Frank Rice (politician)

Frank Rice (born January 15, 1845 in Seneca , New York , † December 5, 1914 in Canandaigua , New York) was an American lawyer and politician ( Democratic Party ). He was Secretary of State of New York from 1890 to 1894 .

Career

Frank Rice's childhood was overshadowed by the Mexican-American War . He attended the private school of Dr. Taylor in Geneva (New York). He then went to the Geneva Classical and Union School and the Canandaigua Academy . His school days were overshadowed by the civil war. In 1868 he graduated from Hamilton College . The following year, 1869, he began studying law at Comstock & Benett's Canandaigua office. After receiving his license to practice law, he began working as a clerk in the office of the guardianship and probate judge in 1870 .

From 1875 to 1881 he was a District Attorney in Ontario County . Rice served in the New York State Assembly for Ontario County in 1883 and 1884 . In 1883 he chaired the Committee on Privileges and Elections and in 1884 he held the post of minority leader. From 1885 to 1889 he was a judge at the Ontario County Court. Rice was elected Secretary of State of New York in 1889 and re-elected in 1891. He participated as a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1880, 1892 and 1912 .

literature

• Raines May Be Beaten , The New York Times, October 27, 1895
• The Candidates , The New York Times, October 2, 1889
• Frank Rice Dies At 70 , The New York Times, December 6, 1914
• History of Ontario County, Conover & Aldrich, 1893, pp. 155f
• History of Ontario Co., NY & Its People, Vol. 2, 1911, p. 332