Americus V. Rice

Americus Vespucius Rice
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 5th district
In office March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879
Preceded by	Charles N. Lamison
Succeeded by	Benjamin Le Fevre
Personal details
Born	November 18, 1835 Perrysville, Ohio, USA
Died	April 4, 1904 Washington, D.C., USA
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Mary A. Metcalf Rice
Children	Mary Rice, Katherine Rice
Profession	Politician, Banker, Businessman
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America Union
Service/branch	Union Army
Rank	Brigadier General
Unit	21st Ohio Infantry 57th Ohio Infantry
Battles/wars	American Civil War

Americus Vespucius Rice (November 18, 1835 – April 4, 1904) was a nineteenth century politician, banker, and businessman from Ohio. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and was promoted to brigadier general at the end of the war.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Civil War 3 Postbellum career 4 Genealogy 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 8 External links

Early life

Rice was born in Perrysville, Ohio on November 18, 1835 to Clark Hammond Rice and Catherine (Mowers) Rice. He pursued in classical studies, attended Antioch College, graduated from Union College and studied law.

Civil War

At the outbreak of the Civil War, Rice was commissioned as a captain in the 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment on April 27, 1861, eventually rising to brigadier general in 1865. As colonel of the 57th Ohio Infantry at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in the Atlanta Campaign, he was wounded and his right leg was amputated.^[1]

Postbellum career

After the close of the war, Rice was manager of a private banking house in Ottawa, Ohio, was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1872 and was elected a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1874, serving from 1875 to 1879, not being a candidate for renomination in 1878. There, he served as chairman of the Committee on Invalid Pensions from 1877 to 1879. Afterward, he was president of A.V. Rice & Company, a banking concern in Ottawa, Ohio, was a director in various business enterprises and was appointed a pension agent for Ohio in 1893, serving from 1894 to 1898. Rice moved to Washington, D.C., in 1899 and engaged in banking and other various enterprises and was appointed a purchasing agent for the United States Census Bureau which he served as until his death in Washington, D.C. He was interred in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.^[2]

Genealogy

Americus Vespucius Rice was a direct descendant of Edmund Rice, an English immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony, as follows:^[3]

• Americus Vespucius Rice, son of

• Clark Hammond Rice (1804 – 1870), son of

• Ebenezer Rice (1773 – 1821),^[4] son of
• Samuel Rice (1752 – 1828), son of
• Gershom Rice (1703 – ?), son of

• Ephriam Rice (1665 – 1732), son of
• Thomas Rice (1626 – 1681), son of

• Edmund Rice (1594 – 1663)

See also

• List of American Civil War generals

Notes

References

• Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.

External links

• Americus V. Rice at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-08-15
• "Americus V. Rice". Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5885492. Retrieved 2008-01-06. 
• Antioch College Alumni Page

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Charles N. Lamison	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 5th congressional district March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	Succeeded by Benjamin Le Fevre

Persondata
Name	Rice, Americus V.
Alternative names
Short description	Union Army general
Date of birth	November 18, 1835
Place of birth	Perrysville, Ohio
Date of death	April 4, 1904
Place of death	Washington, D.C.