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 Bainbridge Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States and is a suburb of Cleveland. As of the 2010 census the population was 11,395. Geography Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the fo ...

, and moved with his parents ( Henry M. Loud and Vilitta Kile) to

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

in 1856 and then to

Au Sable, Michigan Au Sable ( ) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population of the CDP was 1,453 at the 2020 census. The community is located within Au Sable Township at the mouth of the Au Sab ...

, 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

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Hazen S. Pingree. 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

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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

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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

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, serving from March 4, 1915, to March 3, 1917. In 1916, Loud was defeated in the Republican Party primary elections by

Gilbert A. Currie Gilbert Archibald Currie (September 19, 1882 – June 5, 1960) was a lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served in the Michigan House of Representatives including as Speaker and served in the United States House of Represent ...

. Loud returned to engage in the lumber business at Au Sable. He was killed in an automobile accident at

Myrtle Point, Oregon Myrtle Point is a city in Coos County, Oregon, United States, established in 1887. The population was 2,514 at the 2010 census. Located in the Coquille River Valley, Myrtle Point is part of the Coos Bay/ North Bend/ Charleston Metropolitan Statist ...

, 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