Editing Thomas A. Hendricks (section)

===Candidate for Indiana governor===
Hendricks ran for [[governor of Indiana]] three times (1860, 1868, and 1872), and succeeded only on his third attempt. He became the first Democrat to win a gubernatorial seat after the [[American Civil War]].{{sfn|Gray|1977|p=122}}

In 1860 Hendricks, who ran with [[David Turpie]] as his running mate, lost to the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] candidates, [[Henry S. Lane]] and [[Oliver P. Morton]].{{sfn|Gugin|St. Clair|2006|p=162}}{{sfn|Memorial|p=21}}{{sfn|Gray|1977|pp=128–29}} Three of the four men (Lane, Morton, and Hendricks) eventually served as Indiana's governor, and all four became U.S. senators.{{sfn|Gray|1977|pp=128–29}}

In 1868, his second campaign for Indiana governor, Hendricks lost to [[Conrad Baker]], the incumbent, by 961 votes.{{sfn|Memorial|pp=23, 24}}{{sfn|Gray|1977|p=134}} Baker, who would later become one of Hendricks's law partners, was elected as [[Lieutenant Governor of Indiana|lieutenant governor]] in 1864 and became governor after Morton was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1867.{{sfn|Gray|1977|p=134}} In the national election, Republican nominees [[Ulysses S. Grant]] and his running mate, [[Schuyler Colfax]] of Indiana, carried the state by a margin of more than 20,000 votes, suggesting that the close race for governor demonstrated Hendricks's popularity in Indiana.{{sfn|Gray|1977|p=134}} Following his defeat in his second gubernatorial race Hendricks retired from the U.S. Senate in March 1869 and returned to his private law practice in Indianapolis but remained connected to state and national politics.{{sfn|Gugin|St. Clair|2006|p=163}}{{sfn|Memorial|p=24}}

In 1872, his third campaign to become governor of Indiana, Hendricks narrowly defeated General Thomas M. Browne, 189,424 votes to 188,276.{{sfn|Gugin|St. Clair|2006|p=163}}