Eugene F. Loud | |
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Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives from California's 5th district | |
In office March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1903 | |
Preceded by | Thomas J. Clunie |
Succeeded by | William J. Wynn |
Member of the
California State Assembly from the 43rd district | |
In office January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | |
Preceded by | District established |
Succeeded by | Luther L. Ewing |
Personal details | |
Born | Abington, Massachusetts, U.S. | March 12, 1847
Died | December 19, 1908 San Francisco, California, U.S. | (aged 61)
Resting place | Greenlawn Memorial Park |
Political party | Republican |
Eugene Francis Loud (March 12, 1847 – December 19, 1908) was an American politician, lawyer, and merchant. [1] He was a Civil War veteran, who served six terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1891 to 1903.
Born in Abington, Massachusetts, Loud went to sea and afterward settled in California. [2]
During the Civil War, he enlisted in a California Cavalry Battalion in 1862, which formed a part of the Second Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry. [2]
He returned to California, where he engaged in mining and as clerk for fifteen years. He studied law, and served as a clerk in the customs service in San Francisco. He served as a member of the California State Assembly for the 43rd district from 1885 to 1887. [3] He was cashier of the city and county of San Francisco.
Loud was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1903). He served as chairman of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads ( Fifty-fourth through Fifty-seventh Congresses). In April 1898, Loud was among the six representatives who voted against declaring war on Spain. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1902 to the Fifty-eighth Congress.
He died in San Francisco, on December 19, 1908. He remains were cremated and the ashes interred in the Odd Fellows Cemetery (which no longer exists). [2] He was re-interred at Greenlawn Memorial Park, Colma. [4]