Hendricks, Thomas Andrews

Hendricks was born in 1819 near Zanesville, Ohio . In 1820, he moved with his parents to a permanent residence in Indiana . After graduating from Hannover College in 1841, he studied law in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania , after which he practiced law.

Hendricks began his political career in 1848 when he was elected to the Indiana House of Representatives. In 1850, he nominated for Congress and was elected to the House of Representatives from the Democratic Party . He held this post from 1851 to 1855. In 1855, during the presidency of Franklin Pierce, Hendricks was appointed Commissioner for Land Administration. In 1860, he ran for governor of Indiana, but was defeated, after which he moved to Indianapolis , where he practiced law. In 1863, during the Civil War in the United States, Hendricks was elected a senator from Indiana and remained in this position until 1869.

In 1868, he was promoted to the position of Governor of Indiana for the second time, but was again defeated. He took this post on his third attempt in 1873. The tenure of governor coincided with the post-war economic downturn. Twice he had to resort to the help of the militia (police) to forcibly stop the strikes of workers who were dissatisfied with the reduction in wages. During his governorship, a dry law was also passed , which, however, was repealed two years after entry into force.

In 1885, Hendricks took over as Vice President of the United States under Grover Cleveland . Thomas Hendricks remained in this position for only a few months and passed away in November of that year. He remains the only vice president of the United States (among those who did not hold the presidency), whose portrait appeared on American paper money: Hendricks was depicted on a silver certificate of 1886 worth 10 dollars . Hendricks was married to Eliza Morgan; the couple had a son.

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