Caleb Rice | |
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| 1st Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts | |
| In office 1852–1853 | |
| Preceded by | Board of Selectmen |
| Succeeded by | Philos B. Tyler |
| 3rd[1] Sheriff of Hampden County, Massachusetts | |
| In office 1831–1851 | |
| Preceded by | John Phelps[2] |
| Succeeded by | Patrick Boies[2] |
| Member of the Board of Selectmen of West Springfield, Massachusetts[3] | |
| In office 1826[3]–1830[3] | |
| 1st President of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company[4] | |
| In office June 1851 – March 1, 1873 | |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | E. W. Bond[4] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 4, 1792 Conway, Massachusetts |
| Died | March 1, 1873 (aged 80) |
| Spouse | Marietta Parsons Rice (m. 1826) |
| Children | Joseph Rice (1828–1831); Benjamin Stebbins Rice (1829–1831); Elizabeth D. Rice (b. 1835) |
| Alma mater | Williams College |
| Profession | Attorney, businessman |
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Caleb Rice (1792–1873) was an American politician and businessman. He was the first Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts, when it became a city in 1852, and the first president of MassMutual Life Insurance Company, now a Fortune 100 company.[4]
- ^ Cutter, William Richard (1916), Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, Biographical—Genealogical, Volume IV, New York, N. Y., Boston, Ma: American Historical Society (Inc.), p. 53
- ^ a b Davis, William Thomas (1895), Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume II, Boston, Ma: The Boston History Company, p. 169
- ^ a b c Copeland, Alfred Minott (1902), Our County and Its People: A History of Hampden County Massachusetts, Volume 3, Boston, Ma: The Century Memorial Publishing Company, p. 222
- ^ a b c Putnam, Henry H. (April 1903), The New England magazine, vol. XXVIII, Boston, Ma: America Company, p. 209