{{short description|American politician (1793–1855)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Harvey Putnam | image = | state = New York | constituency = 33rd district | preceded = Albert Smith | succeeded = Augustus P. Hascall | term_start = March 4, 1847 | term_end = March 3, 1851 | constituency2 = 29th district | preceded2 = William Patterson | succeeded2 = Seth M. Gates | term_start2 = November 7, 1838 | term_end2 = March 3, 1839 | office3 = New York State Senator<br>from the Eighth District | term_start3 = 1843 | term_end3 = 1846 | preceded3 = Henry Hawkins | succeeded3 = Francis H. Ruggles | birth_date = {{birth date|1793|01|05}} | birth_place = Brattleboro, Vermont, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1855|09|20|1793|01|05}} | death_place = Attica, New York, U.S. | resting_place = Forest Hill Cemetery<br>Attica, New York, U.S. | resting_place_coordinates = | birth_name = | party = Whig | parents = Asa Putnam<br />Anna (Collins) Putnam | spouse = {{marriage|Myra Osborne|1817}} | partner = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married --> | relations = | children = James O. Putnam | occupation = {{hlist|Lawyer|politician}} | branch = | service_years = | rank = | commands = | battles = }}
'''Harvey Putnam''' (January 5, 1793 – September 20, 1855) was an American lawyer and politician. He was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and served in the New York Senate.
==Early life== Putnam was born in Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont, the youngest of nine children of Asa Putnam and Anna (Collins) Putnam.<ref name="Harvey Putnam">{{cite web|url= http://records.ancestry.com/Harvey_Putnam_records.ashx?pid=35768257|title=Harvey Putnam|publisher = Ancestry.com|access-date= April 9, 2014}}</ref> His father died while he was an infant, and he went with his mother to live with relatives in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and later with relatives in Cobleskill, New York.<ref name=":0">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RxwuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA5|title=Biographical Sketch of the Late Hon. Harvey Putnam|last=Putnam|first=James Osborne|publisher=Haas & Kelley|year=1868|pages=5, 8}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=United States. Government Printing Office|title=Congressional serial set|year=1918|publisher=U.S. G.P.O.|page=147|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aMlTAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA147 }}</ref><ref name=":1" />
He attended the common schools and studied law in Skaneateles, New York, supporting himself by teaching. In 1816, he was admitted to the bar and began the practice of law in Attica, New York, in 1817.<ref>{{cite book|last=Vermont Historical Society|title=Proceedings of the Vermont Historical Society|year=1921|publisher=The Society|page=138|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UFgSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA138 }}</ref>
==Political career== He became involved in politics and held several offices in Attica, He was elected as a Whig to the 25th United States Congress, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Patterson, holding office from November 7, 1838, to March 3, 1839.<ref>{{cite book|last=United States. Government Printing Office|title=Congressional serial set|year=1839|publisher=U.S. G.P.O.|page=357|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wapBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA357 }}</ref>
Putnam was appointed as Surrogate of Genesee County in 1840, an office he held until the division of the county.<ref>{{cite book|last=Morrison|first=W. E.|title=History of Wyoming County, N.Y.: With Illustrations, Biographical Sketches, and Portraits of Some Pioneers and Prominent Residents|year=1880|publisher=W. E. Morrison|page=72|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K01QAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA72 }}</ref> He was then appointed as Surrogate of Wyoming County, remaining in office until 1843.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wyoming County (N.Y.). Board of Supervisors|title=Journal of the Board of Supervisors of Wyoming County, New York|year=1902|publisher=The Board|page=287|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dDktAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA287 }}</ref>
He was a member of the New York State Senate (Eight District) from 1843 to 1846, sitting in the 66th, 67th, 68th and 69th Legislatures.<ref>{{cite book|last=Weed, Parsons and Company|title=Civil List and Forms of Government of the Colony and State of New York: Containing Notes on the Various Governmental Organizations; Lists of the Principal Colonial, State and County Officers, and the Congressional Delegations and Presidential Electors, with the Votes of the Electoral Colleges. The Whole Arranged in Constitutional Periods|year=1879|publisher=Weed, Parsons and Company|page=132|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iD1DAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA132 }}</ref>
He was elected as a Whig to the 30th and 31st United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1847, to March 3, 1851.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gray and Bowen|title=The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year ...: Comprising a Calendar for the Year; Astronomical Information; Miscellaneous Directions, Hints, and Remarks; and Statistical and Other Particulars Respecting Foreign Countries and the United States, Volume 28|year=1856|publisher=Gray and Bowen|page=349|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V1ETAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA349 }}</ref> After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law.
Putnam died on September 20, 1855, in Attica, and is interred in Forest Hill Cemetery in Attica.<ref name="bio">{{Cite web |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/P000580 |title=Putnam, Harvey |work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=2022-10-08}}</ref>{{citation needed |date=October 2022 |reason=second source on burial}}
==Family life== Putnam married Myra Osborne of Skaneateles, New York, on August 5, 1817.<ref name=":0" /> Their son was James O. Putnam, New York State Senator and U.S. Minister to Belgium.<ref name=":1">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GwymLm9nDCIC&pg=PA592|title=Origins in Williamstown|last=Perry|first=Arthur Latham|publisher=Origins in Williamstown|year=1894|pages=592, 605}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Matthews|first=George E. & Co.|title=The men of New York: a collection of biographies and portraits of citizens of the Empire state prominent in business, professional, social, and political life during the last decade of the nineteenth century|year=1898|publisher=G.E. Matthews & Co.|page=224|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C1wRAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA224 }}</ref>
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