Baltus (Balthus) Mantz (January 29, 1815 – August 9, 1854) was an American politician.
Mantz was a farmer, from
Meeker, Wisconsin
Meeker was a hamlet in Washington County, Wisconsin, United States. The area is now part of the Village of Germantown Germantown or German Town may refer to:
Places
Australia
* Germantown, Queensland, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Re ...
. He was born in Germany in 1815 and immigrated to the United States in 1837. Mantz served as register of deeds for
Washington County, Wisconsin and in town government. He then served in the
Wisconsin State Senate, in 1854, from Washington County, Wisconsin. He backed a plan to drain the lakes at
Muskego, Wisconsin
Muskego () is a city in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 24,135. Muskego is the fifth largest community in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Muskego has a large Norwegian population. The nam ...
.
Mantz died of cholera on August 8 or August 9, 1854 while still in office.
[''The Cedarburg Weekly News'' (Cedarburg, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin), Local Matters, March 19, 1884.]
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1815 births
1854 deaths
People from Germantown, Wisconsin
County officials in Wisconsin
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19th-century American legislators
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