Vice President under Grover Cleveland March 4, 1885 until November 25, 1885
Library of Congress
HENDRICKS, Thomas Andrews, (nephew
of William Hendricks), a Representative and a Senator from Indiana and a Vice
President of the United States; born near Zanesville, Ohio, September 7, 1819;
moved with his parents to Indiana in 1820; pursued classical studies and
graduated from Hanover (Ind.) College in 1841; studied law in Chambersburg, Pa.;
was admitted to the bar in 1843 and commenced practice in Shelbyville, Ind.;
member, State house of representatives 1848; member of the State constitutional
convention; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third
Congresses (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1855); unsuccessful candidate for reelection
in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth Congress; chairman, Committee on Mileage
(Thirty-second Congress), Committee on Invalid Pensions (Thirty-third Congress);
Commissioner of the General Land Office 1855-1859; unsuccessful Democratic
candidate for Governor of Indiana in 1860; moved to Indianapolis in 1860 and
practiced law; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from
March 4, 1863, to March 3, 1869; Governor of Indiana 1872; unsuccessful
candidate for Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket with
Samuel Tilden in 1876; elected Vice President of the United States in 1884 on
the Democratic ticket with Grover Cleveland and served from March 4, 1885, until
his death in Indianapolis, Ind., November 25, 1885; interment in Crown Hill
Cemetery.- -Biographical
Data courtesy of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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