Question: In what county is the city where John McConnell Rice commenced practice?

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Frank Nye: Frank Mellen Nye (March 7, 1852 – November 29, 1935) was a Representative from Minnesota; born in Shirley, Piscataquis County, Maine; moved to Wisconsin with his parents, who settled on a farm near River Falls, Pierce County, in 1855; attended the common schools and the local academy in River Falls; taught school for several years and then studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1878 and commenced practice in Hudson, Wisconsin; district attorney of Polk County, Wisconsin, 1879 – 1884; member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1884 and 1885; moved to Minnesota in 1886, settled in Minneapolis, and continued the practice of law; assistant prosecuting attorney of Hennepin County; prosecuting attorney 1893 – 1897; elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth, Sixty-first, and Sixty-second congresses (March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1912; resumed the practice of his profession in Minneapolis; elected in 1920 judge of the district court of Hennepin County for a six-year term; reelected in 1926 and served until his retirement in 1932; died in Minneapolis, November 29, 1935; interment in Greenwood Cemetery, River Falls, Wisconsin.

Rice W. Means: Rice William Means (November 16, 1877January 30, 1949) was a Republican United States Senator from Colorado.  Born in St. Joseph, Missouri, he moved with his parents to Yuma County, Colorado in 1887.  He settled in Denver in 1889, and attended the public schools and Sacred Heart College of Denver, CO (now called Regis University).  During the Spanish–American War, he commanded a company in the Philippine campaign of 1889.  In 1901, he graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Denver.  From 1902 to 1904, he was county judge of Adams County, and in 1908 was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Sixty-first United States Congress.

Edward Lane: Edward Lane was a representative from Illinois; born in Cleveland, Ohio, March 27, 1842; moved to Illinois in May 1858 with his parents, who settled in Hillsboro, Montgomery County; attended the common schools and was graduated from Hillsboro Academy; taught school for several years; studied law; was admitted to the bar in February 1865 and commenced practice in Hillsboro, Ill.; city attorney of Hillsboro three years; elected judge of the Montgomery County Court in November 1869 and served until 1873; elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1895); chairman, Committee on Militia (Fifty-second Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Hillsboro, Ill., where he died October 30, 1912; interment in Oak Grove Cemetery.

Pikeville, Kentucky: Pikeville ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Pike County, Kentucky, United States.  During the 2010 U.S. Census, the population within Pikeville's city limits was 6,903.

Franklin Ellsworth: Franklin Fowler Ellsworth (July 10, 1879 – December 23, 1942) was a Representative from Minnesota; born in St. James, Watonwan County, Minnesota, July 10, 1879; attended the grade and high schools; enlisted as a private in Company H, Twelfth Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, during the Spanish–American War; attended the law department of the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis; was admitted to the bar in 1901 and commenced practice in St. James; city attorney of St. James in 1904 and 1905; prosecuting attorney of Watonwan County 1905–1909; elected as a Republican to the 64th, 65th, and 66th congresses (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1921); was not a candidate for renomination in 1920, having become a gubernatorial candidate; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Minnesota in 1920 and 1924; moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1921 and resumed the practice of his profession; died in Minneapolis, December 23, 1942; interment in Lakewood Cemetery.

Alan McConnell: Alan John McConnell (born 30 March 1957) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1980s and later coached Fitzroy.  McConnell is currently serving as senior assistant coach of the Greater Western Sydney Giants.

Oscar Larson: Oscar John Larson (May 20, 1871 – August 1, 1957) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota.  He was born in a Swedish-speaking family in Oulu, Finland and immigrated to the United States in 1876 with his parents, who settled in Calumet, Michigan.  He attended the public schools and graduated from the Northern Indiana Normal School (now Valparaiso University) in 1891.  He subsequently graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1894, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Calumet in 1894.  He served as the prosecuting attorney for Houghton County from 1899 – 1904.  In 1907, he moved to Duluth, Minnesota and continued the practice of law.  He was elected as a Republican to the 67th and 68th congresses, (March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1925), opting not to run for re-election in 1924.  He resumed the practice of law for many years and died in Duluth on August 1, 1957.  He is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

John McConnell (footballer): John McConnell (born 9 December 1890 in Cambusnethan, Scotland) was an English footballer who played as a midfielder for Liverpool F.C. in The Football League.  McConnell started his career at Airdrie before he joined Liverpool.  He made 53 appearances for the club and scored once, but was unable to become a regular in the starting line-up and he eventually moved back to Scotland to play for Aberdeen F.C..

John McConnell Rice: John McConnell Rice (February 19, 1831 – September 18, 1895) was a United States Representative from Kentucky.  He was born in Prestonsburg, Kentucky where he received a limited schooling.  He graduated from a Louisville, Kentucky law school in 1852, was admitted to the bar in 1853, and commenced practice in Pikeville, Kentucky.

Thomas Ray Hamer: Thomas Ray Hamer (May 4, 1864 – December 22, 1950) was a United States Representative from Idaho.  Hamer served as a single term as a Republican in the House from 1909 to 1911, representing the state at-large.  Hamer attended Hedding College, and Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington (now Indiana University Maurer School of Law), and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in St. Anthony, Idaho, in 1893.  He engaged in agricultural pursuits in Fremont County, Idaho before entering politics.  He was a member of the Idaho House of Representatives in 1896 and served until 1898 when he enlisted as a private in the First Regiment, Idaho Volunteer Infantry and served as captain and lieutenant colonel in the Philippine–American War.  After his term in congress, Hamer resumed his law practice in St. Anthony, Idaho engaging in banking at St. Anthony and Boise, Idaho.  He would go on to once again serve in the military as a major and lieutenant colonel in the Judge Advocate General’s Department, during the First World War; After his service he would re-locate to Portland, Oregon and practice private law, until 1943, when he retired and moved to Los Angeles, California.  He died in Phoenix, Arizona, on December 22, 1950, at the age of 86.

Supporting paragraphs: John McConnell Rice Pikeville, Kentucky
Answer: Pike County