Famous People with Name Rice

Rice William Means            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Rice William Means: was a Republican United States Senator from Colorado. Born in St. Joseph, Missouri, he moved with his parents to Yuma County, Colorado in 1887. He settled in Denver in 1889, and attended the public schools and Sacred Heart College of Denver, CO (now calle

Rice Sheppard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Rice Sheppard: was a politician and farmers' activist in Alberta, Canada. He served on Edmonton City Council for many years, ran for mayoral, provincial, and federal office, and was an executive member of the United Farmers of Alberta. Sheppard's first bid for elected office took place in the 1909 provincial election, when he sought election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta as a Conservative candidate in Strathcona. He was soundly defeated in the two person race by the incumbent, Liberal Premier Alexander Rutherford. Around the same time, Sheppard was active with the Temperance and Moral Reform League of Alberta, which advocated for prohibition in Alberta. Their efforts would be successful in 1916. Rice Sheppard served a total of nearly twelve years on Edmonton City Council and ran in seventeen municipal elections (five for mayor and twelve for alderman). The first of these was the 1913 election, when he was elected to a two year term as an alderman. He ran for re-election at the conclusion of this term, in the 1915 election, but was defeated, placing tenth of fourteen candidates. Thereafter, he stayed out of municipal politics for four years.

Benjamin Franklin Rice            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Benjamin Franklin Rice: was a Republican politician from Arkansas who represented the state in the U.S. Senate from 1868 to 1873.In 1856 he served as a presidential elector for the Republican ticket; in 1860 he moved to Minnesota, where he began service as a Union captain during

Theron Moses Rice            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Theron Moses Rice: was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Rice was elected as a Greenback to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1883). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1882. He resumed the practice of law in Boonville, Missouri, until his death i

William Whitney Rice            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Whitney Rice: was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. He served as the preceptor of Leicester Academy, Leicester, Massachusetts from 1847 to 1851 before studying law in Worcester. He was admitted to the bar in 1854 and commenced practice in Worcester. In 1858 he

Albert E. Rice            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Albert E. Rice: was a banker, newspaperman, legislator, University of Minnesota regent, politician, and the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota from Willmar, Minnesota. He served as a Republican from January 4, 1887 to January 5, 1891 under Governors Andrew Ryan McGil

Edmund Rice            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edmund Rice: was an American politician. Rice served in the U.S. Congress in Minnesota's 4th District from March 4, 1887 to March 3, 1889. Edmund Rice, Jr. was born in Waitsfield, Vermont on 14 February 1819 to Edmund Rice and Ellen Durkee Rice. He moved to Kalamazoo,