| Alexander Hamilton Rice | |
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| 30th Governor of Massachusetts | |
| In office January 6, 1876 – January 2, 1879 |
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| Lieutenant | Horatio G. Knight |
| Preceded by | William Gaston |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Talbot |
| Member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd & 4th district | |
| In office March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1867 |
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| Preceded by | Linus B. Comins (4th) Benjamin Thomas (3rd) |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Hooper (4th) Ginery Twichell (3rd) |
| 15th Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts | |
| In office 1856–1857 |
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| Preceded by | Jerome V.C. Smith |
| Succeeded by | Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 30, 1818 Newton, Massachusetts |
| Died | July 22, 1895 (aged 76) Melrose, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Augusta E. McKim (d. 1868),[1] Angle Erickson Powell[2] |
Alexander Hamilton Rice (August 30, 1818 – July 22, 1895) was Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts from 1856–1857, a U.S. Congressman during the American Civil War, and the 30th Governor of Massachusetts from 1876–78.
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Born in Newton, Massachusetts, to Thomas and Lydia (Smith) Rice. He received business training in his father's paper mill at Newton and he apprenticed in a mercantile house in Boston. He graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York, in 1844.[3] Upon graduating, he became a paper manufacturer and dealer with Wilkins, Carter and Company in Boston.[3]
In 1853 Rice was elected a member of the City of Boston's Common Council.[4] He became the President of the Common Council in 1854.[1]
Rice served as the first Republican mayor of the City of Boston from 1856 to 1857, and a founder of the Republican Party in Massachusetts. During his tenure, the area known as Back Bay was developed.[3]
He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1859–1867, serving as chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs from 1863–65.[3]
He died at the Langwood Hotel[2] in Melrose, Massachusetts, on July 22, 1895.[3]
Alexander Hamilton Rice's uncle Charles Rice was a brigadier general in the Massachusetts state militia and a state legislator. His grandson Alexander Hamilton Rice, Jr. was a physician and explorer in South America. Alexander was a direct descendant of Edmund Rice, an English immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony, as follows:[5]
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Jerome V. C. Smith |
Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts 1856 - 1857 |
Succeeded by Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr. |
| Preceded by William Gaston |
Governor of Massachusetts January 6, 1876 – January 2, 1879 |
Succeeded by Thomas Talbot |
| United States House of Representatives | ||
| Preceded by Linus B. Comins |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 4th congressional district March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863 |
Succeeded by Samuel Hooper |
| Preceded by Benjamin Thomas |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867 |
Succeeded by Ginery Twichell |
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