Greek L. Rice

Greek Lent Rice (May 18, 1886 – February 21, 1950) was a lawyer, judge, and state legislator, who served as the Attorney General of Mississippi from 1932 until his death in 1950.[1] He was a Democrat. He was buried at the Charleston cemetery in Charleston, Mississippi. He was succeeded by James Plemon Coleman.

Rice graduated from Mississippi College and received a law degree from Cumberland College. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1920 and 1921.[2] He was part of a delegation of Mississippi officials that met with bankers in New York City to discuss road bonds.[3]

Rice was attorney general when Mississippi sued in federal court over rates for intrastate trucking.[4] He also presented an argument in a case regarding federal taxes in mineral waters from Saratoga Springs in New York.[5]

Rice's photo along with those of other state officers appears in Mississippi Blue Book; Biennial report of the Secretary of State to the Legislature of Mississippi July 1, 1937 to July 1, 1939.[6]

Rice died a bachelor. He had several siblings.[2] The Mississippi Department of Archives & History has a collection of his papers.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "GREEK L. RICE; Mississippi's Attorney General for Last 18 Years Is Dead". Nytimes.com. February 22, 1950.
  2. 1 2 Osterdahl, Andy (December 10, 2012). "The Strangest Names In American Political History : Greek Lent Rice (1886–1950)". Politicalstrangenames.blogspot.com.
  3. ↑ "MISSISSIPPI OFFICIALS HERE FOR NEW LOAN; Governor, Attorney General and Others Discuss Marketing of $18,000,000 Road Bonds". Nytimes.com. June 26, 1936.
  4. ↑ "ISBD view for: State of Mississippi ex rel. Greek L. Rice, Attorney General, et al., appellants, vs., the United States of America et al. : › Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History catalog". Koha-public.mdah.ms.gov.
  5. ↑ "U.S. Reports: New York v. United States, 326 U.S. 572 (1946)" (PDF). Tile.loc.gov. Retrieved July 14, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Mississippi Blue Book. Biennial report of the Secretary of State to the Legislature of Mississippi. [1937-1939]" (PDF). Egrove.olemiss.edu. 1939-12-31. Retrieved July 14, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Z 1091.001 Rice (Greek L.) Papers | Finding Aids". Finding.mdah.ms.gov.
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