Thomas Hendricks (1773–1835) was born inWestmoreland County, Pennsylvania on January 28, 1773. He was the brother ofWilliam Hendricks and father of Abram Hendricks, the uncle ofWilliam Hendricks Jr., futureU.S. Vice PresidentThomas A. Hendricks, andAbram W. Hendricks. Hendricks foundedGreensburg, Indiana in 1821, which was named by his wife, Elizabeth, in 1822.
Hendricks served as a member ofIndiana House of Representatives from 1823 until 1825 and again from 1827 until 1831. He was also member ofIndiana State Senate from 1831 until 1834. He died inGreensburg, Indiana March 31, 1835.
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