The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-16
THOMAS A. HENDRICKS,

Who was UNANIMOUSLY nominated for
Vice President by the National Demo
cratic Convention, on the first ballot, was
born in Muskingum county, o., Sept. Z,
1916. His father removed to Shelby,
county, Indiana, when Thomas was only
three years old, and the latter has ever
since resided in that State. he received
liberal education, graduating at Har-
ward in 1S4l. Two years later he was
admitted to the bar, and rapidly rose in
his profession. He was chosen a mem
Der of the Indiana Constitutional Con-
vention in 1850, and took an active part
| in its deliberations. In the fall of the
same year he was sent to Congress from
the indianapolis district, and was re-
elected in 1852.
After the expiration of his second
term in Congress he was appointed Com
missioner of the General Land Office by
President Pierce and was continued In
| this position by President Buchanan. he
resigned in 1859 to the take field as the
| Democratic candidate for Governor oil
Indiana against Henry S. Lane, but was
defeated by small majority. In 1867
the Democrats carried Indiana, electing
| Il uldlOIll1 VI tuC lhN AAA
Hendricks was elected to the United
States Senate for the term ending March
3, 1869, He made national reputation
while a member of this body, and was
the recognized leader of the minority,
His hold upon the party was shown In
| the New York convention of 1868, when
at one time, he led all the candidates for
| the Presidency, and must have received
the nomination had it not been for the
Pendiction movement in favor of Horatio
Seymour.
The same year he was nominated a
second time for Governor of Indiana
although the State went Republican two
years before by majority of $4,000 he
was defeated by less than thousand
| majority on the heaviest vote that had
been cast in the State up to that time.
After his retirement from the Senate
in 1869 he returned to indianapolis and
resumed the active practice of his pro
fession In 1872 the Democrats of In
dianaed again: demand,that Senator Hen
bricks should be their standard-bearer,
and he was placed in the field against his
great popularity in the State. Not
withstanding the disasters of the Greeley
campaign and the large Republican
majority in the State he was elected over
Gen. Tom Brown, his opponent, by a
majority of ll4S, although every other
candidate on the Democratic ticket was
defeated with one exception.
Gov Hendricks would have been re-
turned to the Senate in 1875 had it not
been for the fact that the Lieutenant
Governor, Republican, would have
| succeeded to the Executive chair. This
of course, put his candidacy out of the
question.
In the Democratic Convention at St.
Louis in 1876 Mr.. Hendricks was
strong candidate for the Presidency, and
upon the nomination of Mr.. Tilden the
Vice Presidency was unanimously ten
dered him. The incidents of the cam
paign of that year, and the great fraud
by which the will of the sovereign peo-
pie of the country was defeated, are too
well known to need repetition. After the
candidates elected by the people had
been counted out by the to commits
sion Mr.. Hendricks retired to private
life in Indianapolis, although he has
ever since taken great interest in
politics. Last year Mr.. Hendricks was
attacked by erysipelas in the foot and
spent several months in Europe, return
ing to this country in perfect health.
While it isa cause of regret that the
great national wrong cannot be righted
in the person of Mr.. Tilden, against
whom it was chiefly aimed, by reason of
his advancing years and infrmities, it is
a source of qualification that in the
name of Mr.. Hendricks the people will
have an opportunity of rebuking the
fraud.
Mr.. Hendricks is emphatically "a fav-
orite son" of Indiana, and will, undoubt-
eddy, for the second time be elect ed by
the people to the second place in their
gift.