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About William W. Wick, U.S. Congress
William W. 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.
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February 23, 1796
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Canonsburg, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States
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| 1868 |
May 19, 1868
Age 72
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Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana, United States
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May 19, 1868
Age 72
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Greenlawn Cemetery, Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana, United States
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