US Con Rice, Henry Mower, Sr. - U.S. Senator, MN

Henry Mower Rice Sr.
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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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