Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Rice, Charles Atwood September 12, 1876 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/hi/hifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: J. Orr jessicanorr@gmail.com December 21, 2011, 2:56 pm Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925 Author: Edited by George F. Nellist CHARLES ATWOOD RICE, Planter and Legislator. Senator Charles Atwood Rice followed in the footsteps of his father, the late William Hyde Rice, and became a sugar planter, rancher, and interested himself in public affairs. He also found time to devote himself to sports, especially polo, and to the breeding of thorough-bred livestock. Born on Sept. 12, 1876, to William Hyde and Mary (Waterhouse) Rice, Mr. Rice received his education at Oahu College, Punahou, and Heald’s Business College, San Francisco. Returning to Kauai in 1897, after having acted as manager of the Moanalua ranch for S. M. Damon, he went to work on Lihue Ranch, which was owned by his father, William Hyde Rice. Here in 1907 he started the planting of cane at Kipu, in addition to the raising of cattle and horses. This cane is ground at the Lihue Mill. For many years the manager of Lihue Ranch and Kipu Plantation, he is now manager and treasurer of the Wm. Hyde Rice, Ltd., which owns these properties. He has also devoted himself to other interests, and is the president of the Garden Island Motors, Ltd., and the Kauai Honey Co. He formerly held the presidency of the Garden Island Publishing Co., Kauai’s only newspaper, and the Lihue Ice and Electric Power Co., and is now a director of both these companies. The Ahukuni Terminal & Railway Co., Lihue Plantation Co., Koloa Sugar Co., Princeville Plantation Co., Waiahi Electric Co., Kauai Telephone Co., Hawaiian Canneries Co., East Kauai Water Co., Waterhouse Investment Co., and the Lihue Ice Electric Co., and Pacific Trust Co. all list him as vice- president, while the directorates he holds include those on the boards of Makee Sugar Co. and the Bank of Hawaii, Ltd., Lihue Branch. Despite his business affairs, Charles Rice has taken an active interest in politics and followed his father into the chambers of the Hawaiian legislature. His first election to the house of representatives came in 1905 and he was re-elected in 1907, 1909 and 1911. In 1913 he was sent to the senate and was re-elected to the upper house in 1915, 1919 and 1921. In the 1923 session Senator Rice was the majority leader in the senate and chairman of the Ways & Means Committee. Senator Rice was a delegate to the Republican National convention in 1912 at Chicago and served as Hawaii’s Republican national committeeman from 1912 to 1916. He also is a member of the Republican National Club, New York. In 1921 Mr. Rice served as the chairman of the Hawaii Legislative Commission to Washington, which succeeded in having passed by Congress the Rehabilitation project. He is a Congregationalist, and a member of Central Union Church. Senator Rice has always been a keen sportsman and was captain of Kauai’s polo team for over twenty years. He is a member of the American Remount Association of Washington, D.C., of the Hawaii Polo and Racing Club, the Oahu Country Club and the Wailua Golf Club (Kauai). He is also a member of the Pacific Club, Honolulu, and of the Chiefs of Hawaii. Senator Rice married Grace King in Honolulu on June 20, 1899. They have two children, Edith J. K. and Juliet Atwood (Mrs. H. M. Goodale). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/statewide/bios/rice494bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/hifiles/ File size: 3.8 Kb