Martin K. Gantz

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Martin Kissinger Gantz (January 28, 1862 – February 10, 1916) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Bethel Township, Miami County, Ohio, Gantz attended the common schools and Lebanon (Ohio) College. He was graduated from the Cincinnati Law College in 1883. He was admitted to the bar in 1883 and commenced practice in Troy, Ohio. He served as mayor of the city of Troy in 1889.

Gantz was elected as a Democrat 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. He resumed the practice of law in Troy. He served as commissioner from the State of Ohio to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904. He served as delegate to all Democratic State conventions from 1892 to 1906. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1908. He represented the Department of State on the directorate of El Banco Nacional de Nicaragua y El Ferrocarril del Pacífico de Nicaragua in 1914 and 1915. He died in Troy, Ohio, February 10, 1916. He was interred in Riverside Cemetery.

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• Martin K. Gantz at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress