William Henry Rice
Full Name: William Henry Rice
Birth date: August 12, 1859
Death date: March 13, 1930
Birth date: August 12, 1859
Death date: March 13, 1930
Terms of Service
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Senate,
38th
(1)
(2)
Legislature
1/9/1923 - 1/13/1925
Democrat
(2) 38th Legislature - List of State Senators Elected at the General Election Held November Seventh, 1922, oath of office administered, 1/9/1923, p. 1-2. Senate Journal .
Biographical Notes and Resources
Resolutions and Journal entries
- 41st Legislature, 5th C.S., 3/14/1930, p. 253. Resolutions - Memorial .
- 38th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, "On Members of the Senate," pp. 325-326. Senate Journal .
Photographs
- Photograph. W.H. Rice, State Preservation Board
Other Resources
- William H. Rice (1857-1930), burial in Oaklawn Cemetery, Decatur, Wise County. Includes partial obituary in Wise County Messenger, 3/20/1930. Find a Grave .
- William H. Rice, death date 3/13/1930 in Jackson County, Oklahoma. Oklahoma State Vital Records Index 2016.
- 38th Legislature (1923) - W.H. Rice, Decatur, Wise County, age 66, stock farmer, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual .
- Genealogical Outline of the Will Rice Family, William Henry Rice, born 8/12/1859 in Hazel Hill, Johnson County, Missouri; died 3/13/1930 in Duke, Jackson County, Oklahoma. Introduction, "Will Rice was a cowboy preacher, politician, rancher, landspeculator, story teller, Texas State Senator, and 32nd Degree Mason and Grand Master of the Texas Lodge." Stories, Writing a Family, notes "Grandaddy Will Became a Texas State Senator." Will Rice Family Online Reunion .
- Biographical sketch and photo, "Senator Rice is a Progressive," 12/8/1922, p. 10. Wise County Messenger .
- Partial obituary, "Senator Rice Dies in Duke [Oklahoma]," Wise County Messenger, 3/20/1930, p. 1 (original missing p. 3). Born 8/12/1856 near Cross Plains, Missouri, died 3/13/1930 in Oklahoma. Resolutions of the Masons, William H. Rice, 3/27/1930, p. 1. Wise County Messenger .
Committee Information
- 38th R.S. - 1923
- Enrolled Bills (Vice Chair)
- Representative Districts (Chair)
- Senatorial Districts (Chair)