- Edmund Rice
Edmund Rice (
February 14 ,1819 –July 11 ,1889 ) was an Americanpolitician . He was born inWaitsfield, Vermont and moved toKalamazoo, Michigan in November 1838 to studylaw . He was admitted to thebar association in 1842 and commenced practice in Kalamazoo. Rice enlisted to serve in theMexican-American War in 1847 and commissioned first lieutenant of Company A, First Regiment, Michigan Volunteers. He was the brother ofHenry Mower Rice . He married Anna Maria Acker onNovember 28 ,1848 .In July 1849, he moved to
St. Paul, Minnesota and became clerk of theMinnesota Supreme Court 's third circuit the same year. He was a member of the Territorial house of representatives in 1851. Rice practiced law until 1856 when he was elected commissioner of Ramsey County.He became president of the
Minnesota & Pacific Railroad Co. (1857 – 1863) and of theSt. Paul & Pacific Railroad (1863 – 1872), and trustee of the latter in 1879. From 1863 to 1877, he was president of theSt. Paul & Chicago Railroad .Rice served in the
Minnesota State Senate 1864 – 1866 and 1874 – 1876, and was a member of theMinnesota House of Representatives in 1867, 1872, 1877, and 1878. He was elected mayor of St. Paul and served from 1881 to 1883, was again elected mayor in 1885, and served until February 1887 when he resigned to take an office in the50th United States Congress (March 4 ,1887 toMarch 3 ,1889 ). His reelection campaign in 1888 was unsuccessful, so he retired from public and political activities.He died in
White Bear Lake, Minnesota , onJuly 11 ,1889 . His body is interred in Oakland Cemetery in Saint Paul. His great, great, great, great grandfather was the immigrant,Edmund Rice (1638) , as follows:*Edmund Rice, son of:*Edmund Rice (
March 26 ,1784 –May 27 ,1829 ), son of ::*Jedediah Rice (b.April 2 ,1755 ), son of:::*Ashur Rice (July 6 ,1694 –August 20 ,1773 ), son of::::*Thomas Rice (June 30 ,1654 – 1747), son of:::::*Thomas Rice (January 26 ,1626 – 1682), son of::::::*Edmund Rice (1594 –May 3 ,1663 )References
* [http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=14501 Minnesota Legislators Past and Present]
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