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Site of Home of Thomas Andrews Hendricks September 7 1819 - November 25 1885

Site of Home of Thomas Andrews Hendricks September 7,  1819 - November 25,  1885

Location: N. Harrison & E. Mechanic Streets, Shelbyville. (Shelby County, Indiana)

Erected by Indiana Sesquicentennial Commission, 1966

ID# : 73.1966.1

Visit the Indiana History Blog to learn about Hendricks' views on slavery.

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Outstanding lawyer; member Indiana legislature; delegate, Second Constitutional Convention, 1850-1851; Indiana Congressman, 1851-1855; United States Senator, 1863-1869; Governor of Indiana, 1873-1877; and Vice-President of the United States, 1885.

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