Baker, Hord, and Hendricks.

Law firm of Indianapolis, Indiana.

The law partnership of Thomas Andrews Hendricks and Oscar B. Hord was formed in Indianapolis in 1862. In 1866 Abram W. Hendricks, cousin of Thomas A. Hendricks, entered the firm, and the name, Hendricks, Hord, and Hendricks, was adopted. When Thomas A. Hendricks became Governor of Indiana in 1873, Conrad Baker, who had been Governor of the state from 1867 to 1873, replaced him in the firm, and its name became Baker, Hord, and Hendricks. In 1876 Thomas A. Hendricks reentered the firm, but no change was made in its name. He retired upon becoming Vice-President of the U.S., March 4, 1885. Between 1885 and 1888 saw the death of all of the earlier members, Conrad Baker on April 28, 1885; Thomas A. Hendricks, November 25, 1885; Abram W. Hendricks, 1887; and Oscar B. Hord, January 15, 1888. Upon the death of the latter, Albert Baker, son of Conrad Baker, and Edward Daniels, who had previously formed a partnership, succeeded to the firm's practice under the name, Baker and Daniels. The death of Edward Daniels occurred on June 11, 1918. Albert Baker was an active member of the firm until 1940. He died on October 29, 1942.