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Raymond C. Bice Sr.
Raymond C. Bice Sr.
Member of the Wisconsin Senate; from the 32nd district
	In office; April 23, 1953 – January 6, 1969
Preceded by	Rudolph Schlabach
Succeeded by	Milo Knutson
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly; from the La Crosse 1st district
	In office; January 6, 1947 – April 23, 1953
Preceded by	Edward C. Krause
Succeeded by	James D. H. Peterson
Personal details
Born	April 5, 1896; La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died	December 14, 1994 (aged 98); La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S.
Resting place	Oak Grove Cemetery, La Crosse
Political party	Republican
Spouses	Myrtle Blanche Olsen (died 1964); Mary Jane Rice (m. 1966; died 1984);
Children	4
Occupation	Contractor
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1918–1919
Battles/wars	World War I

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Raymond Curtis Bice Sr. (April 5, 1896 – December 14, 1994) was an American building contractor, historian, and Republican politician from La Crosse, Wisconsin. He served 16 years in the Wisconsin Senate and six years in the State Assembly. He was also the author of several works about the history of the La Crosse area.

Biography

Raymond C. Bice was born, raised, and lived nearly his entire life in La Crosse, Wisconsin. As a child, he worked at the Summit Foundry after school. He quit school at age 16 and went to work in a carpentry shop, but took classes from the University of Wisconsin Extension.^[1] He left that job in 1918, when he joined the United States Army and deployed to France in the midst of World War I.^[2]

When he returned from the war, he became a partner in the sash and door business with his grandfather, and then started a lumber business with his wife's brother. Through the latter business, they also became contractors for home construction.^[1] He became involved with the Republican Party of Wisconsin through business and civic organizations, and was elected to the La Crosse County Board of Supervisors in the 1930s, and was then the president of the La Crosse Chamber of Commerce in the early 1940s.

In 1946, he won his first term in the Wisconsin State Assembly, running on the Republican Party ticket.^[3] He was subsequently re-elected in 1948, 1950, and 1952. Shortly after the start of the 1953 legislative session, La Crosse's state senator, Rudolph Schlabach, resigned in order to accept an appointment from the Governor. The Governor then called a special election to replace Schlabach in the Senate, and Bice quickly entered the race for the Republican nomination. He prevailed in the March 1953 primary and went on to win the April special election with 73% of the vote.^[4]

He was subsequently re-elected in 1956, 1960, and 1964. For most of his time in office, his district comprised all of La Crosse County, as well as Jackson and Trempealeau counties. Following the 1964 court-ordered redistricting plan, his district shifted to the south, still comprising La Crosse, but exchanging Jackson and Trempealeau for Vernon and Crawford counties.

Bice ran for a fifth term in the Senate in 1968, but was defeated in a primary challenge by Milo Knutson.^[5] During the 1967 legislative session, Bice had been a strong supporter of a failed effort to raise Wisconsin's legal drinking age to 21 and other efforts to crack down on drunk driving.^[6] This had earned him powerful enemies in Wisconsin's influential Tavern League. Knutson was a radio news host and five-term mayor of La Crosse. With the Tavern League's support, he also ran with demagogic anti-University rhetoric after the campus was the site of major Vietnam War protests.^[7] In the end, Knutson prevailed with about 55% of the vote.^[8]

After leaving office, Bice remained active in state and local politics and civic affairs, and continued his construction business. By the time he had retired, his business had built more than 400 homes in the La Crosse area.^[1] In his later years, he also became a prolific painter and created hundreds of watercolor paintings over the last 25 years of his life.^[9]

Personal life and family

Raymond Bice married Myrtle Blanche Olsen on June 4, 1917. They had three sons and one daughter before Myrtle's death in 1963. Bice remarried in 1966 with his neighbor, Mary Jane Rice, who had also recently been widowed. Their marriage lasted another 18 years until Mary's death in 1984.^[1]

In addition to his political and civic career, Bice also wrote two books about the history of the La Crosse area: Years to Remember and A Century to Remember.^[10]

