1819-85, American political leader, b. near Zanesville, Ohio. As U.S. Senator from Indiana (1863-69) he opposed radical Reconstruction. He was (1873-77) governor of Indiana. Defeated for Vice President on the Tilden ticket in 1876, he won on the Cleveland ticket in 1884. Hendricks died after eight months in office.
Bibliography: See biography by J. W. Holcombe (1886).
