__NOTOC__ John Campbell Rice (January 27, 1864 – November 7, 1937) was an American attorney and judge. He was a justice of the Idaho Supreme Court and served as chief justice from 1922 to 1923.

Early life and education

Rice was born January 27, 1864, in Cass County, Illinois, to parents Elbert G. and Mary Ann (Camp) Rice. The eighth of eleven children, Rice attended public school in Cass County. He later attended Illinois College in Jacksonville, receiving an A.B. degree in 1885. He taught mathematics at the college in 1886, and earned an A.M. degree from the University of Michigan at

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in 1888. In 1890, Rice received an LL.B. degree from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Career

By 1891. Rice had moved west to

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, and entered into law practice with a Cornell University classmate,

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. In 1892, Rice helped to organize the College of Idaho, teaching classes and serving as a trustee, and helped to organize the Caldwell Commercial Bank in 1894, and he served as bank president. He served in the Idaho Legislature for one two-year term, 1897 to 1899, and Rice was elected mayor of Caldwell for a one-year term in 1901. Rice was elected to a six-year term on the Idaho Supreme Court in 1917. He served as chief justice 1922–1923. In 1931, Rice became a judge in Idaho's 7th Judicial District and continued in that office until his death in 1937.

Family

Rice married Maude M. Beshears (October 18, 1876 – July 1, 1923) in Caldwell in 1895. The family included five children.

Death

Rice died of a heart attack in 1937 at age 73 while walking home from church on November 7; he was survived by his five children.

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1864 births 1937 deaths 20th-century mayors of places in Idaho People from Cass County, Illinois 20th-century American judges 20th-century American lawyers Justices of the Idaho Supreme Court Cornell University alumni University of Michigan alumni Illinois College alumni Members of the Idaho House of Representatives Mayors of places in Idaho Chief Justices of the Idaho Supreme Court {{Idaho-state-judge-stub

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Career

Family

Death

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