Representative George McIntire Putnam View All Years

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George McIntire Putnam

Pottawattamie County

There will be no change in legislation this session in so far as Pottawattamie county is concerned, as the same senator and the two representatives of the Twenty-sixth General Assembly will again be here. Hon. George M. Putnam of Carson, is the eldest man of the trio. His birthplace was Coos county, N. H., in August, 1837, on a farm, where he lived till 1853, when he removed to Illinois. After coming west he resumed the avocation of farming which he began in his native state. He enlisted in the army in August, 1862, in Company A, Seventy-fifth Illinois Volunteer infantry, and served three years till the close of the strife. His regiment saw some of the hardest fighting of the struggle, and its colonel mentioned Mr. Putnam as a soldier of especial daring and faithfulness. He removed to Iowa in 1873, with the home residence on the farm on which they still reside in Pottawattamie county. The farm consists of nearly 300 acres, and is one of the most valuable bits of farm land in western Iowa. Mr. Putnam was married to Miss Emily A. Jackson, February 20, 1868, and to them have been born seven children, five girls and two boys. He belongs to the Odd Fellows and the G. A. R. While he is not a member of any church, nor directly connected with any such organization, he is charitable to all. Locally Mr. Putnam has served his township as trustee of school board, assessor, treasurer, and is a member of the soldiers' relief commission. Last term he was active in committee legislation, and served on the following committees: Insurance, suppression of intemperance, constitutional amendments, Agricultural college, and congressional districts.

House District 31