William Chauncey Rice (September 11, 1878 – December 16, 1941) was an American academic and lawyer in Boston, Massachusetts.
He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1901, where he was a member of the Eclectic Society and Phi Beta Kappa.
He received an AM in Government from Yale University in 1902, and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1908.
Also at Harvard University, He wrote a dissertation entitled "The Decline of the Federalist Party in New England" in 1912.
He was director and vice president of the Boston Wesleyan Association, which published the Zion's Herald magazine.