Theron M. Rice
Theron Moses Rice | |
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John F. Philips | |
Succeeded by | Aylett H. Buckner |
Personal details | |
Born | Greenback | September 21, 1829
Profession | lawyer |
Theron Moses Rice (September 21, 1829 – November 7, 1895) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Biography
Rice was born in Mecca, Ohio on September 21, 1829. He attended the academy in Farmington, Ohio and then Geauga Academy in Chester, received his qualification as a schoolteacher, and taught school. At Geauga Academy, he was acquainted with James A. Garfield and Garfield's future wife Lucretia Randolph, who were students at the same time as Rice.
While teaching school Rice studied law with John Hutchins. He was admitted to the bar in June 1854 and practiced in Mahoning County, Ohio. In 1858, Rice moved to California, Missouri.
He supported the Union during the American Civil War. From June to October 1861 he served in a home guard unit commanded by Colonel Allen P. Richardson. During this service, he was offered the position of second in command as a lieutenant colonel, which he declined.
Rice then recruited a company which was mustered into service as part of the
After the war Rice resumed practicing law in Tipton, Missouri. From 1868 to 1874 he was a judge of the Missouri Circuit Court.
Rice was elected as a
He resumed the practice of law in Boonville, Missouri, where he died on November 7, 1895. He was interred in Tipton Cemetery in Tipton.
External links
- United States Congress. "Theron M. Rice (id: R000203)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Headley, Phineas Camp (1882). Public Men of To-day. Hartford, CT: S. S. Scranton & Company. pp. 530–531.