Bice lived to age 98. He suffered a mild stroke in November 1994 and developed kidney complications while in the hospital. He died on December 5, 1994.^[11]

Electoral history

Wisconsin Assembly (1946, 1948, 1950, 1952)

Year	Election	Date	Elected				Defeated				Total	Plurality
1946	Primary^[3]	Aug. 13	Raymond C. Bice	Republican	3,214	54.28%	Edward C. Krause (inc)	Rep.	2,707	45.72%	5,921	507
1946	General^[3]	Nov. 5	Raymond C. Bice	Republican	7,572	100.0%					7,572	7,572
1948	General^[12]	Nov. 2	Raymond C. Bice (inc)	Republican	8,842	73.10%	Gene Luening	Dem.	3,181	26.30%	12,096	5,661
1948	General^[12]	Nov. 2	Raymond C. Bice (inc)	Republican	8,842	73.10%	LeRoy Schamerhorn	Prog.	73	0.60%	12,096	5,661
1950	General^[13]	Nov. 7	Raymond C. Bice (inc)	Republican	7,207	67.73%	William G. Lyons	Dem.	3,433	32.27%	10,640	3,774
1952	General^[4]	Nov. 4	Raymond C. Bice (inc)	Republican	10,811	69.65%	Lee Swett	Dem.	4,711	30.35%	15,522	6,100

Wisconsin Senate (1953, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968)

Year	Election	Date	Elected				Defeated				Total	Plurality
1953	Primary^[4]	Mar. 10	Raymond C. Bice	Republican	4,746	58.62%	Robert Schaller	Rep.	3,350	41.38%	8,096	1,396
1953	Special^[4]	Apr. 7	Raymond C. Bice	Republican	19,155	73.52%	Harold Havenor	Dem.	6,900	26.48%	26,055	12,255
1956	General^[14]	Nov. 6	Raymond C. Bice (inc)	Republican	24,861	56.62%	George T. Doherty	Dem.	19,044	43.38%	43,905	5,817
1960	General^[15]	Nov. 8	Raymond C. Bice (inc)	Republican	26,092	53.80%	Keith C. Hardie	Dem.	22,408	46.20%	48,500	3,684
1964	General^[16]	Nov. 3	Raymond C. Bice (inc)	Republican	24,575	52.55%	Charles F. Dahl	Dem.	22,186	47.45%	46,761	2,389
1968	Primary^[8]	Sep. 10	Milo Knutson	Republican	8,739	54.92%	Raymond C. Bice (inc)	Rep.	7,172	45.08%	15,911	1,567

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Raymond C. Bice 1896–1994". La Crosse Tribune. December 15, 1994. p. B-1. Retrieved September 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Bice, Raymond C. 1896". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ohm, Howard F.; Kuehn, Hazel L., eds. (1948). "Parties and Elections". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1948 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library. p. 612, 682. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Toepel, M. G.; Kuehn, Hazel L., eds. (1954). "Parties and Elections". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1954 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library. pp. 661, 761, 763. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
^ "Nuttelman Retains Seat, Wartinbee, Bice Beaten". La Crosse Tribune. September 11, 1968. p. 1. Retrieved September 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Lawmakers Refuse to Boost Minimum Beer Drinking Age". Racine Journal Times. December 18, 1967. p. 8. Retrieved September 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Bice Versus Knutson". La Crosse Tribune. September 5, 1968. p. 6. Retrieved September 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "Elections". The Wisconsin Book 1969 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. 1969. p. 160. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
^ Goldbloom, Shelley (October 29, 1978). "He's expert at the art of living". La Crosse Tribune. p. 9. Retrieved September 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "LPL Series 31 Inventory in HTML". lacrosselibrary.org. Archived from the original on 2004-03-01.
^ Vollmer, Ted; Blum, Grant (December 15, 1994). "First and foremost, a citizen". La Crosse Tribune. p. A-1. Retrieved September 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Ohm, Howard F.; Kuehn, Hazel L., eds. (1950). "Parties and Elections". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1950 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library. p. 660, 760. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
^ Toepel, M. G.; Kuehn, Hazel L., eds. (1952). "Parties and Elections". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1952 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library. p. 682, 750. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
^ Toepel, M. G.; Kuehn, Hazel L., eds. (1958). "Parties and Elections". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1958 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library. pp. 672, 776. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
^ Toepel, M. G.; Theobald, H. Rupert, eds. (1962). "Wisconsin Elections". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1962 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library. pp. 793, 866. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
^ Theobald, H. Rupert, ed. (1966). "Elections in Wisconsin". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1966 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library. pp. 738, 754. Retrieved September 5, 2023.

