RICE, HON. HORACE BALDWIN
After the adoption of the commission form of government by the city of Houston in 1905, and the inauguration of a new era in municipal affairs, the first mayor and head of the new commission was Horace Baldwin Rice, who had been mayor in the nineties and by his useful service in various other public capacities had demonstrated his fitness for the position of administrative head of one of the largest municipal corporations of the South. The confidence of the people in their new form of government and the officials chosen to administer it has been well justified. Running expenses have been reduced, debts paid off, the physical appearance of the city bettered, sanitation improved, the public utilities made efficient, and the laws enforced. From the standpoint of real service in public life, few men could aspire to a higher place than that occupied by the present mayor of Houston.
He was born at Houston, March 28, 1861, a son of Frederick Allen Rice and Charlotte (Baldwin) Rice. He was educated mainly at the Texas Military Institute, at Austin, Texas, and on leaving school went into the cattle and cotton business. He was a cattle raiser for a time and then, under successive administrations, was appointed public weigher of cotton for Harris County, an office he filled until 1896. At the same time, he was interested in the cattle business.
In 1896 he was elected mayor of Houston under the old municipal government, serving till 1898. During 1892-96, for four years and a half, he served as county commissioner. In this time the county commissioners constructed the first paved road in Harris County. It was built under a special road tax and was a practical beginning of first-class roads, later years having witnessed a general extension of the system through the county. From 1898 to 1905 Mr. Rice was a cattleman, so far as his chief vocation was concerned, and did not return to public life until 1905. His administration as mayor has been approved by re-elections, and he is the first and only mayor up to this time under the commission government.
In 1901 he was appointed by the probate court as administrator for the estate of the late William M. Rice, his uncle. He is interested in different commercial and financial institutions. His social connections are with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Woodmen of the World, the Thalian Club, Houston Country Club and the Houston Club.
Mr. Rice married, in 1883, Miss Georgia Dumble, whose father, George Dumble, a native of Canada, came to Houston about 1850. Mr. Rice has the following brothers and sisters: Col. Joseph S., William V., David, Frederick A., Jr. (of Fort Worth), Benjamin B., George C. (of Fort Worth), Elizabeth (widow of George F. Porter), Minnie (wife of H. H. Lummis) and Lillian (wife of P. B. Simpson. Historical Review of South-East Texas, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
After the adoption of the commission form of government by the city of Houston in 1905, and the inauguration of a new era in municipal affairs, the first mayor and head of the new commission was Horace Baldwin Rice, who had been mayor in the nineties and by his useful service in various other public capacities had demonstrated his fitness for the position of administrative head of one of the largest municipal corporations of the South. The confidence of the people in their new form of government and the officials chosen to administer it has been well justified. Running expenses have been reduced, debts paid off, the physical appearance of the city bettered, sanitation improved, the public utilities made efficient, and the laws enforced. From the standpoint of real service in public life, few men could aspire to a higher place than that occupied by the present mayor of Houston.
He was born at Houston, March 28, 1861, a son of Frederick Allen Rice and Charlotte (Baldwin) Rice. He was educated mainly at the Texas Military Institute, at Austin, Texas, and on leaving school went into the cattle and cotton business. He was a cattle raiser for a time and then, under successive administrations, was appointed public weigher of cotton for Harris County, an office he filled until 1896. At the same time, he was interested in the cattle business.
In 1896 he was elected mayor of Houston under the old municipal government, serving till 1898. During 1892-96, for four years and a half, he served as county commissioner. In this time the county commissioners constructed the first paved road in Harris County. It was built under a special road tax and was a practical beginning of first-class roads, later years having witnessed a general extension of the system through the county. From 1898 to 1905 Mr. Rice was a cattleman, so far as his chief vocation was concerned, and did not return to public life until 1905. His administration as mayor has been approved by re-elections, and he is the first and only mayor up to this time under the commission government.
In 1901 he was appointed by the probate court as administrator for the estate of the late William M. Rice, his uncle. He is interested in different commercial and financial institutions. His social connections are with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Woodmen of the World, the Thalian Club, Houston Country Club and the Houston Club.
