Martin Kissinger Gantz (January 28, 1862 – February 10, 1916) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a

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from

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for one term from 1891 to 1893.

Early life and career

Born in

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, Gantz attended the common schools and

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, Lebanon, Ohio. He was graduated from the

Cincinnati Law School The University of Cincinnati College of Law was founded in 1833 as the Cincinnati Law School. It is the fourth oldest continuously running law school in the United States — after Harvard, the University of Virginia, and Yale — and the first in ...

in 1883. He was

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in 1883 and commenced practice in

Troy, Ohio Troy is a city in and the county seat of Miami County, Ohio, Miami County, Ohio, United States, located north of Dayton, Ohio, Dayton. The population was 26,305 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the largest city in Miami Cou ...

. He served as mayor of the city of Troy in 1889.

Congress

Gantz was elected as a

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to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress.

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of law in Troy. He served as commissioner from the State of Ohio to the

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in 1904. He served as delegate to all Democratic State conventions from 1892 to 1906. He served as delegate to the

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. He represented the

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on the directorate of El Banco Nacional de Nicaragua y El Ferrocarril del Pacífico de Nicaragua in 1914 and 1915.

Death

He died in

, February 10, 1916. He was interred in Riverside Cemetery.

References

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