Edward Young Rice was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Illinois

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Biography

Born near Russellville, Kentucky

Russellville, Kentucky

As of the census of 2000, there were 7,149 people, 3,064 households, and 1,973 families residing in the city. The population density was 672.1 people per square mile . There were 3,458 housing units at an average density of 325.1 per square mile...

, Rice pursued classical studies.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar

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 in 1844.
He moved to Montgomery County, Illinois, and commenced practice in Hillsboro, Illinois

Hillsboro, Illinois

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Rice was elected county recorder in 1847.
He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1849 and 1850.
He served as judge of the Montgomery County Court in 1851 and 1852.
He served as master in chancery 1853-1857.

Rice was elected judge of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois in 1857 and reelected in 1861 and 1867.
He served as member of the State constitutional convention in 1869 and 1870.

Rice was elected as a Democrat

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 to the Forty-second

42nd United States Congress

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 Congress (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1873).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1872.
He resumed the practice of law in Hillsboro and Springfield, Illinois.
He died in Hillsboro, Illinois

Hillsboro, Illinois

Hillsboro is a city in Montgomery County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,359 at the 2000 census, and 6,106 at a 2009 estimate. It is the county seat of Montgomery County.-History:...

, April 16, 1883.
He was interred in Oak Grove Cemetery.

External links

• Judge Edward Young Rice, Historical Society of Montgomery County Illinois