- Benjamin F. Rice
Benjamin Franklin Rice (
May 26 ,1828 -January 19 ,1905 ) was a Republican politician fromArkansas who represented the state in theU.S. Senate from 1868 to 1873.Rice was born in
East Otto, New York , onMay 26 ,1828 ; his schooling was private. He studied law, and upon his admission to the bar began practice inIrvine, Kentucky , in which state's house of representatives he served from 1855 to 1856. In 1856 he served as a presidential elector for the Republican ticket; in 1860 he moved toMinnesota , where he began service as a Union captain during the Civil War. Eventually he gained promotion to the position ofjudge advocate with theMinnesota Volunteers .In 1864 Rice settled in
Little Rock, Arkansas and resumed his practice. He was active in organizing the Republican Party in the state, and was appointed the chair of a committee which in 1868 prepared the state's code of practice. Upon readmission of Arkansas to the Union, Rice was elected to the Senate, serving from 1868 to 1873 and holding at one point the chairmanship of theCommittee on Mines and Mining .On returning home, Rice resumed his law practice; he moved to
Colorado for health reasons in 1875, then back toWashington, D.C. in 1882, where he continued his practice until his death. He died inTulsa, Oklahoma onJanuary 19 ,1905 , and was buried in Washington'sOak Hill Cemetery .External links
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