# William W. Rice

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American politician (1826–1896)

For other people named William Rice, see [William Rice (disambiguation)](/source/William_Rice_(disambiguation)).

William W. Rice Rice in 1888 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts In office March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1887 Preceded by George Frisbie Hoar Succeeded by John E. Russell Constituency 9th district (1877–83) 10th district (1883–87) Massachusetts House of Representatives In office 1875–1876 District Attorney of Worcester County, Massachusetts In office 1868–1873 Preceded by Hartley Williams Succeeded by Hamilton B. Staples Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts In office 1860–1861 Preceded by Alexander H. Bullock Succeeded by Peleg Emory Aldrich Personal details Born William Whitney Rice March 7, 1826 Deerfield, Massachusetts, U.S. Died March 1, 1896 (aged 69) Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. 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

**William Whitney Rice** (March 7, 1826 – March 1, 1896) was a [U.S. representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts).

Born in [Deerfield, Massachusetts](/source/Deerfield%2C_Massachusetts), Rice attended [Gorham Academy](/source/Gorham_Academy), Maine, and graduated from [Bowdoin College](/source/Bowdoin_College) in [Brunswick, Maine](/source/Brunswick%2C_Maine), in 1846. He served as the [preceptor](/source/Preceptor) of [Leicester Academy](/source/Leicester_Academy), [Leicester, Massachusetts](/source/Leicester%2C_Massachusetts) from 1847 to 1851 before studying law in [Worcester](/source/Worcester%2C_Massachusetts). He was [admitted to the bar](/source/Admission_to_the_bar_in_the_United_States) 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 1868 to 1874 and was a member of the [State house of representatives](/source/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives) in 1875.[2]

Rice was elected a member of the [American Antiquarian Society](/source/American_Antiquarian_Society) in 1885.[3]

Rice was elected as a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) to the [Forty-fifth](/source/45th_United_States_Congress) 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](/source/Rural_Cemetery_(Worcester%2C_Massachusetts)).

## Rice family and relations

William was a direct descendant of [Edmund Rice](/source/Edmund_Rice_(1638)), an English immigrant to [Massachusetts Bay Colony](/source/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony).[4] He married Alice Miller (1840–1900), whose mother Nancy Merrick Miller was sister to Massachusetts judge [Pliny T. Merrick](/source/Pliny_Merrick).[5][6] Alice's sister, Ruth Ann Miller, married U.S. Senator [George Frisbie Hoar](/source/George_Frisbie_Hoar), making Rice and Hoar brothers-in-law. Alice founded a children's day nursery in Worcester.[6]

## See also

- [1875 Massachusetts legislature](/source/1875_Massachusetts_legislature)

## References

This article incorporates [public domain material](/source/Copyright_status_of_works_by_the_federal_government_of_the_United_States) from [*Biographical Directory of the United States Congress*](http://bioguide.congress.gov). [Federal government of the United States](/source/Federal_government_of_the_United_States).

- William Whiitney Rice. [*New York Times* obituary March 2, 1896](https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1896/03/02/104111474.pdf).

- Hoar, Rockwood: [William Whitney Rice A Biographical Sketch (1897)](https://books.google.com/books?id=GVYEAAAAYAAJ&q=William+Whitney+Rice).

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Rice, Franklin Pierce (1899), *Worcester of Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Eight: Fifty Years a City*, Worcester, MA: F.S. Blanchard & Company, p. 728

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Hoar, Rockwood. 1897. *William Whitney Rice Biographical Sketch*. Press of Charles Hamilton, Worcester, MA. Library of Congress E664-R49-H6

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [American Antiquarian Society Members Directory](http://www.americanantiquarian.org/memberlistr)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Edmund Rice (1638) Association, 2007. Descendants of Edmund Rice: The First Nine Generations.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Merrick_5-0)** Merrick, George B. *Genealogy of the Merrick-Mirick-Myrick Family 1636-1902*. Madison, WI: Tracy, Gibbs & Co.,1902, p. 283.]

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-AMR_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-AMR_6-1) *Alice Miller Rice*, privately printed commemorative pamphlet, ca. 1900.

## External links

- United States Congress. ["William W. Rice (id: R000205)"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000205). *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)*.

- [William W. Rice](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7504925) at [Find a Grave](/source/Find_a_Grave)

U.S. House of Representatives Preceded by George F. Hoar Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 9th congressional district March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883 Succeeded by Theodore Lyman Preceded by Amasa Norcross Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 10th congressional district March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 Succeeded by John E. Russell

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