Thomas A. Hendricks
21st Vice President of the United States
In office March 4, 1885 – November 25, 1885
President	Grover Cleveland
Preceded by	Chester A. Arthur
Succeeded by	Levi P. Morton
16th Governor of Indiana
In office January 13, 1873 – January 8, 1877
Lieutenant	Leonidas Sexton
Preceded by	Conrad Baker
Succeeded by	James D. Williams
United States Senator from Indiana
In office March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1869
Preceded by	David Turpie
Succeeded by	Daniel D. Pratt
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 6th district
In office March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855
Preceded by	Willis A. Gorman
Succeeded by	Lucien Barbour
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 5th district
In office March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853
Preceded by	William J. Brown
Succeeded by	Samuel W. Parker
Personal details
Born	Thomas Andrews Hendricks (1819-09-07)September 7, 1819[1] Fultonham, Ohio
Died	November 25, 1885(1885-11-25) (aged 66) Indianapolis, Indiana
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Eliza C. Morgan Hendricks
Alma mater	Hanover College
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Thomas Andrews Hendricks (September 7, 1819 – November 25, 1885)^[1] was an American politician who served as a Representative and a Senator from Indiana, the 16th Governor of Indiana (1873–1877), and the 21st Vice President of the United States (1885). The first Democratic governor to be elected in the Northern United States following the American Civil War, and having defended the Democratic position in the Senate during the war, Hendricks quickly grew in popularity among the national party. After two previous failed attempts to win election to the governor's office, his term was marked by the Panic of 1873, which consumed most of his energies. He was opposed by a strong Republican majority in the Indiana General Assembly, and was unable to enact any significant legislation. Hendricks was the unsuccessful candidate for Vice President on the Democratic ticket with Samuel Tilden in the controversial presidential election of 1876. Despite his poor health, he accepted his party's second nomination to run for Vice President in the election of 1884 as Grover Cleveland's running mate, and served in that office until his death only eight months later.

Early life[link]

Family and education[link]

Thomas Hendricks was born near East Fultonham, Ohio on September 7, 1819, the son of John and Jane Thomson Hendricks. He moved with his parents to Indiana in 1820 after being urged to do so by his uncle, William Hendricks, who promised the family they would enjoy prosperity in the young state. William Hendricks was a successful politician who was Governor of Indiana from 1822 to 1825 and a Senator from Indiana from 1825 to 1837. The family settled on a farm near his uncle's home in Madison, but moved to Shelby County in 1822. Hendricks' father became a moderately wealthy farmer, and operated a successful general store, and became involved in politics. Their home was frequently visited by the state's leading men and from an early age Hendricks was influenced to enter politics.^[2]

Hendricks' education began in local school, and upon completion he pursued classical studies and graduated from Hanover College in 1841 in the same class as fellow future-Governor of Indiana Albert G. Porter.^[3] He moved on to study law in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. He returned to Indiana and began practicing law in the office of Stephen Major in Shelbyville and was admitted to the bar in 1843. Hendricks was married to Eliza Morgan on September 26, 1845 after a two year courtship. Their only child, a son named Morgan, was born January 16, 1848. The child died in 1851, age three.^[4][5]

Early political career[link]

Hendricks was a member of the state House of Representatives in 1848 after defeating Whig candidate Martin M. Ray, and served a single one-year term. That year he served as speaker of the house.^[6] He was elected as a delegate to the state's second constitutional convention in 1851. At the convention Hendricks was part of the committee that created the organization of the townships and counties of the state, decided upon the taxation and financial portion of the constitution, and also debated the clauses on the powers of the different offices. He also argued strongly for a powerful judiciary and the abolishment of grand juries.^[5][7]

Hendricks ran for Congress in 1850 and was elected as a Democrat to the thirty-second and thirty-third Congresses serving from March 4, 1851 to March 4, 1855. While in Congress, Hendricks was Chairman of the Committee on Mileage and the Committee on Invalid Pensions. In Congress he supported the principle of popular-sovereignty and the extension of slavery into the western United States. The position was very unpopular in his district and led to his defeat in his 1854 re-election campaign. Following his tenure in Congress, Hendricks was appointed Commissioner of the General Land Office by President Franklin Pierce and served there from 1855 until 1859. His time in the office was very busy as the government was going through one of its largest periods of land sales in history.^[5]

At the end of his time in the land office, he returned to his Shelby County home. In 1860, he moved to Indianapolis. He campaigned in an unsuccessful attempt as the Democratic candidate for Governor of Indiana in 1860, but lost to the Republican Henry S. Lane by over 20,000 votes. He opened a law office the following year with Oscar B. Hord and practiced there until he was elected by the Indiana General Assembly to the United States Senate in 1863, during the American Civil War.^[8]

High office[link]

Senator[link]

Thomas Hendricks' Congressional photo.

