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Richard Charles Rice

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State Representative
Democrat
Physician
Woodbury
22
01/09/1888 - 01/12/1890
58

Born May 16, 1842, in Steuben County, New York, died January 1, 1912 in Woodbury County, Iowa. Mr. Rice married Harriet E. Gordon on July 28, 1874 in Woodbury County, Iowa. Mr. Rice graduated from the University of Buffalo Medical School in 1865. He was a prominent figure in the early history of Smithland acting as a banker, drug store owner, founder of a weekly newspaper, and as a practicing physician. He was elected to represent Woodbury county in the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Iowa General Assemblies, 1886-1888.

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State Representative
Democrat
Physician
Woodbury
21
01/11/1886 - 01/08/1888
60

Born May 16, 1842, in Steuben County, New York, died January 1, 1912 in Woodbury County, Iowa. Mr. Rice married Harriet E. Gordon on July 28, 1874 in Woodbury County, Iowa. Mr. Rice graduated from the University of Buffalo Medical School in 1865. He was a prominent figure in the early history of Smithland acting as a banker, drug store owner, founder of a weekly newspaper, and as a practicing physician. He was elected to represent Woodbury county in the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Iowa General Assemblies, 1886-1888.

Information from State Historical Society of Iowa resources