John Day Putnam
John Day Putnam was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Biography[edit]
Putnam was born on June 19, 1837, in Brooklyn, Connecticut. He was a direct descendant (second great-grandson) of Israel Putnam. Putnam went on to reside in Troy, St. Croix County, Wisconsin. During the American Civil War, he served with the 1st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Union Army, eventually becoming the regiment's commissary sergeant. In 1874, Putnam moved to River Falls (town), Wisconsin. He died in 1904.[1]
Political career[edit]
Putnam was a member of the Assembly in 1883.[2] Other positions he held include Chairman (similar to Mayor), Treasurer and Assessor of Troy, Chairman of the town board (similar to city council) of River Falls and Chairman of the county board of Pierce County, Wisconsin. He was a Democrat.
References[edit]
- ^ "Putnam, John Day". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
- ^ THE BLUE BOOK OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. 1883. p. 501.
- 1837 births
- 1904 deaths
- People from Brooklyn, Connecticut
- People from St. Croix County, Wisconsin
- People from River Falls, Wisconsin
- Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Mayors of places in Wisconsin
- Wisconsin city council members
- County supervisors in Wisconsin
- City and town treasurers in the United States
- People of Wisconsin in the American Civil War
- Union Army soldiers
- Putnam family
- 19th-century American legislators
- 19th-century Wisconsin politicians