Martin Kissinger Gantz was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Ohio

Ohio

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Born in Bethel Township, Miami County, Ohio

Bethel Township, Miami County, Ohio

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, 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

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 in 1883 and commenced practice in Troy, Ohio

Troy, Ohio

* - Sports :In addition to Troy High School athletics, Troy is home to the Miami Valley Silverbacks indoor football team of the Continental Indoor Football League....

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

Gantz was elected as a Democrat

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 to the Fifty-second

52nd United States Congress

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

53rd United States Congress

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 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

Troy, Ohio

* - Sports :In addition to Troy High School athletics, Troy is home to the Miami Valley Silverbacks indoor football team of the Continental Indoor Football League....

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

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