In the Senate, Hendricks was part of a very small Democratic minority and was often suspected of disloyalty. He delivered several speeches to the body and was constantly attempting to prevent the passage of what he thought was radical legislation during the war period. When the war ended, he also opposed the post-war constitutional amendments (13th, 14th, and 15th amendments upon ratification) that banned many southerners from voting, granted voting rights to males of all races, and abolished slavery. The Indiana General Assembly was re-taken by the Republicans in the year that his term expired, and he was not reelected to a second term. His seat was taken by Republican Governor Oliver Morton.^[8]

Hendricks ran for governor again in 1868, but he lost to Conrad Baker by 961 votes in the state's closest gubernatorial election. Hendricks again returned to his law practice which took on Governor Baker as a partner only a couple of years later. The firm of Baker, Hort, and Hendricks was passed on to Baker's son who took a new partner, Edward Daniels, and renamed the firm Baker & Daniels, which grew into one of the leading law firms in the United States.^[8]

During the presidential election of 1872, the Democrats supported and subsequently nominated the Liberal Republican candidate, Horace Greeley. Because Greeley died only days after the popular vote, Hendricks received 42 electoral votes from faithless electors previously pledged to Greeley.

Governor[link]

In his third attempt, Hendricks was elected Governor of Indiana in 1872, defeating Thomas M. Browne, 189,424 to 188,276 and thus winning by only 1,148 votes. He was the first Democratic Governor elected in the North after the American Civil War.^[2][9] Hendricks inherited a state government that was populated almost exclusively by Republicans and had been under almost continual Republican control for twenty years. He found himself regularly at odds with the Republican controlled legislature, who prevented him from achieving many of his legislative goals.

Hendricks' term occurred during the post-war depression, the Panic of 1873, which led to a major economic downturn in the state. Unemployment increased rapidly, numerous businesses failed, multiple worker strikes occurred, and farm prices declined drastically. He twice called out the state militia to end workers' strikes forceably. One of the strikes was a mining strike in Clay County, and the other was a railroad workers' strike in Logansport; both groups were unhappy with large wage cuts. The militia was used to protect strikebreakers who continued operations until the strikers gave up.^[2]

Hendricks signed into law the Baxter Bill in 1873, which put in place temperance laws. He personally had favored a licensing law, which he viewed as a compromise on the temperance issue, but signed the Baxter Bill knowing that the assembly would only override his veto, and he wished to be seen as doing the will of the people. The law however, proved to be unenforceable and was repealed in 1875.^[8] Hendricks began a debate on building a new Indiana Statehouse. The existing statehouse at the time had become far too small for the growing government that had been forced to begin renting building around Indianapolis to hold government bureaus. Besides its size, the building was also in severe need of maintenance and had become very dilapidated. The roof in the Hall of Representatives had collapsed in 1867, and the building was condemned by public inspectors in 1873. Hendricks was the keynote speaker when the new statehouse's foundation was laid in 1880.^[10]

He did succeed in encouraging legislation to enact both election reform (in response to accusations of corruption in the last election), and judiciary reform. Otherwise his term as governor was uneventful as he was unable to come to terms with the legislature. All of his other legislation, including appropriations bills, was delayed or never passed.^[11]

Vice President, death and legacy[link]

Campaign poster for the election of 1876.

