An Indianapolis resident, Hendricks wins election as vice president on a ticket headed by Grover Cleveland, who becomes the nation’s 22nd president. The victory is the first by the Democrats since the Civil War. Nine months into his term, Hendricks dies at his home in Indianapolis.

Thomas A. Hendricks held state offices, served as a U.S. congressman and senator, and was governor of Indiana from 1873-1877.
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