The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-18
BIOGRAPHICAL

BIOGRPHICAL.
Andrew H. Hendrickson, was born
in the parish of Eidskog, Kongsving-
er, Norway, on January, 70, 1860.
His father, Olaves Hendrickson,
was tenant in his native country,
which lot he found anything but
pleasant; so in the spring Of 1870, he
packed his grip, left his home and
family, and started for the land of
promise. There he took up a home
stead in the town of Kandota, Todd
Co., Mimi, where he was joined by
his family in 1872, among whom was
the subject of this sketch. A. II.
Hendrickson was then IL years of age
old enough to feel the hard times;
hard indeed, brought on by the mon
ey crisis of 1873, followed up by grass
hoppers, and mortgages with "a per
cent interest per maonth-in fact,
enough to make any man reformer.
To obtain an education was always
his highest ambition; but even log
school houses were scarce in this
part of the state at that time, and
books, other than the family bible,
and, a very scanty supply of text
books bought at enormous prices
we're almost an object of curiosity.
What an incalculable treasure the
children of to-day have in the grand
public libraries to be found in almost
every school district.
Under these conditions everything
had to go slow, but perseverance was
always his motto, and although
many young man will blush at the
idea, the age of twenty-one found
him, still with the "school ma am"
From this time school teaching
was his chief occupation, at the
same time reading law. In the win
ter of 1889 he was duly admitted to
the bar but never took up the prac-
tice of that profession except in
special cases.
In Dec. 1884, he was married to
Nellie T. Maaren, daughter of T.
O. Maaren, of the town of Sletten,
Polk Co., Mimi, whereupon he set
tied down on a farm of his own
where he still resides.
Mr.. HendricksOn entered politics
very early. In the fall of 1881, when
he had just become a voter, it was
his pleasant task to assist in break
ing up court house ring that had
dominated in Todd county for years,
and the following year he fought and
bled in the famous Kelson-Kindred
campaign in the "bloody Fifth con-
gressional district"
At the time of the healing up of
the political sore in the Fifth dis
trict in 1884, by the nomination of
Blaine, the denomination of Knute
Nelson to congress, and the appoint
ment of G. F. Kindred as presidential
elector, and a little fixing up at
home. ''The Ringsmasters' of 1881,
''The Nelson Republicans of 1882,
were all, with a few exceptions,
merged in the republican party
again.
Among those who never went into
the fold again, was Mr.. Hendrickson.
He has twice been nominated by the
alliance and by the peoples party of
Todd county for the position of
register of deeds, but as his party has
always been in the minority he was
defeated, although in 1890 he came
within a few votes of defeating one
Of the strongest republicans of the
county.
He has always had the full conf
dence of all who know him, and as a
consequence always held positions of
trust and honor in his town and
neighborhood.
He has always been prominent in
alliance circles, and is at present
filling the position of secretary of his
local alliance, secretary of the Todd
county alliance, vice president for
the 9Th District state farmers al
lance, chairman of the peoples party
central committee of Todd county,
and member Of the peoples party
central committee of the legislative
and congressional districts.