Mr. Rice married, in 1883, Miss Georgia Dumble, whose father, George Dumble, a native of Canada, came to Houston about 1850. Mr. Rice has the following brothers and sisters: Col. Joseph S., William V., David, Frederick A., Jr. (of Fort Worth), Benjamin B., George C. (of Fort Worth), Elizabeth (widow of George F. Porter), Minnie (wife of H. H. Lummis) and Lillian (wife of P. B. Simpson. Historical Review of South-East Texas, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
RICE, HON. HORACE BALDWIN
After the adoption of the commission form of government by the city of Houston in 1905, and the inauguration of a new era in municipal affairs, the first mayor and head of the new commission was Horace Baldwin Rice, who had been mayor in the nineties and by his useful service in various other public capacities had demonstrated his fitness for the position of administrative head of one of the largest municipal corporations of the South. The confidence of the people in their new form of government and the officials chosen to administer it has been well justified. Running expenses have been reduced, debts paid off, the physical appearance of the city bettered, sanitation improved, the public utilities made efficient, and the laws enforced. From the standpoint of real service in public life, few men could aspire to a higher place than that occupied by the present mayor of Houston.
He was born at Houston, March 28, 1861, a son of Frederick Allen Rice and Charlotte (Baldwin) Rice. He was educated mainly at the Texas Military Institute, at Austin, Texas, and on leaving school went into the cattle and cotton business. He was a cattle raiser for a time and then, under successive administrations, was appointed public weigher of cotton for Harris County, an office he filled until 1896. At the same time, he was interested in the cattle business.
In 1896 he was elected mayor of Houston under the old municipal government, serving till 1898. During 1892-96, for four years and a half, he served as county commissioner. In this time the county commissioners constructed the first paved road in Harris County. It was built under a special road tax and was a practical beginning of first-class roads, later years having witnessed a general extension of the system through the county. From 1898 to 1905 Mr. Rice was a cattleman, so far as his chief vocation was concerned, and did not return to public life until 1905. His administration as mayor has been approved by re-elections, and he is the first and only mayor up to this time under the commission government.
In 1901 he was appointed by the probate court as administrator for the estate of the late William M. Rice, his uncle. He is interested in different commercial and financial institutions. His social connections are with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Woodmen of the World, the Thalian Club, Houston Country Club and the Houston Club.
Mr. Rice married, in 1883, Miss Georgia Dumble, whose father, George Dumble, a native of Canada, came to Houston about 1850. Mr. Rice has the following brothers and sisters: Col. Joseph S., William V., David, Frederick A., Jr. (of Fort Worth), Benjamin B., George C. (of Fort Worth), Elizabeth (widow of George F. Porter), Minnie (wife of H. H. Lummis) and Lillian (wife of P. B. Simpson. Historical Review of South-East Texas, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
After the adoption of the commission form of government by the city of Houston in 1905, and the inauguration of a new era in municipal affairs, the first mayor and head of the new commission was Horace Baldwin Rice, who had been mayor in the nineties and by his useful service in various other public capacities had demonstrated his fitness for the position of administrative head of one of the largest municipal corporations of the South. The confidence of the people in their new form of government and the officials chosen to administer it has been well justified. Running expenses have been reduced, debts paid off, the physical appearance of the city bettered, sanitation improved, the public utilities made efficient, and the laws enforced. From the standpoint of real service in public life, few men could aspire to a higher place than that occupied by the present mayor of Houston.
He was born at Houston, March 28, 1861, a son of Frederick Allen Rice and Charlotte (Baldwin) Rice. He was educated mainly at the Texas Military Institute, at Austin, Texas, and on leaving school went into the cattle and cotton business. He was a cattle raiser for a time and then, under successive administrations, was appointed public weigher of cotton for Harris County, an office he filled until 1896. At the same time, he was interested in the cattle business.
In 1896 he was elected mayor of Houston under the old municipal government, serving till 1898. During 1892-96, for four years and a half, he served as county commissioner. In this time the county commissioners constructed the first paved road in Harris County. It was built under a special road tax and was a practical beginning of first-class roads, later years having witnessed a general extension of the system through the county. From 1898 to 1905 Mr. Rice was a cattleman, so far as his chief vocation was concerned, and did not return to public life until 1905. His administration as mayor has been approved by re-elections, and he is the first and only mayor up to this time under the commission government.
In 1901 he was appointed by the probate court as administrator for the estate of the late William M. Rice, his uncle. He is interested in different commercial and financial institutions. His social connections are with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Woodmen of the World, the Thalian Club, Houston Country Club and the Houston Club.
Mr. Rice married, in 1883, Miss Georgia Dumble, whose father, George Dumble, a native of Canada, came to Houston about 1850. Mr. Rice has the following brothers and sisters: Col. Joseph S., William V., David, Frederick A., Jr. (of Fort Worth), Benjamin B., George C. (of Fort Worth), Elizabeth (widow of George F. Porter), Minnie (wife of H. H. Lummis) and Lillian (wife of P. B. Simpson. Historical Review of South-East Texas, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
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