Rice, Henry M. (Henry Mower), 1816-1894

LC control no.	n 86025829
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Rice, Henry M. (Henry Mower), 1816-1894 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Rice, H. M. (Henry Mower), 1816-1894 Rice, Henry Mower, 1816-1894
Birth date	1816-11-29
Death date	1894-01-15
Place of birth	Waitsfield (Vt.)
Place of death	San Antonio (Tex.)
Affiliation	United States. Congress. Senate United States. Congress. House Democratic Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupation	Legislators
Found in	NUCMC data from N.J. Hist. Soc. for Bamberger, L. Autograph coll., 1683-1929 (Henry M. Rice) LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Rice, Henry Mower, 1816-1894; usage: Hon. H. M. Rice) WWWA, 1607-1896 (Rice, Henry Mower, senator; b. Waitsfield, Vt., 1817; s. Edmund and Ellen (Durkee) R.; m. Matilda Whitall, 1849; made U.S. treaty with Ojibway Indians for land, 1847; del. U.S. Congress from Terr. of Minn., 33d-34th congresses, 1853-57; one of 1st mem., U.S. Senate from State of Minn., 1858-63; treas. Ramsey Co. (Minn.), 1878-84; d. San Antonio, Tex., 1894) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed February 29, 2024: (Rice, Henry Mower, (brother of Edmund Rice), a Delegate and a Senator from Minnesota; born in Waitsfield, Vt., November 29, 1816; attended common schools and academies in Detroit and Kalamazoo, Mich.; resided in the Territories of Iowa and Wisconsin; moved to the Territory of Minnesota in 1839; post sutler for the United States Army at Fort Atkinson, Iowa; engaged in the fur business; negotiated a treaty with the Winnebago and Chippewa Indians in 1847; settled in St. Paul in 1848; through his personal influence secured the consent of the objecting Sioux Indians to confirmation of the treaty of 1851 whereby all of Minnesota west of the Mississippi River and south of Ojibway County was opened to white settlers; elected as a Democratic Delegate to the Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1857); was not a candidate for renomination in 1856; upon the admission of Minnesota as a State into the Union was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from May 11, 1858, to March 3, 1863; was not a candidate for reelection in 1862; member of the board of regents of the University of Minnesota 1851-1859; unsuccessful candidate for election as Governor of Minnesota in 1865; president of the State historical society; president of the board of public works; treasurer of Ramsey County 1878-1884; United States commissioner in making several Indian treaties 1887-1888; died while on a visit in San Antonio, Tex., January 15, 1894; interment in Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.)
Associated language	eng