Thomas Hendricks' tomb in Indianapolis, Indiana

Hendricks ran as an unsuccessful candidate for Vice President on the Democratic ticket with Samuel Tilden in the presidential election of 1876. The election was disputed, as their ticket won the popular vote, but came up one vote short in the electoral college. Twenty votes were still disputed and a commission was created to determine to whom the votes should go. In a party line vote, a commission awarded the disputed votes to the Republican candidate, with many historians believing that the Compromise of 1877 was struck to resolve the dispute. The Democratic convention again nominated him for the Vice Presidency in 1880, but he declined for health reasons.^[2]

Hendricks ran on the national ticket again in 1884 and was elected Vice President of the United States under President Grover Cleveland. Hendricks had been in poor health for several years, and he only served from March 4, 1885, until his death a few months later during a trip home to Indianapolis. He complained of feeling ill the morning before his death and went to bed early. He died in his sleep that night. His funeral was large with a ceremony held in St. Paul's Cathedral which was attended by dignitaries from across the nation including President Cleveland. He was interred in Crown Hill Cemetery. With his death, the Vice Presidency became vacant until Levi Morton became Vice President in 1889.^[12][13]

Hendricks remains the only Vice President (who did not also serve as President) whose portrait appears on U.S. paper money. His engraved portrait appears on the tombstone $10.00 silver certificate of 1886. The nickname derives from shape of the border outline of his portrait, a shape that resembles a tombstone.^[14] He continued a line of Indiana presidential and vice-presidential candidates that lasted for several decades as Indiana became and remained a critical swing state in national politics.^[13]

Electoral history[link]

See also[link]

Indiana portal

• List of Governors of Indiana
• Hendricks Monument
• Hendricks, West Virginia, named for him

References[link]

Notes

Bibliography

• Gugin, Linda C. & St. Clair, James E, ed. (2006). The Governors of Indiana. Indianapolis, Indiana: Indiana Historical Society Press. ISBN 0-87195-196-7. 
• Holcombe, John W.; Hubert M. Skinner (1886). Life and Public Services of Thomas A. Hendricks. Indianapolis: Carlon and Hollenbeck. http://www.archive.org/stream/pubservthomhend00holcrich.  (copy)

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Thomas Hendricks

• Biography and portrait from the Indiana Historical Bureau
• Biographical Dictionary of Congress

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Matt Hendricks
With the Capitals in 2012.
Born	(1981-06-17) June 17, 1981 (age 31) Blaine, MN, USA
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	215 lb (98 kg; 15 st 5 lb)
Position	Center
Shoots	Left
NHL team Former teams	Washington Capitals Colorado Avalanche
NHL Draft	131st overall, 2000 Nashville Predators
Playing career	2004–present

Matthew J. Hendricks (born June 17, 1981) is an American ice hockey forward who is currently playing with the Washington Capitals of the NHL.

Playing career[link]

Hendricks was drafted out of high school, 131st overall, in the fourth round of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft by the Nashville Predators. He played his prep hockey at Blaine High School in Blaine, Minnesota. He was an integral piece of the Blaine Bengals 2000 Class AA State Championship team where they defeated the Duluth East Greyhounds 6–0 in the final. Hendricks accumulated 110 points in 43 games during his prep career and was named a finalist for the 2000 Minnesota Mr. Hockey Award.^[1] The St. Paul Pioneer Press named Hendricks, along with teammates Brandon Bochenski and Matt Moore, to the second team of the All-State Boys hockey team.^[2]

Hendricks was drafted by the Lincoln Stars during the 2000 USHL Winter Draft,^[3] but instead began his collegiate career with St. Cloud State University of the WCHA. Hendricks commenced play for St. Cloud State as a true freshman during the 2000-01 season. In 2002–03, Hendricks led the Huskies in goals (18) as a junior.

Immediately after his senior year with the Huskies, Hendricks made his professional debut with Nashville's minor league affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals of the AHL, to end the 2003–04 season. After turning down a contract offer with the Predators, Hendricks became a free agent and signed with the Florida Everblades of the ECHL.^[4]

During his time with the Everblades in the 2004–05 season, Hendricks also signed a Professional Try-Out agreement with the Lowell Lock Monsters of the AHL, appearing in 15 games. Hendricks spent the 2005–06 season with the Rochester Americans before moving onto the Hershey Bears for the 2006–07 campaign.

Hendricks enjoyed a successful season in 2006–07 helping Hershey to the Calder Cup finals, adding 12 points in 19 play-off contests. Hendricks was signed by the Boston Bruins to a two-year deal on the July 9, 2007.^[5] He was then assigned to their affiliate, the Providence Bruins, where he established a career high 52 points in the 2007–08 season.

