Why Edwards Doesn't Necessarily Consider Thomas Hendricks a Role Model
Hendricks was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1876 but left the race after the party rallied around the nomination of Samuel Tilden. Tilden then selected Hendricks as his running mate and the pair lost in a close election to Rutherford B. Hayes.
In 1884, Hendricks didn't run as a presidential candidate but he attended the Democratic National Convention as a delegate. The convention nominated Grover Cleveland, who then chose Hendricks as his running mate because he represented the "old ticket" who was robbed of victory in 1876.
The Cleveland-Hendricks ticket won and Hendricks served as his vice president until his death in Indianapolis, Ind., November 25, 1885.
