N'afọ 1864, Rice gara biri na Little Rock, Arkansas ma maliteghachi ọrụ ya.
N'ezie, ụdị nkebi ahịrịokwu ahụ dị mgbagwoju anya bụ "N'afọ 1864 Rice biri na Little Rock, Arkansas wee maliteghachi ọrụ ya; ọ na-arụsi ọrụ ike n'ịhazi ndị Republican Party na steeti ahụ, a họpụtakwara ya onye isi oche nke kọmitii nke na 1868 kwadebere koodu omume nke steeti ahụ. "