John Day Putnam Sr. (June 19, 1837 – November 20, 1904) was an American miller and Democratic politician, and Wisconsin pioneer.
While in central Tennessee, Putnam was promoted to corporal and color guard for the company, and served in that capacity at the Battle of Perryville in October 1862.
[2][3] The regiment was engaged in the subsequent skirmishing around central Tennessee and northern Alabama, and retreated to Chattanooga after the Battle of Chickamauga.
In March 1864, Putnam was promoted to commissary sergeant for the full regiment, and served in that capacity until the end of his three-year enlistment, in October 1864.
In the general election, he narrowly defeated his Republican opponent, Calvin Randall Morse, winning by just 31 votes.
[1] Putnam ran well ahead of the rest of the Democratic ticket, as Republican state senate candidate Hans Warner carried Pierce County by 1,000 votes.
[6] Putnam ran for re-election in 1884, but lost badly to River Falls normal school professor Jesse B.
[13] Putnam lost the election to Republican George Washington Ryland, but polled slightly better than the Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gilbert M.
But when Grover Cleveland was elected to his second term as president, Putnam received an appointment as captain of the watch of the United States Treasury Department.
[22] John's younger brother, William, also enlisted in the Union Army; he served in the 12th Connecticut Infantry Regiment and died at the Battle of Cedar Creek in 1864.