Bridges ran for governor of New Hampshire in 1934 , and won , becoming the nation 's youngest governor at the time , according to John Gunther 's book , '' Inside U.S.A. '' He was elected to the United States Senate in 1936 , and would serve until his death in 1961 . In 1937 he retired from the Army Reserve Corps , in which he had served as a lieutenant since 1925 . In 1940 he attempted to win the Republican nomination for President ; the nomination was eventually won by Wendell Willkie . That same year , Bridges also received two delegates for the Republican vice presidential nomination , which eventually went to Charles L. McNary . Bridges broke his hip on New Year 's Eve 1941 , and missed several months of the next Senate session
Republican nomination
1940 Republican National Convention
Styles Bridges