Wisconsin State Assembly
Preceded by Edward C. Krause	Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the La Crosse 1st district January 6, 1947 – April 23, 1953	Succeeded by James D. H. Peterson
Wisconsin Senate
Preceded by Rudolph Schlabach	Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 32nd district April 23, 1953 – January 6, 1969	Succeeded by Milo Knutson

[obit-feature-1] "Raymond C. Bice 1896–1994". La Crosse Tribune. December 15, 1994. p. B-1. Retrieved September 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[wihist-2] "Bice, Raymond C. 1896". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved September 2, 2023.

[1948elex-3] Ohm, Howard F.; Kuehn, Hazel L., eds. (1948). "Parties and Elections". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1948 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library. p. 612, 682. Retrieved September 5, 2023.

[1954elex-4] Toepel, M. G.; Kuehn, Hazel L., eds. (1954). "Parties and Elections". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1954 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library. pp. 661, 761, 763. Retrieved September 1, 2023.

[5] "Nuttelman Retains Seat, Wartinbee, Bice Beaten". La Crosse Tribune. September 11, 1968. p. 1. Retrieved September 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[6] "Lawmakers Refuse to Boost Minimum Beer Drinking Age". Racine Journal Times. December 18, 1967. p. 8. Retrieved September 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[7] "Bice Versus Knutson". La Crosse Tribune. September 5, 1968. p. 6. Retrieved September 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[1969elex-8] "Elections". The Wisconsin Book 1969 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. 1969. p. 160. Retrieved September 3, 2023.

[feat-9] Goldbloom, Shelley (October 29, 1978). "He's expert at the art of living". La Crosse Tribune. p. 9. Retrieved September 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[10] "LPL Series 31 Inventory in HTML". lacrosselibrary.org. Archived from the original on 2004-03-01.

[11] Vollmer, Ted; Blum, Grant (December 15, 1994). "First and foremost, a citizen". La Crosse Tribune. p. A-1. Retrieved September 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[1950elex-12] Ohm, Howard F.; Kuehn, Hazel L., eds. (1950). "Parties and Elections". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1950 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library. p. 660, 760. Retrieved September 5, 2023.

[1952elex-13] Toepel, M. G.; Kuehn, Hazel L., eds. (1952). "Parties and Elections". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1952 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library. p. 682, 750. Retrieved September 5, 2023.

[1958elex-14] Toepel, M. G.; Kuehn, Hazel L., eds. (1958). "Parties and Elections". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1958 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library. pp. 672, 776. Retrieved September 5, 2023.

[1962elex-15] Toepel, M. G.; Theobald, H. Rupert, eds. (1962). "Wisconsin Elections". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1962 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library. pp. 793, 866. Retrieved September 5, 2023.

[1966elex-16] Theobald, H. Rupert, ed. (1966). "Elections in Wisconsin". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1966 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library. pp. 738, 754. Retrieved September 5, 2023.

