Ora R. Rice

Ora Ray Rice (1885-1966) was a Wisconsin state legislator, serving as Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly 1951-1954.

Biography

Ora Ray Rice was born on September 16, 1885 in Boscobel, Wisconsin to Moors Myrick Rice and Emma Jane (Ricks) Rice.[1] He graduated from Northwestern University Dental School and became a practicing dentist.[2] Rice was a direct descendant of Edmund Rice, an early immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony. Rice married 1st Mary Amelia Tuffley, daughter of George Tuffley Jr and Amelia Heron, on 5 July 1907 at Boscobel, WI, and he married 2nd Laura Johnson on 9 November 1957.[3] Ora Ray Rice died on 3 July 1966 at Delavan, Wisconsin and was interred at Spring Grove Cemetery at Delavan.[4]

Political career

Rice was an alderman of Delavan, Wisconsin from 1916 to 1917 and later served as Mayor of Delavan from 1918 to 1922. He was a member of the Assembly from 1937 to 1960, serving as Speaker from 1951 to 1954. Rice was a Republican.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ora R. Rice". Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  2. ↑ "Rice, Ora R. 1885". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  3. ↑ ERA (2013) Descendants of Edmund Rice, CD-ROM, Edmund Rice (1638) Association.
  4. ↑ "Ora Ray Rice". Find a Grave. Retrieved 16 Nov 2014.
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