William W. Rice

William W. Rice

William Whitney Rice (born March 7, 1826 in Deerfield , Franklin County , Massachusetts , †  March 1, 1896 in Worcester , Massachusetts) was an American politician . Between 1877 and 1887 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Rice attended Gorham Academy in Maine and then until 1846 Bowdoin College in Brunswick . Between 1847 and 1851 he was a faculty member at Leicester Academy in Massachusetts. After studying law in Worcester and being admitted to the bar in 1854, he began to work in this profession. In 1858 he became a judge on the bankruptcy court in Worcester County ; in 1860 he became Mayor of Worcester. Between 1869 and 1874, Rice was a district attorney for the middle of Massachusetts state. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party .

In the congressional election of 1876 , Rice was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded George Frisbie Hoar on March 4, 1877 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1887 . From 1883 he represented the tenth district of his state there as the successor to Amasa Norcross . In 1886 he was not re-elected.

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, William Rice practiced again as a lawyer. He died in Worcester on March 1, 1896.

Web links

• William W. Rice in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William W. Rice in the database of Find a Grave (English)