George Merrick Rice (November 20, 1808 – November 10, 1894) was an American businessman from Worcester, Massachusetts who had a varied career in dry goods and grain retailing and the manufacture of industrial machinery.

He was also a banker, serving as president of the Worcester Safe Deposit and Trust Company.

He was president of the Worcester Common Council for three years and was a member of the Massachusetts State Senate from 1869 to 1870.

[2] He attended public schools in West Brookfield, and after serving as a clerk for a few years in a country store in Leicester, Massachusetts, he moved to Worcester in 1829 and became a partner in the dry goods firm Andrew, March and Company.

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