Henry Mower Rice Sr.
Born: November 29, 1816
Birthplace: Waitsfield, Vermont
Father: Edmund Rice 1784 – 1829
(Buried: Common Cemetery, Waitsfield, Vermont)
Mother: Ellen Durkee 1792 – 1847
(Buried: Mountain Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Michigan)
Brother: US Congressman Edmund Rice 1819 – 1889
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Minnesota)
Wife: Matilda Whitehall 1834 – 1906
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Minnesota)
Children:
Margaret Holt Rice Thompson Unknown – 1920
(Buried: Fort Lawton Cemetery, Seattle, Washington)
Henrietta Rice Lemmon 1842 – 1931
(Buried: Winnebago Cemetery, Winnebago, Nebraska)
Lizzie Rice Rodman 1852 – 1888
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Minnesota)
Henry Mower Rice Jr. 1856 – 1864
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Minnesota)
Robert Toombs Rice 1860 – 1863
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Minnesota)
Matilda Rice Auerbach 1860 – 1945
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Minnesota)
Mary Welsh Rice 1862 – 1864
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Minnesota)
Henry Mower Rice II 1868 – 1870
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Minnesota)
Frederick Durkee Rice 1871 – 1944
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Minnesota)
Political Party: Democratic Party
Occupation before War:
Post Sutler for United States Army at Fort Atkinson, Iowa
Fur Businessman at Fort Atkinson, Iowa
1847: Helped negotiate treaty with Winnebago and Chippewa Indians
1848: Settled in Saint Paul, Minnesota
1851: Secured the consent of the objecting Sioux Indians in a treaty
1851 – 1859: Regent for University of Minnesota
1853 – 1857: Minnesota Delegate to United States Congressman
1856: Choose not to be a candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress
1858 – 1863: United States Senator from Minnesota
1857 – 1861: Member of Senate Indian Affairs Committee
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1863: Ranking Member of Senate Finance Committee
1861 – 1863: Member of Senate Public Lands Committee
1862: Choose not to be a candidate for reelection to U.S. Senate
1865: Unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Minnesota
Occupation after War:
President of Minnesota State Historical Society
President of Saint Paul Minnesota Board of Public works
1878 – 1884: Ramsey County Minnesota County Treasurer
1887 – 1888: United States Commissioner for making Indian treaties
Died: January 15, 1894
Place of Death: San Antonio, Texas
Age at time of Death: 77 years old
Burial Place: Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Minnesota
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