Edward Y. Rice

Edward Young Rice ( * February 8, 1820 in Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky, † April 16, 1883 in Hillsboro, Illinois ) was an American politician. Between 1871 and 1873 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Edward Rice enjoyed a good education. After a subsequent law degree in 1844 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started in Hillsboro to work in this profession. In 1847 he was county recorder in the local Montgomery County. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. In 1849 and 1850 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Illinois. After that, he was until 1852 judge in Montgomery County. From 1853 to 1857 he held the office of Master in Chancery. From 1857 to 1871 he served as a judge in the 18th Judicial District of Illinois. He was also a 1869 and 1870 member of a meeting on the revision of the Constitution over the years.

In the congressional elections of 1870, Rice was in the tenth electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Albert G. Burr on March 4, 1871. Since he was not nominated by his party for re-election in 1872, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1873. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Edward Rice practiced as a lawyer again. He died on April 16, 1883 in Hillsboro.

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