He pursued an academic course, and was graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1826.

He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1829 and commenced practice in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

He served as town clerk from 1837 to 1842, and deputy attorney general of the State for Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, from 1837 to 1844.

Bridges was elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John W. Hornbeck.

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