William W. Wick | |
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| 2nd Secretary of State of Indiana | |
| In office January 14, 1825 – January 14, 1829 | |
| Governor | William Hendricks James B. Ray |
| Preceded by | Robert A. New |
| Succeeded by | James Morrison |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 6th district | |
| In office March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1841 | |
| Preceded by | William Herod |
| Succeeded by | David Wallace |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 5th district | |
| In office March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849 | |
| Preceded by | William J. Brown |
| Succeeded by | William J. Brown |
| Personal details | |
| Born | William Watson Wick February 23, 1796 Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Died | May 19, 1868 (aged 72) Franklin, Indiana, U.S. |
| Resting place | Greenlawn Cemetery, Franklin, Indiana, United States |
| Political party | Democratic |
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William Watson Wick (February 23, 1796 – May 19, 1868) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana and Secretary of State of Indiana. He was a lawyer and over his career he was a judge for 15 years. President Franklin Pierce appointed him Postmaster of Indianapolis, Indiana.
Wick proposed an amendment to extend the Missouri Compromise line west to the Pacific coast with the Wilmot Proviso (1846). The provision that would make slave states of the American southwest was passed in the House, but defeated in the Senate. Wick supported the colonization of blacks to Liberia. He campaigned for Stephen A. Douglas in 1860.