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Cyclopædia of Political Science, Political Economy, and the Political History of the United States
HENDRICKSII.144.1
HENDRICKS, Thomas Anderson, was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, Sept. 17, 1819, removed to Shelby county, Indiana, in 1822, was graduated at Hanover college in 1841, and was admitted to the bar in 1843. He was a member of the state house of representatives in 1848, and of the senate in 1850; was a democratic congressman 1851-5, commissioner of the land office 1855-9, and United States senator 1863-9. In 1859 and 1868 he was defeated as the democratic candidate for governor of Indiana; in 1872 he was elected (see A. J. Return to top |
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The cuneiform inscription in the Liberty Fund logo is the earliest-known written appearance of the word "freedom" (amagi), or "liberty." It is taken from a clay document written about 2300 B.C. in the Sumerian city-state of Lagash.
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