1. Home
  2. Appointees
  3. Ben Herbert Rice Jr.

Ben Herbert Rice Jr.

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas · 1945

Ben Herbert Rice Jr., Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.

Education

  • University of Texas School of LawLL.B., 1913
  • University of TexasB.A., 1914
  • University of Texas School of LawLL.M., 1914

Career

Assistant county attorney, Falls County, Texas, 1914-1917; U.S. Army, Air Corps, 1917-1919; Private practice, Marlin, Texas, 1919-1940; City attorney, Marlin, Texas, 1920-1929; Chief justice, Texas Court of Civil Appeals, 1940-1945

Biography

Ben Herbert Rice Jr. (December 12, 1889 – March 14, 1964) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

More

From Senate roll call votes, Wikidata, Wikipedia and Office of Government Ethics records.

Cite or embed this page

Capitol Receipts, “Ben Herbert Rice Jr.: Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western…,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/appointee/j1999/ben-herbert-rice-jr (accessed 2026-10-13).

Open the interactive version ›