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Policies for more information. Governor of Indiana December 5,
1822-February 12, 1825 Artist: Samuel Burtis Baker, American,
1882-1967 oil on canvas, 32 3/16 x 26 5/16 (81.7 x 66.8) WILLIAM
HENDRICKS, born in Pennsylvania, was educated in a common
school, read law, and was admitted to the bar in Cincinnati. In
1812 he came to Madison, Indiana Territory, where he practiced
law and established the Eagle, the second newspaper published in
Indiana. After only a few years in Madison he was elected to the
territorial house of representatives and was secretary of the
Indiana Constitutional Convention in 1816. A Democratic-
Republican, Hendricks won election in August, 1816, as the first
state representative to Congress from Indiana and was re-elected
twice to this office. Hendricks, running unopposed, was elected
governor in 1822. It was during this term of office that the
capital was moved from C