Thomas Hendricks
21st Vice President of the United States
(1889 to 1893)
Served Under: Grover Cleveland
Political Party: Democratic
Occupation: Lawyer
Born: 1819
Died: 1885
Biography
As U.S. Senator from Indiana (1863–69) he opposed radical
Reconstruction. He was (1873–77) governor of Indiana. Defeated for
Vice President on the Tilden ticket in 1876, he won on the Cleveland ticket
in 1884. Hendricks died after eight months in office.
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