug-Sep	6	2	33.3%	73^rd
1944 Nov-Dec	12	7	58.3%	88^th
1945 Jan-Mar	17	1	5.9%	44^th
1945 Apr-Jun	38	3	7.9%	80^th
1945 Jul-Sep	27	3	11.1%	76^th
1945 Oct-Dec	23	2	8.7%	56^th
1946 Jan-Mar	11	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Apr-Jun	75	1	1.3%	28^th
1946 Jul-Aug	44	2	4.5%	72^nd
1947 Jan-Mar	32	2	6.3%	72^nd
1947 Apr-Jun	51	3	5.9%	79^th
1947 Jul-Jul	32	5	15.6%	93^rd
1947 Nov-Dec	6	2	33.3%	97^th
1948 Feb-Mar	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Apr-Jun	70	13	18.6%	97^th
1948 Aug-Aug	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jan-Mar	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Apr-Jun	80	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jul-Sep	74	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Oct-Oct	18	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jan-Mar	50	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Apr-Jun	78	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jul-Sep	63	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Dec-Dec	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Mar	19	7	36.8%	98^th
1951 Apr-Jun	69	2	2.9%	71^st
1951 Jul-Sep	90	7	7.8%	84^th
1951 Oct-Oct	16	1	6.3%	59^th
1952 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Apr-Jun	95	4	4.2%	63^rd
1952 Jul-Jul	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jan-Mar	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Apr-Jun	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jul-Jul	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Apr-Jun	45	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jul-Sep	81	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Dec-Dec	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jan-Mar	26	5	19.2%	81^st
1955 Apr-Jun	37	4	10.8%	72^nd
1955 Jul-Aug	23	1	4.3%	57^th
1956 Jan-Mar	46	6	13.0%	96^th
1956 Apr-Jun	46	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jul-Jul	32	2	6.3%	82^nd
1957 Jan-Mar	15	4	26.7%	97^th
1957 Apr-Jun	43	12	27.9%	99^th
1957 Jul-Aug	46	2	4.3%	57^th
1958 Feb-Mar	37	3	8.1%	76^th
1958 Apr-Jun	85	2	2.4%	43^rd
1958 Jul-Aug	73	10	13.7%	88^th
1959 Jan-Apr	51	2	3.9%	66^th
1959 May-Aug	122	9	7.4%	72^nd
1959 Sep-Sep	23	3	13.0%	85^th
1960 Jan-Apr	76	1	1.3%	11^th
1960 May-Aug	122	21	17.2%	89^th
1960 Sep-Sep	5	0	0.0%	0^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Sen. Henry “Styles” Bridges [R-NH, 1937-1960] leaves office as Senator from New Hampshire

Sep 01, 1960

Elections and Offices

Sen. Henry “Styles” Bridges [R-NH, 1937-1960] takes office as Senator from New Hampshire

Jan 05, 1937

Sen. Henry “Styles” Bridges

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