William Hendricks

Birthplace

Ligonier Valley, Pa.

Occupation

Lawyer, printer (probably as owner of a printing office, rather than as a practical printer)

Congressional Service

House (R-Indiana), 1816-22

Senate 1825-37 (D - Indiana)

Newspaper

Madison Western Eagle, 1813-14 (at least)

Federal appointments

Territorial Printer, ca. 1813-14

Other offices

	Member, territorial legislature, 1813-14; Speaker, 1814
	Secretary of Indiana constitutional convention, 1816
	Second governor of Indiana, 1816-22, succeeding fellow editor Jonathan Jennings
	Indiana University trustee, 1829-40

Notes

Graduate of Jefferson (now Washington and Jefferson) College, Washington, Pa.

Links

	Indiana Historical Bureau bio page
	His grave