William W. Wick

William Watson Wick (born February 23, 1796 in Canonsburg , Pennsylvania , †  May 19, 1868 in Franklin , Indiana ) was an American politician . Between 1839 and 1849 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives twice .

Career

In 1800, William Wick and his parents came to what was then called the Western Reserve and is now in the northeastern part of the state of Ohio . There he attended the local schools. In 1816 he moved to Cincinnati , where he worked as a teacher for some time. He then studied medicine and law. As a result, he decided to pursue a legal career. After his admission to the bar in 1819, he began to work in this profession in 1820 in Connersville . In 1820 and 1821 he was employed first in the Indiana House of Representatives and then in the State Senate in administration. From 1822 to 1825, Wick was a judge in the Indiana Fifth Judicial District. He then served as Secretary of State between 1825 and 1829, the executive officer of the state government. From 1829 to 1831 he served as a public prosecutor in the fifth judicial district.

Politically, Wick was a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional election of 1838 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded William Herod on March 4, 1839 . Since he was not confirmed in 1840, he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1841 . He then worked as a lawyer in Indianapolis . In the elections of 1844 , Wick was re-elected to Congress in the fifth district of his state as the successor to William J. Brown , where he could spend two more terms between March 4, 1845 and March 3, 1849. These were shaped by the events of the Mexican-American War . Wick was a racist and worked to maintain white supremacy. Among other things, he declared that he “does not want racial mixing in the Union and no men other than whites, unless they are slaves”.

In 1848 he renounced another congressional candidacy. From 1850 to 1853 he was again a judge in the fifth district of Indiana. Between 1853 and 1857 he was head of the Indianapolis City Postal Service. He was also a staff officer ( adjutant general ) of the state militia. Since 1857 William Wick lived in Franklin, where he practiced as a lawyer. He died there on May 19, 1868.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Economist: A blended people (November 8, 2007)

Web links

• William W. Wick in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• William W. Wick in the database of Find a Grave (English)