Martin K. Gantz

Martin Kissinger Gantz (born January 28, 1862 in Bethel , Miami County , Ohio , †  February 10, 1916 in Troy , Ohio) was an American politician . Between 1891 and 1893 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Martin Gantz attended public schools in his home country and then Lebanon College , also in Ohio. After a subsequent law degree at Cincinnati Law College and his 1883 admission as a lawyer, he began to work in Troy in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1889 he was Mayor of Troy. In the congressional election of 1890 Gantz was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded Samuel S. Yoder on March 4, 1891 . Since he was not confirmed in 1892, he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1893 .

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Gantz practiced again as a lawyer in Troy. In 1904, he was State Representative from Ohio at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition , the World's Fair in St. Louis . Between 1892 and 1906 he took part as a delegate at all regional party conventions of the Democrats in Ohio. In July 1908 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Denver . In 1914 and 1915 Gantz served as a representative of the US State Department on the board of the Nicaragua- based El Banco Nacional de Nicaragua y El Ferrocarril del Pacífico de Nicaragua . He died on February 10, 1916 in Troy, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Martin K. Gantz in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Martin K. Gantz in the database of Find a Grave (English)