On June 24, 2008, Hendricks was traded by the Bruins to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for Johnny Boychuk.^[6] The Avalanche sent him to the Lake Erie Monsters of the AHL for the 2008–09 season until he was recalled on March 9, 2009.^[7] Hendricks made his NHL debut with the Avalanche the next day on March 10, 2009, in a 3-0 loss to the Atlanta Thrashers.^[8][9]

In the 2009–10 season, Hendricks made the opening night roster for the Avalanche.^[10] On October 10, 2009, Matt scored his first NHL goal, in a 4-3 loss, against Cristobal Huet of the Chicago Blackhawks.^[11] He finished his first full NHL season with 9 goals and 16 points in 56 games while also earning the Avalanche's nomination for the Bill Masterton Trophy.^[12]

On September 27, 2010, he signed a one-year contract with the Washington Capitals after attending the team's training camp on a tryout basis.^[13] Hendricks signed with Washington based on his desire to play under the tutelage of head coach Bruce Boudreau, with whom he had previously played for with the Hershey Bears in 2006–07.^[14]

He made his 2010–11 season debut with the Capitals on October 8, 2010, in a 4-2 defeat to the Atlanta Thrashers. He notched his first point, an assist, with Washington in his third game on October 11, 2010, versus the Ottawa Senators.^[15] He scored his first goal as a Capital on October 27, 2010, the game-winner against Cam Ward of the Carolina Hurricanes in a 3-0 win.^[16]

On February 23, 2011, he signed a two-year extension with the Washington Capitals worth $1.65 million.^[17]

Hendricks was a Bill Masterton Trophy nominee for the second year in a row after the Capitals named him their nominee for the award in April 2011, but Hendricks was not one of the three finalists for the award.^[18]

Personal life[link]

Hendricks grew up in Blaine, Minnesota, son to an American father and a Swedish mother. In his spare time he enjoys playing golf. Hendricks is married to wife Kimberly (Kim). Matt and Kim have twins, a boy and a girl, Gunnar and Lennon, born November 10, 2011.^[19]

Career statistics[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Matt Hendricks's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Matt Hendricks's NHL player profile

Tom Hendricks is an American eccentric Dallas-based musician, painter, writer, and creator of a zine called Musea.

Musea[link]

The Musea zine has been published since 1992 and currently has 175 issues. It includes reviews, art discussions, and often, articles about the problems with music and other forms of art being controlled by large corporations or institutions. Musea generally favors independent, local music and art. Hendricks also makes a point to review everything sent to him for a small processing fee, although apparently little has been sent in. The zine is little known outside of the 'zine' community or his hometown, Dallas, Texas.

Music[link]

Hendricks records music under the name Hunkasaurus and His Pet Dog Guitar, and he also performs regularly in the box office at the Inwood Theatre, a well-known Dallas arthouse theatre where he works. Minor publicity for these unusual performances was mentioned in January '06 Texas Monthly Magazine^[1] and in the May '04 Dallas Observer.^[2] Hendricks' music for the most part is standard rock, blues, and folk, but in his zine, on Usenet, and on the jackets of his self-released CDs, Hendricks complains that "bands" (meaning groups using standard rock instrumentation) are derivative and that it's time for a new form of post-rock-band music.

Other activities[link]

Hendricks is also an infamous poster to Usenet with thousands of posts, which are often taken from or related to Musea. He is regularly accused of trolling and starting flame wars with his rants about the arts and music business. His posts are sometimes a bit off-topic.

Hendricks is the "Cultural Affairs" editor of the Underground Literary Alliance,^[3] a reviewer for Zine World,^[4] and has written for the David Darling science website.^[5]

External links[link]

• The Musea website
• Tom Hendricks music website

References[link]

Thomas Blug at a concert in Saarbruecken, Germany.

Thomas Blug, born 1966, is a German musician, guitarist, musical electronic engineer and composer.

Discography[link]

Thomas Blug Band[link]

• 2005 "Guitar From The Heart/Live" (DVD)
• 2005 "Guitar From The Heart - Live in Raalte, NL"
• 2009 "Soul & Pepper"

Dreist[link]

• Neue Zeit (live)
• Weiber

Solo[link]

• 2002 "21st Century Guitar"
• 1998 "Electric Gallery"
• 1996 "The Beauty of Simplicity"

Awards[link]

• 1997 "Best German Rock and Pop Guitarist"
• 2004 "Fender Strat(r) King of Europe"

References[link]