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Henry Mower Rice | U.S. Capitol - Visitor Center. National Statuary Hall. Frederick E. Triebel ( 1916) Fullscreen. About This Statue. Henry Rice was born on November 29, 1816. When he was 18, he moved to Detroit and participated in the surveying of the canal route around the rapids of Sault Ste. Marie between Lake Superior and Lake Huron.
Henry Mower Rice Statue. Highlights. Artist. Frederick E. Triebel. Materials. Marble. Year. 1916. Location. National Statuary Hall. This statue of Henry Mower Rice was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Minnesota in 1916. Henry Rice was born on November 29, 1816, in Waitsfield, Vermont.
Apr 17, 2024 · The Minnesota House could soon vote on a proposal to swap out a statue of former U.S. Sen. Henry Mower Rice with former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey in the National Statuary Hall in...
Henry Mower Rice. Henry Rice was brought to St. Paul by the fur trade in 1849 and quickly made a fortune in real estate. Later, he served as a Territorial representative to Congress, and as one of Minnesota's first U.S. senators. He died in 1894 and was buried at the Oakland Cemetery.
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 ...
Henry Mower Rice (November 29, 1816 – January 15, 1894) was a fur trader, commissioner and one of the first United States Senators from Minnesota.
Senate Years of Service: 1858-1863Party: Democrat RICE Henry Mower , a Delegate and a Senator from Minnesota; born in Waitsfield, Vt., November 29, 1816; attended common schools and academies in Detroit and Kalamazoo, Mich.
