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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriTheron Moses RICE
(1829-1895)
RICE, Theron Moses, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Mecca, Trumbull County, Ohio,
on September 21, 1829; attended the academy in Chester, Ohio;
taught in the district school during the winter months; studied
law; was admitted to the bar in June 1854 and practiced for about
three years in Mahoning County, Ohio; moved in the spring of 1858
to California, Moniteau County, Mo.; served during the Civil War,
1861-1865, in the United States Infantry Volunteer Service from
Missouri; received gradual promotions from first lieutenant to
colonel; returned to Missouri in the spring of 1866 and resumed the
practice of his profession in Tipton, Moniteau County, Mo.; was
circuit judge 1868-1874; elected as a Greenbacker to the
Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1883); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1882; resumed the practice of law in
Boonville, Mo., until his death in that city November 7, 1895;
interment in Tipton Odd Fellows Cemetery, Tipton, Mo.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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