Edwin F. Ganz (June 13, 1859 – January 20, 1946) was an American farmer, teacher, newspaper editor, and politician. Born in the Town of

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, Ganz was educated in the public schools and at Platteville Normal School (now

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). He taught school for fourteen years and then purchased the ''Buffalo County Journal'' in 1890. He was postmaster of

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and served on the Buffalo County Board of Supervisors. Ganz also served on the Alma Common Council and the school board. Ganz was elected to the

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in 1918 and was involved with the

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In Buffalo County. Ganz retired to a farm where he raised cattle. He died in a hospital in

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, aged 86.'History of Pepin and Buffalo Counties, Wisconsin,' vol. 2, Franklin Curtiss-Wedge-compiler, H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Company, Winona, Minnesota: 1919, Biographical Sketch of Edwin Ganz, pp. 592-593

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1859 births 1946 deaths People from Buffalo County, Wisconsin University of Wisconsin–Platteville alumni Educators from Wisconsin Editors of Wisconsin newspapers Wisconsin city council members School board members in Wisconsin County supervisors in Wisconsin Wisconsin postmasters People from Alma, Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Republican-1850s-stub