Background
Rice, Alexander Hamilton was born on August 30, 1818 in Newton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thomas and Lydia (Smith) Rice.
Rice, Alexander Hamilton was born on August 30, 1818 in Newton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thomas and Lydia (Smith) Rice.
Graduate Union College, 1844.
Joined Merc. library association, 1838. Head paper manufacturing concern which became known as Rice-Kendall Company, 1889. Member Boston School Committee, also Board Public Institutions, 1851.
Director Montague Paper Company.
Whig member Common Council of Boston, 1853, 54, president, 1854. An organizer Republican Party in Massachusetts.
1st Republican mayor Boston, 1856, 57, made improvements in Back Bay section, established city hospital, organized city’s public institutions Member United States House of Representatives (Republican) from Massachusetts, 36-39th congresses, 1859-1867.
Delegate to Philadelphia Union Convention, 1866.
Delegate Republican National Convention, Chicago, 1868. Governor Massachusetts, 1876-1878. President Keith Paper Company, Turner Falls, Massachusetts, American Sulphate Pulp Company
Member Boston School Committee, also Board Public Institutions, 1851. Member United States House of Representatives (Republican) from Massachusetts, 36-39th congresses, 1859-1867.
Married Augusta East. McKim, August 19, 1845. Married second, Angie Erickson Powell.