Benjamin Franklin Loan | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMissouri's7th district | |
| In office March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869 | |
| Preceded by | John William Noell |
| Succeeded by | Joel Funk Asper |
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| Born | (1819-10-04)October 4, 1819 Hardinsburg, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | March 30, 1881(1881-03-30) (aged 61) St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S. |
| Resting place | Mount Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Missouri |
| Party | Immediate Emancipation(1862–63) Radical Union(after 1863) |
| Occupation | Lawyer, politician, general |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States of AmericaUnion |
| Branch/service | Union Army |
| Years of service | 1861–1863 |
| Rank |  Brigadier General |
| Unit |  Missouri State Militia |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Benjamin Franklin Loan (October 4, 1819 – March 30, 1881) was aU.S. Representative fromMissouri, as well as a Missouri State Militia general in service to theUnion during theAmerican Civil War.
Benjamin F. Loan was born inHardinsburg, Kentucky. He pursued an academic course and received a college education. He studied law in Kentucky, and then moved toSt. Joseph, Missouri, in 1838. He was admitted to the bar in 1840 and practiced in St. Joseph.
With the outbreak of the Civil War, he was commissioned as abrigadier general in the FederalMissouri State Militia on November 27, 1861. General Loan participated in counter-guerrilla operations, including the victory against ColonelJohn A. Poindexter's irregular cavalry at theBattle of Yellow Creek on August 13, 1862. Loan was honorably discharged on June 8, 1863, and returned home.
Loan was elected as aImmediate Emancipationist to the Thirty-eighth Congress and reelected as aRadical Unionist to the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses (March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869).[1] He served as chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions (Fortieth Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1868 to the Forty-first Congress.
While in Congress, on June 7, 1867, he introduced a resolution that would haveimpeached PresidentAndrew Johnson. At the time, manyRadical Republicans desired to impeach the president, while much of the Republican Party's congressional caucus was not prepared to do so. While Loan's resolution was never voted on, the House did approve a separate resolution that day byJames Mitchell Ashley which launched thefirst impeachment inquiry against Andrew Johnson.[2]
He was appointed by PresidentUlysses S. Grant as a member of the board of visitors to theUnited States Military Academy in 1869. He resumed the practice of law in St. Joseph, Missouri, and served as delegate to theRepublican National Convention in 1876. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress.
Benjamin Loan died in St. Joseph, Missouri, and was interred in Mount Mora Cemetery.
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