14 1/4 x 11 in. blank back news broadside "EXTRA" with black “mourning rules," headlines, and “breaking news” coverage of the sudden death of Grover Cleveland’s Vice President Thomas Hendricks.

Thomas A. Hendricks (1819-1885) was the running mate of presidential nominee Samuel Tilden in the 1876 election, one of the most controversial in American history. Tilden won the popular vote, however there was a dispute over the electoral college votes in Florida, South Carolina, and Louisiana. The contested electoral votes eventually were awarded to Rutherford B. Hayes, electing him the nineteenth president. Grover Cleveland chose Hendricks as his running mate in 1884, and the two defeated James Blaine and John Logan to win that election. Vice President Hendricks died suddenly of a heart attack in November 1885 after serving only nine months in office.