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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsWilliam Whitney RICE
(1826-1896)
RICE, William Whitney, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Deerfield, Franklin
County, Mass., on March 7, 1826; attended Gorham Academy, Maine,
and was graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1846;
preceptor in Leicester Academy, Massachusetts, 1847-1851; studied
law in Worcester; was admitted to the bar in 1854 and commenced
practice in that city; appointed judge of insolvency for Worcester
County in 1858; mayor of the city of Worcester in 1860; district
attorney for the middle district of Massachusetts 1869-1874; member
of the State house of representatives in 1875; elected as a
Republican to the Forty-fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses
(March 4, 1877-March 3, 1887); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress; resumed the practice
of law in Worcester, Mass., and died there March 1, 1896; interment
in the Rural Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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