Eugene F. Loud
Eugene Francis Loud 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.
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.
Early career
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. 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. He served as chairman of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. 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. He was re-interred at Greenlawn Memorial Park, Colma.