district succeeded death_date death_place birth_place party term_end preceded birth_date term_start article_title state name alma_mater
3rd francis h. wilson 09 november 1904 brooklyn , new york fayette , missouri democratic party march 3 , 1895 william j. coombs 25 may 1853 march 4 , 1893 joseph c. hendrix
 new york joseph c. hendrix central college cornell university
joseph c. hendrix

joseph clifford hendrix -lrb- may 25 , 1853 -- november 9 , 1904 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from new york .
born in fayette , missouri , hendrix attended private schools and central college at fayette and cornell university , ithaca , new york from 1870 to 1873 .
he moved to new york city in 1873 and worked for the new york sun .
he was appointed a member of the board of education of brooklyn in 1882 .
he was an unsuccessful democratic candidate for mayor of brooklyn in 1883 .
he was appointed trustee of the new york and brooklyn bridge in 1884 .
hendrix was elected secretary of the board of bridge trustees in 1885 .
he was appointed postmaster of brooklyn by president cleveland in 1886 and served until july 1 , 1890 .
hendrix was elected president of the board of education of brooklyn in 1887 .
he served as president of the kings county trust co. in 1889 -- 1893 .
he served as president of the national union bank of new york city in 1893 -- 1900 .
hendrix was elected as a democrat to the fifty-third congress -lrb- march 4 , 1893 -- march 3 , 1895 -rrb- .
he was not a candidate for renomination in 1894 .
he served as president of the national bank of commerce in 1900 .
trustee of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences .
trustee of cornell university .
he died in brooklyn , new york , november 9 , 1904 .
he was interred in green-wood cemetery .