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 In 1946, he won his first term in the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]], running on the Republican Party ticket.<ref name="1948elex">{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/M65CYC7ECEXCX9D  |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book 1948 |year= 1948 |publisher=  [[Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau|Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library]] |editor-last1= Ohm |editor-first1= Howard F. |editor-last2= Kuehn |editor-first2= Hazel L. |chapter= Parties and Elections |page= [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AM65CYC7ECEXCX9D/full/AHT42M5WUGH7IA8K 612], [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AM65CYC7ECEXCX9D/full/AJSXVZ2U4LD7UI85 682] |accessdate= September 5, 2023 }}</ref>  He was subsequently re-elected in 1948, 1950, and 1952.  Shortly after the start of the [[71st Wisconsin Legislature|1953 legislative session]], La&nbsp;Crosse's state senator, [[Rudolph Schlabach]], resigned in order to accept an appointment from the Governor.  The Governor then called a [[By-election|special election]] to replace Schlabach in the Senate, and Bice quickly entered the race for the Republican nomination.  He prevailed in the March 1953 primary and went on to win the April special election with 73% of the vote.<ref name="1954elex">{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/N6Q3X3SXGLMTH8Z |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book 1954 |publisher= [[Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau|Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library]] |year= 1954 |editor-last1= Toepel |editor-first1= M. G. |editor-last2= Kuehn |editor-first2= Hazel L. |chapter= Parties and Elections |pages= [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AN6Q3X3SXGLMTH8Z/full/AX73W4N4ZHPVBH8J 661], [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AN6Q3X3SXGLMTH8Z/full/AW4ORHBPCJZ5VJ8A 761], [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AN6Q3X3SXGLMTH8Z/full/AMTFLAA7XRXYP49E 763] |access-date= September 1, 2023 }}</ref>
 He was subsequently re-elected in 1956, 1960, and 1964.  For most of his time in office, his district comprised all of La&nbsp;Crosse County, as well as Jackson and Trempealeau counties.  Following the 1964 court-ordered redistricting plan, his district shifted to the south, still comprising La&nbsp;Crosse, but exchanging Jackson and Trempealeau for Vernon and Crawford counties.
 Bice ran for a fifth term in the Senate in 1968, but was defeated in a [[primary challenge]] by [[Milo Knutson]].<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-la-crosse-tribune-knutson-bice-prima/131087957/  |title= Nuttelman Retains Seat, Wartinbee, Bice Beaten |newspaper= [[La Crosse Tribune]] |date= September 11, 1968 |page= 1 |accessdate= September 2, 2023 |via= [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref>  During the 1967 legislative session, Bice had been a strong supporter of a failed effort to raise Wisconsin's [[legal drinking age]] to 21 and other efforts to crack down on drunk driving.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-times-drinking-age-proposal/131143557/ |title= Lawmakers Refuse to Boost Minimum Beer Drinking Age |newspaper= [[Racine Journal Times]] |date= December 18, 1967 |page= 8 |accessdate= September 3, 2023 |via= [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref>  This had earned him powerful enemies in Wisconsin's influential [[Tavern League of Wisconsin|Tavern League]].  Knutson was a radio news host and five-term mayor of La&nbsp;Crosse.  With the Tavern League's support, he also ran with demagogic anti-University rhetoric after the campus was the site of major Vietnam War protests.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-la-crosse-tribune-bice-knutson-prima/131088465/  |title= Bice Versus Knutson |newspaper= [[La Crosse Tribune]] |date= September 5, 1968 |page= 6 |accessdate= September 2, 2023 |via= [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref>  In the end, Knutson prevailed with about 55% of the vote.<ref name="1969elex">{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/GMDNMSNXDGTAN8A |title= The Wisconsin Book 1969 |year= 1969 |publisher=  [[Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau]] |chapter= Elections |page= [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AGMDNMSNXDGTAN8A/full/AX2OBWCWSTMH6W8B 160] |accessdate= September 3, 2023 }}</ref>
