 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Rice akashanda muHawaiian House of Representatives kubva muna 18701872 uye kubva muna 18821884, uye muSeneti kubva muna 18861890. Rice akabatsira kunyora 1887 Constitution yeHumambo hweHawaii inozivikanwa se Bayonet Constitution uye aiva mumwe wevatungamiri gumi nevatatu vakamanikidza Mambo David Kalakaua kuti vaisayine. Akagadzwa wekupedzisira weGavhuna weKauai muna 1891 naMambokadzi Liliʻuokalani, uyo waakazobatsira kupidigura nekuisa pasi pekuvharirwa pamba, achitora chikamu mukupidigura humambo hweHawaiimuna 1893. Rice akabva ashandira shamwari yake yehuduku Sanford B. Dole, mwanakomana womudzidzisi wake wechikoro, uyo akatumidzwa kuti Mutungamiri weRepublic of Hawaii, muSeneti kubva muna 1895 kusvika muna 1898. 