Loud, Eugene Francis

Loud, Eugene Francis, a Representative from California; born in Abington, Plymouth County, Mass., March 12, 1847; went to sea and afterward settled in California; during the Civil War enlisted in a California Cavalry battalion in 1862, which formed a part of the Second Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry; served with the Army of the Potomac and with Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley until the close of the war; returned to California; engaged in mining and as clerk for fifteen years; studied law; clerk in the customs service at SanFrancisco, Calif.; member of the State assembly in 1884; cashier of the city and county of San Francisco; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1903); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1902 to the Fifty-eighth Congress; retired from public life and active business pursuits; died in San Francisco, Calif., December 19, 1908; remains were cremated and the ashes interred in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.