William Whitney Rice was born 7 March 1826 in Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States to Benjamin Rice (1784-1847) and died 1 March 1896 Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of unspecified causes. He married Cornelia Ann Moen (1834-1862) . He married Alice M. Miller (1841-1900) 28 September 1876 .
| William Whitney Rice | |
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| In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 | |
| Preceded by | Amasa Norcross |
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| Succeeded by | John E. Russell |
| In office March 4, 1877 – March 2, 1883 | |
| Preceded by | George Frisbie Hoar |
| Succeeded by | Theodore Lyman |
Massachusetts House of Representatives
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| In office 1875–1876 | |
District Attorney
Worcester, County, Massachusetts | |
| In office 1869–1873 | |
Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts
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| In office 1860–1861 | |
| Preceded by | Alexander H. Bullock |
| Succeeded by | P. Emory Aldrich |
Member Worcester, Massachusetts
School Committee | |
| Born | March 7, 1826 Deerfield, Massachusetts |
| Died | March 1, 1896 Worcester, Massachusetts |
| 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 |
| Religion | Unitarian |
William Whitney Rice (March 7, 1826 – March 1, 1896) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Born in Deerfield, Massachusetts, Rice attended Gorham Academy, Maine, and graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, in 1846. He served as the preceptor of Leicester Academy, Leicester, Massachusetts from 1847 to 1851 before studying law in Worcester. He was admitted 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 1869 to 1874 and was a member of the State house of representatives in 1875.[2]
Rice was elected as a Republican to the Forty-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 Worcester Rural Cemetery.
Rice family and relations
William was a direct descendant of Edmund Rice, an English immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony, as follows:[3]
- William Whitney Rice, son of
- Benjamin Rice (1784-1847), son of
- Caleb Rice (1755-1809), son of
- Benjamin Rice (1722-1796), son of
- Azariah Rice (1693-1779), son of
- Benjamin Rice (1666-1749), son of
- Edward Rice (1622-1712), son of
- Edmund Rice
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Emma W. Rice (1857-1857) | |||
| William Whitney Rice (1858-1864) | |||
| Charles Moen Rice (1860-1936) | |||
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- William Whiitney Rice. New York Times obituary March 2, 1896.
- Hoar, Rockwood: William Whitney Rice A Biographical Sketch (1897).
Notes
- ^ Rice, Franklin Pierce (1899), Worcester of eighteen hundred and Ninety-Eight. Fifty Years a City, Worcester, MA: F.S. Blanchard & Company, p. Page 728.
- ^ Hoar, Rockwood. 1897. William Whitney Rice Biographical Sketch. Press of Charles Hamilton, Worcester, MA. Library of Congress E664-R49-H6
- ^ Edmund Rice (1638) Association, 2007. Descendants of Edmund Rice: The First Nine Generations.
External links
- William Whitney Rice (1826-1896) at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- William Whitney Rice (1826-1896) at Find A Grave
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| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Rice, William W. |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | American politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1826 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Deerfield, Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 1, 1896 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Worcester, Massachusetts |
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Footnotes (including sources)
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