HENDRICKS, THOMAS ANDREWS American political leader, vice-president of the United States in 1885, was born near Zanesville, O., on Sept. 7, 1819. He graduated at Hanover college, Hanover, Ind., in 1841, and began in 1843 a successful career at the bar. Identifying himself with the demo cratic party, he served in the State house of representatives in 1848, and was a prominent member of the convention for the revi sion of the State constitution in 1850-51, a representative in Con gress (1851-55), commissioner of the U.S. General Land Office a U.S. senator (1863-69), and governor of Indiana 7) . From 1868 until his death he was put forward for nomination for the presidency at every national democratic con vention save in 1872. Both in 1876 and 1884, after his failure to receive the nomination for the presidency, he was nominated by the democratic convention for vice-president. In 1876, with S. J. Tilden, he lost the disputed election by the decision of the electoral commission, but he was elected with Grover Cleveland in 1884. He died at Indianapolis on Nov. 25, 1885.