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printer in Madison, Indiana Territory, where he was one of the lirst settlers in 1814, and the owner of the second printing; press set up in the territory and proprietor of 'Die Weatcrn Eagle. He was secretary of the general assemhly con- vened at Vincennes, 1814-15, and compiled and printed at his own expense a complete collection of the territorial statutes. He was a representa- tive in the general as^sembly, 1815, and secretary of the constitutional convention of 181G at Cory- don. When Indiana was admitted in 1810 he was elected its drst representative in congress, serving as sole representative from that state in the loth and 16th congresses, 1817-21; and was re- elected to the 17th congress, 1821-23, but resigned in 1822 on his election to the office of governor of Indiana as successor to Jonathan Jenkins, who succeeded to his seat in the 17th congress. He was inaugurated at the state house, Corydon, Ind. , Dec. 4, 1822. In December, 1824, the seat of government was transferred to Indianapolis. Governor Hendricks resigned his office, Feb. 12, 1825, having been elected U.S. senator as suc- cessor to Senator Waller Taylor, whose term would expire, March 3, 1825. He served in the U.S. senate, 1825-37. through the administrations of John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, serving on important committees and as chair- man of the committee on roads and canals. He supported the policy of President Jackson and maintained a conservative position on the sub- ject of slavery. In 1836 he was defeated before the legislature for re-election to the senate by Oliver H. Smith, and retired to his liome in Madison. He was married to a daughter of Col. John Paul, founder of the city of Mad- ison, Ind., who survived him. He was a trustee of Indiana university, 1829-40, and he received the degree of LL.D. from Jefferson college in 1833. He died in Madison, Ind., May 16, 1850.

HENDRICKSON, George Lincoln, educator, was born in Wincliester, III.. May 15, 1865; son of William A. and Ada M. (French) IIendrick.son, and a descendant of a Dutcli emigrant who came from Holland about 1700 and settled in New Jersey. His great-grandfather removed to Oiiio after the Revolutionary war. He attended Beloit academy and college, Wisconsin, and was graduated from Johns Hopkins university in 1887. He was a graduate .student at the universi- ties of Bonn and Berlin, 1887-89; professor of Latin in Colorado college at Colorado Springs, 1889-91; in the University of Wisconsin, 1891-96; and was elected professor of Latin at the Uni- versity of Chicago in January, 1897. He was married, Dec. 30, 1897, to Marion, daughter of the late Calvert Vaux of New York city. He contributed to the American Journal of

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Philology and other publications, monographic studies in the history of Greek and Roman liter- ature.

HENDRIX, Eugene Russell, M.E. bishop, was born at Fayette, Mo., May 17, 1847, son of Adam and I.sabella Jane (Murray) Hendrix, grandson of Joseph M. Hendrix of York county. Pa., and a descendant of Hendrick Hendricks, one of four brothers who came to America from Hol- land in 1683. He was graduated from Wes- leyan universitj' in 1867 and from Union Theological seminary in 1869. He was or- dained to the Metho- dist Episcopal minis- try, Sept. 11, 1870; was pastor at Leaven- worth, Kan., 1869-70, and at various places in Missouri, 1870-78. He was married in 1872 to Annie E. Scar- ritt, of Kansas Citj*, Mo. In 1877-78 he made a tour around the world with Bishop E. M. Marvin in the interest of missions. In 1878 he was cho.sen president of Central college, Fayette, Mo., and held that position until 1886, when he was made bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church south. He received the degree of D.D. from Emory college in 1878, and that of LL.D. from the University of North Carolina in 1888, and from Washington and Lee university in 1893. lie is the author of Around the World (1878), and contributions to periodicals.

HENDRIX, Joseph Clifford, banker, was born in Fayette, Howard county. Mo., May 25.1853; .son of Adam and Isabella Jane (Murray) Hendrix, and brother of Bishop Eugene R. Ilendrix. He was prepared for college at private schools, at- tended Central college, Fayette, Mo., 1860-69, and was a student at Cornell university. 1870-73. He was editor of the Ithaca Dailij Leader during a part of his college term, and in 1873 removed to New York city, where he engaged in journalism on the staff of the New York Sun until 1883. He removed his residence to Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1873, and was appointed a member of the board of education in 1882. He was Democratic candidate for mayor of Brooklyn in 1883; was appointed trustee of the New York and Brooklyn bridge in 18S4, and was elected secretarj' of the board of bridge trustees in 1885. He was postmaster of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1886-90, and was president of the board of education, 1887-92. He organized in 1889 and was president of the Kings County trust company until 1893, and in 1893 was elected