Editing Thomas A. Hendricks (section)

==Early life and education==
Hendricks was born on September 7, 1819, in [[Muskingum County, Ohio]], near [[East Fultonham, Ohio|East Fultonham]] and [[Zanesville, Ohio|Zanesville]]. He was the second of eight children born to John and Jane (Duke) Hendricks. His father was from [[Pennsylvania]], and his mother was from [[Virginia]].{{sfn|Gugin|St. Clair|2006|p=160}}{{sfn|Gray|1977|p=122}}<ref name="hendricksmn">{{cite web|url=http://www.hendricksmn.com/Thomas-A-Hendricks.html |title=Biography of Thomas A Hendricks |publisher=HendricksMn.com |access-date=January 4, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061030012116/http://www.hendricksmn.com/Thomas-A-Hendricks.html |archive-date=October 30, 2006 }}</ref>

In 1820 Hendricks moved with his parents and older brother to [[Madison, Indiana|Madison]] in [[Jefferson County, Indiana]], at the urging of Thomas's uncle, [[William Hendricks]], a successful politician who served as a [[List of United States representatives from Indiana|U.S. Representative]], a [[List of United States senators from Indiana|U.S. Senator]] (1825–1837), and as the third [[governor of Indiana]] (1822–1825).{{sfn|Gugin|St. Clair|2006|p=52}}{{sfn|Gray|1977|pp=122, 123}} Thomas's family first settled on a farm near his uncle's home in Madison, and moved to [[Shelby County, Indiana]], in 1822. Hendricks's father, a successful farmer who operated a general store, became involved in politics, including appointment from President [[Andrew Jackson]] as deputy surveyor of public lands for his district.{{sfn|Gray|1977|p=123}} Indiana's Democratic Party leaders frequently visited the Hendricks home in [[Shelbyville, Indiana|Shelbyville]], and from an early age Hendricks was influenced to enter politics.{{sfn|Gugin|St. Clair|2006|pp=160–61}}{{sfn|Gray|1977|pp=122–23}}

Hendricks attended local schools (Shelby County Seminary and Greensburg Academy). He graduated from [[Hanover College]] in [[Hanover, Indiana]], in 1841, in the same class as [[Albert G. Porter]], also a future governor of Indiana.{{sfn|Gray|1977|p=123}}{{sfn|Holcombe|Skinner|1886|p=74}}{{sfn|Gugin|St. Clair|2006|p=162}} After college Hendricks read law with Judge [[Stephen Major]] in Shelbyville, and in 1843 he took an eight-month law course at a school operated by his uncle, Judge Alexander Thomson in [[Chambersburg, Pennsylvania]]. Hendricks returned to Indiana, was admitted to the [[bar (law)|bar]] in 1843 and established a private practice in Shelbyville.{{sfn|Gugin|St. Clair|2006|p=162}}{{sfn|Memorial|p=16}}{{sfn|Gray|1977|p=124}}