Member of the Board of Selectmen of West Springfield, Massachusetts[3]
In office 1826[3]–1830[3]
1st President of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company[4]
In office June 1851 – March 1, 1873
Preceded by
None
Succeeded by
E. W. Bond[4]
Personal details
Born
April 4, 1792 Conway, Massachusetts
Died
March 1, 1873(1873-03-01) (aged 80)
Spouse
Marietta Parsons Rice (m. 1826)
Children
Joseph Rice (1828–1831); Benjamin Stebbins Rice (1829–1831); Elizabeth D. Rice (b. 1835)
Alma mater
Williams College
Profession
Attorney, businessman
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Caleb Rice (1792–1873) was an American politician and businessman. He was the first Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts, when it became a city in 1852, and the first president of MassMutual Life Insurance Company, now a Fortune 100 company.[4]
^Cutter, William Richard (1916), Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, Biographical—Genealogical, Volume IV, New York, N. Y., Boston, Ma: American Historical Society (Inc.), p. 53
^ abDavis, William Thomas (1895), Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume II, Boston, Ma: The Boston History Company, p. 169
^ abcCopeland, Alfred Minott (1902), Our County and Its People: A History of Hampden County Massachusetts, Volume 3, Boston, Ma: The Century Memorial Publishing Company, p. 222
^ abcPutnam, Henry H. (April 1903), The New England magazine, vol. XXVIII, Boston, Ma: America Company, p. 209
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