William W. Rice | |
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 Rice in 1888 | |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts | |
| In office March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1887 | |
| Preceded by | George Frisbie Hoar |
| Succeeded by | John E. Russell |
| Constituency | 9th district (1877–83) 10th district (1883–87) |
| Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
| In office 1875–1876 | |
| District Attorney ofWorcester County, Massachusetts | |
| In office 1868–1873 | |
| Preceded by | Hartley Williams |
| Succeeded by | Hamilton B. Staples |
| Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts | |
| In office 1860–1861 | |
| Preceded by | Alexander H. Bullock |
| Succeeded by | Peleg Emory Aldrich |
| Personal details | |
| Born | William Whitney Rice March 7, 1826 Deerfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | March 1, 1896 (aged 69) Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Free Soil Party,Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Cornelia A. Moen died June 16, 1862; m. September 28, 1876 Alice M. Miller |
| Children | William Whitney Rice, Jr., Charles Moen Rice |
William Whitney Rice (March 7, 1826 – March 1, 1896) was aU.S. representative fromMassachusetts.
Born inDeerfield, Massachusetts, Rice attendedGorham Academy, Maine, and graduated fromBowdoin College inBrunswick, Maine, in 1846. He served as thepreceptor ofLeicester Academy,Leicester, Massachusetts from 1847 to 1851 before studying law inWorcester. He wasadmitted to the bar in 1854 and commenced practice in Worcester. In 1858 he was appointed judge of insolvency for Worcester County.
Rice was elected mayor of the city of Worcester in December 1859.[1] He served as district attorney for the middle district of Massachusetts from 1868 to 1874 and was a member of theState house of representatives in 1875.[2]
Rice was elected a member of theAmerican Antiquarian Society in 1885.[3]
Rice was elected as aRepublican to theForty-fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1887). After a failed re-election bid in 1886, he returned to Worcester and resumed the practice of law. He died there on March 1, 1896, at age 69, and was interred at WorcesterRural Cemetery.
William was a direct descendant ofEdmund Rice, an English immigrant toMassachusetts Bay Colony.[4] He married Alice Miller (1840–1900), whose mother Nancy Merrick Miller was sister to Massachusetts judgePliny T. Merrick.[5][6] Alice's sister, Ruth Ann Miller, married U.S. SenatorGeorge Frisbie Hoar, making Rice and Hoar brothers-in-law. Alice founded a children's day nursery in Worcester.[6]
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's 10th congressional district March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 | Succeeded by |
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