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Thomas A. Hendricks

1819 - 1885

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Thomas Andrews Hendricks (September 7, 1819 – November 25, 1885) was an American politician and lawyer from Indiana who served as the 16th governor of Indiana from 1873 to 1877 and the 21st vice president of the United States from March until his death in November 1885. Hendricks represented Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives (1851–1855) and the U.S. Senate (1863–1869). He also represented Shelby County, Indiana, in the Indiana General Assembly (1848–1850) and as a delegate to the 1851 Indiana constitutional convention. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas A. Hendricks has received more than 639,974 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Thomas A. Hendricks is the 9,469th most popular politician (down from 8,541st in 2019), the 3,278th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,017th in 2019) and the 211th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Thomas A. Hendricks ranks 9,469 out of 19,576. Before him are Rainilaiarivony, Publius Rutilius Rufus, Pierre Séguier, Zhang Zhidong, Catherine Samba-Panza, and Seleucus VII Philometor. After him are Isabella of Castile, Duchess of York, Saraha, Ashina Xichun, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Bisinus, and Dirk VI, Count of Holland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Thomas A. Hendricks ranks 53. Before him are Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, Narcís Monturiol, Clément Juglar, André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri, Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke, and Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann. After him are William A. Wheeler, Vatroslav Lisinski, Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, Panteleimon Kulish, Charles Kingsley, and Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Among people deceased in 1885, Thomas A. Hendricks ranks 40. Before him are Louis Riel, Narcís Monturiol, Aga Khan II, Nikolay Kostomarov, Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, and Maximilian Maria, 7th Prince of Thurn and Taxis. After him are Pierre Edmond Boissier, Hermann von Fehling, Thomas Andrews, Nicolás Avellaneda, Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville, and Eugène Emmanuel Amaury Duval.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas A. Hendricks ranks 3,278 out of 20,380. Before him are Max Baer (1909), Victor Young (1900), John C. Reilly (1965), Diane Baker (1938), Elmore Leonard (1925), and Ted Nelson (1937). After him are Cherry Jones (1956), Josh Holloway (1969), Cynthia Rothrock (1957), Edgar Lee Masters (1868), Mel Blanc (1908), and Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Thomas A. Hendricks ranks 211. Before him are James F. Byrnes (1882), Edith Head (1897), Garret Hobart (1844), Barry Goldwater (1909), Gall (1840), and Chuck Schumer (1950). After him are P. J. Kennedy (1858), Sandra Day O'Connor (1930), William A. Wheeler (1819), Caspar Weinberger (1917), Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš (1964), and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (1954).

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