Ora Ray Rice (September 16, 1885 – July 3, 1966) was a Wisconsin state legislator, serving as Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1951 to 1954. Biography Ora Ray Rice was born on September 16, 1885 in Boscobel, Wisconsin to Moors Myrick Rice and Emma Jane (Ricks) Rice. He graduated from Northwestern University Dental School and became a practicing dentist. Rice was a direct descendant of Edmund Rice, an early immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony. Rice married his first wife, Mary Amelia Tuffley, daughter of George Tuffley Jr. and Amelia Heron, on July 5, 1907 at Boscobel, WI, and he married his second wife, Laura Kuhnau, on November 9, 1957. Ora Ray Rice died on July 3, 1966 at Delavan, Wisconsin and was interred at Spring Grove Cemetery at Delavan. Political career Rice was an alderman of Delavan, Wisconsin from 1916 to 1917 and later served as Mayor of Delavan from 1918 to 1922. He was a member of the Assembly from 1937 to 1960, serving as Speaker from 1951 to 1954. Rice was a Republican. References People from Boscobel, Wisconsin People from Delavan, Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly Wisconsin city council members Mayors of places in Wisconsin American dentists Northwestern University Dental School alumni 1885 births 1966 deaths 20th-century American politicians 20th-century dentists