The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-07-22
he largest majority ever given in Buff

In Buffalo he was prominent hg-
ure. He was q member of the Buffalo
Club, vice-president Of the city club,
and one of the vice-presidents Of the
State Bar Association.
His election as governor by major
ity of nearly 200. 900 was surprise to
even his ERNEST friends, and was part
ly in consequence of the fact that
many republicans either voted for him
or remained away from the polls.
In person the governor is little above
the medium height, well proportioned
and portly. His thin, dark hair is
tinged with gray, and his eyes are
dark. He wears no whiskers, but
heavy, dark moustache. NOtwithstand-
ing the number of preachers in his
family, he has not been prominent In
religious matters, and has, since his
manhood, devoted nearly all his time
to the law. He is a bachelor.
THOMAS A HENDRICKS.
Thomas A Hendricks was born a
Buckeye, his native place being a
small village in Muskingum county,
not far from GAINESVILLE, Ohio. In
1922, when he was three years old,
his father moved to Shelby county,
Indiana, and that state has since been
his home. His father had sufficient
property to educate his children, and
at the age OF % young Hendricks was
graduated at Hanover college. de
went Immediately to Chsmbersburg,
Pennsylvania, where he studied law,
and two years later was admitted to
the bar. He then returned to lndl-
ana, and in the village of Shelbyville
hung out his single. Old acquaint-
ances say he made a quick success,
both by his knowledge of the law and
by his attractive personal characterize,
| les. 1t is said that the late Governor
Morton, when opposing young Hen
bricks, could usually win before jury
but in an argument before Judge
Hendricks would beat him every time
In 1913 Hendricks was elected 9
member of the state legislature, and
two years later helped to form a con
stitution for his state. The next tive
wears he served his district in congress
Then one morning, while sitting OF
the portico of his home in Shelbyville
friend handed him q ranked envel
ope postmarked washington" L
was from Franklin Pierce, asking hin
! to come on to Washington and tax
the Office of Land Commissioner. H
accep'ed and for nearly four year
discharged the duties ef that post. ii
remained in office one year longer thai
, he intended to because OF q controveI
!. sy with Land Officer Burch. of Mis-
= seuri. Burch's son had taken up
very large tract of the best land i
Missouri, and Burch wanted to get
patent for the young man, contrary I
law and right. Hendricks cut off tn
! grab and stayed in Office long enoug
, to see that it should not again be a
. tempted. While commissioner b
heard and decided %, 900 land claims
His standing before the people of hl
u, state made him the democratic cand
date for governor in 1860. This
Z was not a good year for Democrat
candidates, and Henry S. Lane d.
feated him. Lane went to the senai
at once, and Morton succeeded to til
governors chair. Two years late
the democrats turned the state legisl,
q ture and senate inside out, and tt
! new houses at once elected Hendricl
. United States Senator for the ter
. expiring in 1869. This was Il
. opportunity which Hendricks needle
~ to give him a national reputation
% Democrats could do little more tha
y protest in these days, but HendIicE
protested against the republics
70 reconstruction methods so efectual
- that he was the most conspicuo'
~ candidate before the democrat
! national convention held in Ne
: York city in 1868. New York
10 delegates and all the northwe
" backed him, but Ohio kicked ov
- the traces, voted persistently f
4 Seymour, and finally, with the aid
: the gallery gods, created a stamped
n After leaving the senate, In 1S6
|. he practised law in Indianapolis I'M
~ 1872. He was then made the cant
:. date for governor of the state, al
10 was elected by majority of l, 14S.
- At St. Louis in 1876 he accept
If the second place on the ticket head
by Mr.. Tilden.