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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Thomas_AThomas A. Hendricks - Wikipedia

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   Hendricks challenged what he thought was radical legislation, including the military draft and issuing greenbacks; however, he supported the Union and prosecution of the war, consistently voting in favor of wartime appropriations.

2. www.britannica.com › biography › Thomas-A-HendricksThomas A. Hendricks | 19th-century, Indiana, politician

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   His view of the president’s function as primarily to block legislative excesses made him quite popular during his first term, but that view cost him public support during his second term when he steadfastly denied a positive role for government in dealing with the worst economic collapse the nation had yet faced.

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3. millercenter.org › hendricks-1885-vicepresidentThomas A. Hendricks (1885) - Miller Center

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   He supported the Union and the war effort but was critical of Lincoln's leadership. He also did not believe in equal rights for blacks and did not support giving them the right to vote.

4. blog.history.in.gov › thomas-a-hendricks-theThomas A. Hendricks: “The Constitution as it is, the Union as ...

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   Aug 21, 2017 · Initially, he stoutly supported the Union’s war effort, but not the plans for the emancipation of African American slaves. After the war, he spoke out against (and voted against) the three so-called Civil War Amendments (the 13 th, 14 th and 15 th) to the federal Constitution.

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5. indyencyclopedia.org › thomas-andrews-hendricksThomas Andrews Hendricks - indyencyclopedia.org

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   While a war to suppress a rebellion by southern states bent on the preservation of slavery raged, Hendricks gave a speech calling for Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois, its neighboring states of the Old Northwest, to leave the war and the Union and create a new “Northwest Confederacy.”

6. www.historycentral.com › Bio › recThomas Andrew Hendricks - Historycentral

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   After the war, he supported President Andrew Johnson’s Reconstruction plan, and worked against the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments, which abolished slavery and gave African Americans the rights of citizenship. Hendricks lost another gubernatorial election in 1868, and returned to his law practice after his term in the Senate ended.

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   Why did Thomas A Hendricks support the war?

   • But Hendricks consistently supported the war to save the Union, urged compliance with the draft, and deplored armed resistance to its enforcement. Thomas A. Hendricks monument at the Indiana State House, accessed Wikipedia.org.

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   What did Senator Hendricks do during the Civil War?

   • When this body elected another new senator, the popular Hendricks was chosen. In office from 1863 to 1869, Senator Hendricks was involved with the final years of the Civil War and the first years of Reconstruction. Initially, he stoutly supported the Union’s war effort, but not the plans for the emancipation of African American slaves.

   Thomas A. Hendricks: “The Constitution as it is, the Union as it was”

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   Who was Thomas A Hendricks?

   • Thomas A. Hendricks (1819-1885), an attorney from Shelbyville and, later, Indianapolis, became the most prominent Democrat in Indiana during the Civil War era. As such, he articulated the conservative Democratic position most forcefully and memorably. This stance can be summed up in the words, “The Constitution as it is, the Union as it was.”

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   What did John Hendricks say about the Constitution?

   • As such, he articulated the conservative Democratic position most forcefully and memorably. This stance can be summed up in the words, “The Constitution as it is, the Union as it was.” Hendricks was also known for his outspoken white supremacist, but antislavery, views.

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8. cv.libguides.com › US_Vice_Presidents › thendricksLibGuides: U.S. Vice Presidents: Thomas Hendricks

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   May 15, 2024 · Vice President Hendricks... ...received his elementary education from the Shelby Seminary and Greensburg Academy. ...was elected by the Indiana General Assembly to the United States Senate during the Civil War. ...died unexpectedly in his sleep on November 25, 1885.