Adam H. Putnam

A Representative from Florida. Born in Bartow, Polk County, Fla. , July 31, 1974. B. S. , University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. , 1995. Farmer. Rancher. Member of the Florida state house of representatives, 1996-2001. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2001-January 3, 2011). House Republican Conference Chair (One Hundred Tenth Congress). Not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress in 2010. Commissioner of Agriculture, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, 2011-2019. Was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination for Governor of Florida in 2018.