Boswell, H. James. American Blue Book Western Washington. Seattle, Lowman and Hanford Co., 1922. p. 133. RICE, A. E.: THERE is no better known lawyer in the state than Judge A. E. Rice, of Chehalis, Wash., who for 16 years was on the Lewis County superior bench. Judge rice was born in Illinois in 1857. His academic training was in the public schools of that state. later he received a college education at the Central University at Pella, Iowa. He was admitted to the bar in Nebraska in 1882, and practiced there until locating in Centralia in 1890, where he was admitted to the Washington bar. He located in Chehalis in 1902, and the same year was elected to the Superior bench for the district embracing Lewis, Pacific and Wahkiakum counties. In 1911 the district was dived and he presided over the superior bench of Lewis county. He was on the bench until 1917. He is Chairman of the board of directors of the First National Bank, of Chehalis. Judge Rice's arguments are forceful and convincing, and his points of law well taken. A man of much popularity among those who know him, he has built up a lucrative practice, and has attained a measure of success well deserved. He appears quite often in the courts, his work being in both civil and criminal cases. Judge Rice realized in entering practice, that advancement in the legal profession depends upon individual merit, and it has been with this view that he worked so consistently. He is a man of splendid personality and has many friends among members of the bar and the judiciary as well. He married Mrs. Sarah F. Rector, in 1903. He is a member of the Masons and the county and state bar associations. Submitted by: Judy Bivens * * * * Notice: These biographies were transcribed for the Washington Biographies Project. Unless otherwise stated, no further information is available on the individual featured in the biographies.