WILLIAM WHITNEY RICE

Rice, William Whitney (1826-1896), 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.
Parents: Benjamin Rice, Lucy Whitney
Spouse 1: Cornelia A Moen
Born: abt 1828 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut
Died: 16 Jun 1862
Marriage: 21 Nov 1855 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut
Children Sex Birth
William Whitney Rice M 1857
Charles Moen Rice M 6 Nov 1860
Spouse 2: Alice Miller
Born: 22 Jul 1840 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
Marriage: 28 Sep 1875

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Connecticut Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell