Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-27
DEATH OF NONRESIDENT HENDRICKS.

illness, Wednesday afternoon shortly Before
five o'clock, at his home in Indianapolis, OF
naralysis CT the brain. He returned from
Chicago last Saturday and complained Of
feeling unweI, but nothing serious was
thought CT IL mt the Time. Tuesday night
he and Mrs. Hendricks attended recep
ton. and after he went home ne complained
o. pains il his side and stomach. Mr Hen
bricks STAYED in his room most oi the day
or Wednesday, ug:, shortly he;oro live
O'Clock in tha evening Airs. Hendricks left
his bedside to see y caller for q few minutes
in the parlor. She was delayed longer than
she expected, aud when she returned to tbs
room she found that Mr.. Hendricks was
dead. The end had come peacefully and
quietly. On his face there was no indica-
ton o! pain or suffering, and his eyes were
Only half closed as ii in . gentle sleep.
just before death tbs pain with which be
had been suffering auldcEly seemed to cease
ana he said 10 his ,:epaaw, Il ain free at
last. send for Eliza" neNa!rg hiJ wife, and
these were his las words. Mrs. Hendricks
became almost distracted with grief, and it
was III hour Or more I'e:Ofo she became
sufficiently cCal;sD$ct! to give any in!orma-
Upon tns .ecsip. If the sad intelligence
in Washington Cabinet meeting was held
and, upon i.s adjournment, the President
| issued th; following:
EXECUTIVE MANSION.
WASHINGTON, u. g., No". 25, 1855.
TO the People Of the United States:
Thomas A. Hendricks, Vice President of
the United States, died to-day ct 5 o'clock
p 81 at indianapolis: aud il becomes ny
mour;ifui duty &c announce the distressing
fact 10 BIZ; fe:loH counlrymen.
Ii respect 10 the memory and the emil
neni AID Varied services Of this high official
| ara :. ,;G,I1 -" .ut. "'sI- ose lG1S;. -
rcec yes 50 full Of usefulness and honor TO
is State and TO the United States, it is
/ st half mast upon all the public buildings of
sion and the several executive departments
in the city of Washington 10 closed on the
dey Of the funeral, and be draped in mourn
ing for the period OF thirty days; that the
| usual ard appropriate military and naval
hcuors be rendered, and that on all the le-
cations ard consulatcs Of the United States
| in foreign countries the national flag shall
| be displayed at ilalf-mast OH the reception
of this order, and tho usual embiems OF
mourning be adopted for thirty days.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
b. the President:
E. BAYARD, Secretary Of State.
| The President also sent the following
| telegram to Mrs. Hendricks
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, November %, 1856.
| Mrs. T. H. Hendricks, Indianapolis, Ind:
The sudden aud lamentable death of your
husband exctas M profound sympathy for
you in this hour Of your great bereavement,
and I sincerely mourn the decease Of one so
lately associated With me in the execution
Of the peoples highest trust, while the ga
| ton mourn5 til: loss of an honored citizen
| and faithful pubic servant.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
One Of th: most touching messages scIt
| Mrs. Hendricks was the following from Mrs.
Mcclellan dnted New York:
Mrs. T. A. Hendricks:
One who is suffering just as You are. sends
you her tendarcst gym athy.
lIEs GEO. 3. MCCLELLAN
Mr. Ti!den sch: the following:
GEEYsToNE, n. Y, Nov. 26.
| Mrs Z, a. Hendricks:
en- ine1pre5sih? shocked by lie sur
prisiug and rniD;u, Intelligence cf the sud
nCu CiUSllS y: me 'SiSSi vi your HusULliti
| He has fallen with fonrrs tAic!. upon h.ll
| and in the acme # his popular esteem. In
your PERSONAL :,ercalA C;@Gt I deeply sylnpa-
thize, while i; comm9H "i'h Tie whole
country dspore ,hc loss Of hEr. Hendricks
as public calamity.
SAMUEL J. TILDEN.
Senator EiiIUnds whe: appr;S"i If the
death, was great, affected 40 said inat
lie had known FIR. Hendricks /, great many
years, and they we're intimate friends il old
times in the Senate, and be added: Il have
always had q personal regard for him.
regret exceedingly his death"
Secretary Bayard said: The news Of
Mr.. Hendricks death is painlu: 10 Us all
but the condition IN which the American
people are placed by his doatt, through the
failure Of Congress 70 pass proper laws re-
garding the presidential succes7iou--the
fact that there is now bat one mau's life be.
tween the American people and no Presi-
dent is more painful 10 contemplate"
Thomas Andrews Hendricks was born on
a farm near GAINESVILLE, Ohio, Septembe; Z,
1878 He WAS admitted 20 the bar in 1913.
In 1916 ho married Miss Eliza c. Morgan
He ,Yas elected member Of the Indiana
House OF Representatives in 1S4S. From
1851 30 1856 he was democratic member Of
Congress, and from 1856 to 1859 commits
sioner of the United States land office. In
1868 he was elected to tho United States
Senate from Indiana, and served with great
distinction in that body for six years ending
in 1860. In 1859 and 1865 he was the DEM
ocratic candidate for Governor Of Indiana,
but was defeated in both instances In
1872 lie was again candidates for the same
position and was elected. In The national
democratic convention OF 1868 Mr.. Hen
bricks led all other candidates for the pes
identia nomination, but failed 10 receive
the nomination In 1876 ne was again one
of the leading candidates for the presiden
tnl nomination, ard received the highest
vote, next TO Mr.. Tilden. Mr. I'ilden was
Dominatei on the second ballot and Mr..
Hendricks was made the nominee for Vice
President.
In 1854 the democratic national conyen.
ton at Chicago completed its work on July
IL, when Mr.. Hendricks was nominated for
Vice. President.