Occupation attorney | Name Milton Rice | |
Born September 30, 1920 (age 103)
Florence, Alabama, U.S. ( 1920-09-30 ) Residence Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Alma mater Lambuth College (B.A.)
Vanderbilt University (J.D.) | ||
Milton P. Rice (born September 30, 1920) was an American politician in the state of Tennessee. He served as Attorney General of Tennessee in 1974 and as Secretary of State of Tennessee from 1989 to 1990. Rice was born in Florence, Alabama and grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, Leland, Mississippi, Camden, Tennessee and Jackson, Tennessee, where he attended public schools. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lambuth College in 1942. At the time of World War II, Rice served in the United States Navy Reserve and attended the United States Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School. He served until 1946. After the war, Rice attended the Vanderbilt University School of Law to receive a juris doctor. He later worked in the Tennessee Department of Revenue and served as Assistant Attorney General of Tennessee from 1950 until 1967, when he assumed the position of Deputy Attorney General. He also was Commissioner of Insurance and Banking from 1969 to 1971.
Married to Rebecca McDaniel since 1950, he is a Methodist and a member of Belle Meade United Methodist Church in Nashville.