(1800–1891) was an American lawyer, a Democratic state legislator, poet, author and newspaperman prominent in Cleveland, Ohio.

After graduation, he moved west to Cleveland to study law under the tutelage of Reuben Wood.

In 1826, was admitted to the bar that year and entered law practice as a partner with Reuben Wood.

[1] In 1828, Rice and other partners started a newspaper The Independent News Letter, that was later reorganized and renamed The Plain Dealer in 1842.

He was appointed in 1830 as agent for the sale of fifty thousand acres Western Reserve School Lands.