Representative Edward Young Rice

Edward Young Rice (born February 8, 1820) was a Democratic politician who represented the state of Illinois in the United States House of Representatives during the early 1870s. Serving as a member of the U.S. Congress from Illinois’s 10th Congressional District, he held office for a single term at the federal level.

Rice’s tenure in Congress began on March 4, 1871, and concluded on March 3, 1873. During this period, he served as a Representative in the U.S. House, identified in congressional records under the bioguide ID R000197. Although specific committee assignments, legislative initiatives, and additional biographical details are not provided in the available metadata, his service places him among the historical members of Congress from Illinois in the post–Civil War era.

After his term ended in 1873, Rice did not return to Congress, and he is recorded as a former officeholder with no further federal positions listed. His career as documented centers on this single term in the House of Representatives, reflecting a concise but distinct role in Illinois’s 19th-century political history.