 After leaving office, Bice remained active in state and local politics and civic affairs, and continued his construction business.  By the time he had retired, his business had built more than 400 homes in the La&nbsp;Crosse area.<ref name="obit-feature"/>  In his later years, he also became a prolific painter and created hundreds of watercolor paintings over the last 25 years of his life.<ref name="feat">{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-la-crosse-tribune-ray-bice-feature/131144545/  |title= He's expert at the art of living |newspaper= [[La Crosse Tribune]] |date= October 29, 1978 |first= Shelley |last= Goldbloom |page= 9 |accessdate= September 3, 2023 |via= [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref>
 ==Personal life and family==
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 Raymond Bice married Myrtle Blanche Olsen on June 4, 1917.  They had three sons and one daughter before Myrtle's death in 1963.  Bice remarried in 1966 with his neighbor, Mary Jane Rice, who had also recently been widowed.  Their marriage lasted another 18 years until Mary's death in 1984.<ref name="obit-feature">{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-la-crosse-tribune-ray-bice-obit-feat/131146081/ |title= Raymond C. Bice 1896&ndash;1994 |newspaper= [[La Crosse Tribune]] |date= December 15, 1994 |page= B-1 |accessdate= September 3, 2023 |via= [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref>
-In addition to his political and civic career, Bice also wrote two books about the history of the La Crosse area: ''Years to Remember'' and ''A Century to Remember''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lacrosselibrary.org/mss/series31.html |title=LPL Series 31 Inventory in HTML |website=lacrosselibrary.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040301043135/http://www.lacrosselibrary.org/mss/series31.html |archive-date=2004-03-01}} </ref>
+In addition to his political and civic career, Bice also wrote two books about the history of the La Crosse area: ''Years to Remember'' and ''A Century to Remember''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lacrosselibrary.org/mss/series31.html |title=LPL Series 31 Inventory in HTML |website=lacrosselibrary.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040301043135/http://www.lacrosselibrary.org/mss/series31.html |archive-date=2004-03-01}}</ref>
-Bice lived to age 98.  He suffered a mild stroke in November of 1994 and developed kidney complications while in the hospital.  He died on December 5, 1994.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-la-crosse-tribune-ray-bice-obituary/131145036/  |title= First and foremost, a citizen |newspaper= [[La Crosse Tribune]] |first1= Ted |last1= Vollmer |first2= Grant |last2= Blum  |date= December 15, 1994 |page= A-1 |accessdate= September 3, 2023 |via= [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref>
+Bice lived to age 98.  He suffered a mild stroke in November 1994 and developed kidney complications while in the hospital.  He died on December 5, 1994.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-la-crosse-tribune-ray-bice-obituary/131145036/  |title= First and foremost, a citizen |newspaper= [[La Crosse Tribune]] |first1= Ted |last1= Vollmer |first2= Grant |last2= Blum  |date= December 15, 1994 |page= A-1 |accessdate= September 3, 2023 |via= [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref>
 <!-- He has a grandson named "Daniel Bice" but it is not the same Daniel Bice who is a prominent journalist with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.  -->
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 | valign="top" | General<ref name="1966elex">{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/NICGVB65P4ZNO8M |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book 1966 |publisher= [[Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau|Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library]] |year= 1966 |editor-last1= Theobald |editor-first1= H. Rupert |chapter= Elections in Wisconsin |pages= [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/ANICGVB65P4ZNO8M/full/AED46LTLKMY7VN8W 738], [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/ANICGVB65P4ZNO8M/full/A3NTPJ42HKKJZA82 754] |access-date= September 5, 2023 }}</ref>
-| valign="top" | {{nobreak|Nov. 3}}
+| valign="top" | {{nowrap|Nov. 3}}
 | valign="top" | {{nowrap|Raymond C. Bice (inc)}}
 | valign="top" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
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 ! valign="top" | 1968
 | valign="top" | Primary<ref name="1969elex"/>
-| valign="top" | {{nobreak|Sep. 10}}
+| valign="top" | {{nowrap|Sep. 10}}
 | valign="top" | {{nowrap|[[Milo Knutson]]}}
 | valign="top" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
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 [[Category:Local historians]]
 [[Category:Military personnel from Wisconsin]]
-[[Category:20th-century American politicians]]
+[[Category:20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature]]
-{{Wisconsin-WISenate-stub}}