Eugene F. Loud, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eugene F. Loud

U.S. Congressman from California 1891 - 1903

Date of Birth: 12-Mar-1847

Place of Birth: Abington, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 19-Dec-1908

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Eugene Francis Loud (March 12, 1847 – December 19, 1908) was a U.S.
Representative from California. Born in Abington, Massachusetts, Loud went to sea and afterward settled in California.
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 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 Assembly in 1884.
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).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1902 to the Fifty-eighth Congress.
He died in San Francisco, December 19, 1908.
He remains were cremated and the ashes interred in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.