Adam 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-present.