John Campbell Rice

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 Ann Arbor 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 Caldwell, Idaho, and entered into law practice with a Cornell University classmate, John T. Morrison. 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. 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.