| Henry Putnam | |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| State Senate: | Wisconsin |
| District: | 17th |
| Term Start: | January 7, 1895 |
| Term End: | January 2, 1899 |
| Predecessor: | Richard Burdge |
| Successor: | Harry C. Martin |
| Office1: | Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly |
| Constituency1: | Green district |
| Term Start1: | January 2, 1893 |
| Term End1: | January 7, 1895 |
| Predecessor1: | District established |
| Successor1: | Nathaniel B. Treat |
| Term Start2: | January 5, 1891 |
| Term End2: | January 2, 1893 |
| Predecessor2: | Philip Allen |
| Successor2: | District abolished |
| Party: | Republican |
| Birth Date: | 17 January 1846 |
| Birth Place: | Newark, Ohio |
| Death Place: | Brodhead, Wisconsin |
| Occupation: | Farmer, banker |
| Allegiance: | United States |
| Branch: | United States Volunteers Union Army |
| Rank: | Corporal, USV |
| Serviceyears: | 1863 - 1865 |
| Unit: | 1st Reg. Wis. Vol. Cavalry |
| Battles: | American Civil War |
Henry Clay Putnam (January 17, 1846July 7, 1913) was an American businessman, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served four years each in the Wisconsin State Senate and Assembly, representing Green County. During the American Civil War, he was enlisted in the Union Army.
Putnam was born in Newark, Ohio, in 1846. He moved to Wisconsin with his parents in 1849, settling in Decatur in Green County. He was educated in the common schools in Green County until age 16, when he enlisted in the Union Army.[1]
Putnam enlisted in the Summer of 1863 and was enrolled as a private in Company B of the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment. He was subsequently promoted to corporal.[2] He joined the regiment near Chattanooga, Tennessee, in the midst of the Chattanooga campaign. With the regiment, he went on to participate in the Battle of Mossy Creek, the Battle of Dandridge, Sherman's Atlanta Campaign, and Wilson's Raid in Alabama and Georgia.[3]
Putnam mustered out with his regiment in July 1865. After returning to Wisconsin, he worked as a traveling salesman for nine years, then worked in the lumber business and operated a farm. In the 1890s he became involved with the Green County Bank of Brodhead as vice president.[1]
Politically, Putnam associated with the Republican Party. He was elected president of the Village of Brodhead, Wisconsin, in 1883 and 1884 and was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1890 and 1892.[1] In 1894, he was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate, representing the 17th Senate district for four years.[1] He was not a candidate for re-election in 1898.
He died at his home in Brodhead, Wisconsin, in 1913.[4]
Putnam was active for the remainder of his life in the Wisconsin chapter of the Grand Army of the Republic. He married Frances Sutherland, but their only child died in infancy.
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