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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 1885 until his death in November of that year. 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. In addition, Hendricks served as commissioner of the United States General Land Office (1855–1859). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2024). Thomas A. Hendricks is the 8,403rd most popular politician (up from 9,462nd in 2024), the 3,099th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,278th in 2019) and the 272nd most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Thomas A. Hendricks ranks 8,403 out of 19,576. Before him are Manolis Glezos, Rusa I, Zu Ding, Emanuel Ringelblum, Miklós Kállay, and Hiram Rhodes Revels. After him are Sabinus Julianus, Zu Geng of Shang, Hrothgar, Branko Crvenkovski, Charan Singh, and Henry Oldenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Thomas A. Hendricks ranks 40. Before him are Otto Wilhelm von Struve, Christopher Latham Sholes, Felice Orsini, William A. Wheeler, Roger Fenton, and Wilhelm Marr. After him are Franz Abt, Eunice Newton Foote, Estanislao Figueras, Alfred Escher, Clément Juglar, and Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia. Among people deceased in 1885, Thomas A. Hendricks ranks 31. Before him are Gustav Nachtigal, Princess Elisabeth of Prussia, Louis Riel, Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, Maximilian Maria, 7th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, and Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel. After him are George B. McClellan, Pierre Edmond Boissier, Franz Abt, Karamchand Gandhi, Nikolai Severtzov, and Nikolay Danilevsky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas A. Hendricks ranks 3,099 out of 20,380. Before him are Jack Nance (1943), Saul Bass (1920), John Roberts (1955), William C. Durant (1861), Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827), and Cannonball Adderley (1928). After him are SZA (1990), Joseph Kittinger (1928), Toby Keith (1961), Tim Scott (1965), Melissa Leo (1960), and Joan Didion (1934).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Thomas A. Hendricks ranks 272. Before him are Charles Curtis (1860), George M. Dallas (1792), Pete Buttigieg (1982), John Brown Gordon (1832), Hannibal Hamlin (1809), and Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827). After him are Tim Scott (1965), Gabby Giffords (1970), J. B. Pritzker (1965), Elihu Root (1845), Kamehameha III (1814), and John Fetterman (1969).

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