Eugene F. Loud

Eugene Francis Loud (March 12, 1847 – December 19, 1908) was an American politician, lawyer, and merchant. He was a Civil War veteran, who served six terms as a U.S. representative from California from 1891 to 1903.

Early life Born in Abington, Massachusetts, Loud went to sea and afterward settled in California.

Civil War During the Civil War, he enlisted in a California Cavalry Battalion in 1862, which formed a part of the Second Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry. He was cashier of the city and county of San Francisco.

Congress 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. In one of his last acts before leaving office, he voted against the Anarchist Exclusion Act of 1903, the only Republican to do so.

Death 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).

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