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the dying. The captain, in a fury, directed him to be pinioned and thrown overboard ; but, through the interference of the passengers, his life was spared. In 1854 he was settled as pastor at Win- sted, Conn., and in 1855 he was removed to Water- bury, where he ministered seventeen years, build- ing the costly Gothic church of the Immaculate Conception, a school-house and pastoral residence, purchasing and laying out a beautiful cemetery, and founding a convent. On his arrival in Water- bury he opened a free school for children of every denomination, and afterward was an active mem- ber of the board of education, and took an interest in all its movements. In 1868 he received the de- gree of D. D. from Pius IX. In 1872 the diocese of Hartford was divided, and part of it was erected into the see of Providence. Dr. Hendricken was appointed first bishop of the new diocese, and con- secrated on 28 April by Cardinal McCloskey. Al- though he was a constant sufferer from asthma and catarrh, he devoted himself with energy to his new duties, and in a few months had removed the heavy debt resting on the cathedral church, and built an episcopal residence. In 1878 he laid the founda- tion of a new cathedral, which he completed be- fore his death, and which is considered by many the finest ecclesiastical structure on the western continent. During the twenty-four years of his ministry he purchased and paid for estates valued at over a million dollars, and since his consecration as bishop the number of priests and parishes of the diocese has been doubled.

HENDRICKS, William, statesman, b. in West- moreland county, Pa., in 1783 ; d. in Madison, Ind., 16 May, 1850. His father was a pioneer settler of Westmoreland county, Pa., and a member of the legislature of that state. The son received a com- mon-school education, and removed to Indiana in 1814, being one of the first settlers of the town of Madison. He was chosen secretary of the first State constitutional convention, was elected to con- gress as a Democrat on the admission of the state, and was three times re-elected, sitting as the sole representative from Wisconsin from 12 Dec, 1816, till 1822, when he resigned, having been elected governor of Indiana. He was elected a senator in congress for the term beginning 5 Dec, 1825, and was re-elected for the succeeding term, serving till 3 March, 1837. In the senate he served as chair- man of the committee on roads and canals. — His nephew, Thomas Andrews, vice-president of the United States, b. near Zanesville, Ohio, 7 Sept., 1819 ; d. in Indianapolis, Ind., 25 Nov., 1885, was the son of John Hendricks, who, six months after the birth of his son, re- moved to Madison, Ind., then the resi- dence of his broth- er William. John Hendricks was ap- Sointed by Presi- ent Jackson a dep- uty surveyor of pub- lic lands, and long served in that capa- city. In 1832 he lo- cated a homestead

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S resent town of Shelbyville. Here Thomas A. lendricks passed his boyhood till he entered South Hanover college, Ind., where he was graduated in 1841. He then went to Chambersburg, Pa., studied law in the office of his uncle, Judge Thomson, was admitted to the bar in 1843, and returned to Shelbyville to practise. He attained an immediate success in his profession. In 1845 he married Eliza C. Morgan. In the same year he was sent to the legislature, where he served one term, but would not accept a re-election. In 1851 he was elected, without opposition, a member of the convention to revise and amend the consti- tution of Indiana. In 1850, and again in 1852, he was elected a member of congress as a Democrat. At the close of his second term he intended to re- turn to his law practice, but President Pierce ap- pointed him commissioner of the general land- office, and he served in that capacity for four years. In 1860 he was nominated as Democratic candidate for the governorship of Indiana, but was defeated by Henry S. Lane. In the same year Mr. Hendricks removed from Shelbyville to Indian- apolis. From 1863 till 1869 Mr. Hendricks wu a member of the U. S. senate from Indiana, and was one of the leaders on the Democratic side, serving on the committees on claims, the judiciary, public lands, and naval affairs. He strongly combated the Republican plan of reconstruction, and opposed the amendments to the constitution as being hasty. In 1864 he advocated and voted for large appropri- ations to bring the war to a close, and spoke elo- quently in favor of increasing the pay of the sol- diers fifty per cent., because of the depreciation of the currency. In the Democratic national conven- tion of 1868, in New York, on the twenty-first bal- lot, he received 132 votes as candidate for the presi- dency, standing next to Gen. Hancock, who re- ceived 135^ ; but on the final ballot Horatio Sey- mour was nominated. In the autumn of that year he was again a candidate for the governorship of Indiana, but was defeated by the Republican can- didate, Conrad Baker, who afterward became his law partner. At the close of his senatorial term he returned to Indianapolis, and resumed the practice of his profession. In 1872 he was elected governor of Indiana, defeating Thomas M. Brown. In July, 1874, he was permanent chairman of the State Democratic convention at Indianapolis. In the National Democratic convention at St. Louis in June, 1876, he received 133£ votes for the presiden- tial nomination, and, when Samuel J. Tilden was nominated, he received 730 out of 738 votes as can- didate for the vice-presidency. He was a member of the National Democratic convention at Chicago in July, 1884, and in behalf of the Indiana delega- tion nominated Joseph E. McDonald, of that state, for the presidency. After the nomination of Grover Cleveland, William A. Wallace, of Pennsylvania, nominated Thomas A. Hendricks for the vice-presi- dency, and his nomination was unanimously ap- proved by the convention.

HENING, William Waller, legal writer, d. in Virginia in 1828. He was clerk of the court of chancery for the Richmond district. He compiled a valuable legislative history entitled "The Stat- utes of Virginia, 1619-1792 " (Richmond, 1809-'23), and published also "The American Pleader and Lawyer's Guide" (New York, 1811); a collection of the legal maxims of Noy, Branch, and Francis (1824; new ed., Philadelphia. 1844); "The New Virginia Justice" (4th ed., 1825); and, in conjunc- tion with William Munford, " Reports of Cases in the Courts of Appeals and Chancery " (Flatbush and New York, 1809-'ll).

HENKEL, Paul, clergyman, b. in Rowan county, N. C, 15 Dec, 1754; d. in New Market, Va., 17 Nov., 1825. His ancestor, Gerhardt, a court-preacher in Germany, and one of the earliest