Joseph Augustus Wickes (September 27, 1826 – May 18, 1915) was an American politician and judge.

His father was a soldier in the War of 1812 and participated in the Battle of Cork's Hill.

He continued practicing until 1866, when he was appointed as a delegate to the 1866 National Union Convention.

[1] Wickes was nominated as a judge for the Second Judicial Circuit Court, representing Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne, Caroline and Talbot counties, under the new constitution.

He was elected for a term of fifteen years in 1869, alongside John Mitchell Robinson and Frederick Stump.

[1][3][4][5] For more than thirty years, Wickes was president of the board of visitors and governors of Washington College.

They had five children, including Mrs. Thomas Hines, Mrs. Louise Houston and Mrs. Carrie Kennard.