Frank H. Putnam | |
Birth Date: | 30 August 1880 |
Birth Place: | Lowell, Massachusetts |
Death Place: | Lowell, Massachusetts |
Occupation: | Wholesale produce dealer |
Party: | Republican Party |
Member of the Massachusetts Senate for the 8th Middlesex district | |
Term Start: | 1920 |
Term End: | 1924 |
Predecessor: | Arthur W. Colburn |
Successor: | Walter Perham |
Title2: | Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 15th Middlesex district |
Term Start2: | 1917 |
Term End2: | 1919 |
Frank H. Putnam (August 30, 1880 – May 1, 1934) was an American politician who served both chambers of the Massachusetts General Court and was a member of the state's Commission of Administration and Finance of Massachusetts.
Putnam was born on August 30, 1880, in Lowell, Massachusetts. He was educated in the Lowell Public Schools and was a partner in George E. Putnam & Son, a wholesale produce business.
Putnam was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1917 to 1919 and represented the 8th Middlesex district in the Massachusetts Senate from 1920 to 1924.[1] In 1924 he was appointed to a seat on the state's Commission of Administration and Finance and given the position of commissioner of personnel and standardization.[2] On April 28, 1934, Putnam was injured when his automobile struck a tree at The Country Club. He died from his injuries three days later.[3]