Colonel George Alvin Loud (June 18, 1852 – November 13, 1925) was a politician and businessman from the

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. Loud was born in Bainbridge Township, Geauga County, Ohio, and moved with his parents ( Henry M. Loud and Vilitta Kile) to

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in 1856 and then to Au Sable, Michigan, in 1866. He attended the English High School in

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, and Professor Patterson's School at

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, He graduated from Ann Arbor High School (now Pioneer High School) in 1869. He was vice president and general manager of the Au Sable and Northwestern Railroad. For four years he was a colonel on the staff of Michigan Governor

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. He was paymaster on the U.S. revenue cutter ''McCulloch'' when it participated in the

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during the

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. Loud was elected as a Republican from

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to the

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and to the four succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1903, to March 3, 1913. In 1912, Loud was defeated by Progressive

Roy O. Woodruff Roy Orchard Woodruff (March 14, 1876 – February 12, 1953) was a politician, soldier, printer, and dentist from the U.S. state of Michigan. Woodruff was born of English and Scottish ancestry to Charles Woodruff and Electa A. (Wallace) Woodruff ...

. Loud defeated Woodruff in 1914 to be elected to the 64th Congress, serving from March 4, 1915, to March 3, 1917. In 1916, Loud was defeated in the Republican Party primary elections by Gilbert A. Currie. Loud returned to engage in the lumber business at Au Sable. He was killed in an automobile accident at

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, and was interred in Au Sable Cemetery in Oscoda.

References

The Political Graveyard

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Loud, George Alvin 1852 births 1925 deaths Road incident deaths in Oregon Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan People from Bainbridge, Geauga County, Ohio People from Iosco County, Michigan Politicians from Ann Arbor, Michigan