Baltus (Balthus) Mantz (January 29, 1815 – August 9, 1854) was an American politician. Mantz was a farmer, from

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. He was born in Germany in 1815 and immigrated to the United States in 1837. Mantz served as register of deeds for

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and in town government. He then served in the

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, in 1854, from Washington County, Wisconsin. He backed a plan to drain the lakes at

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. Mantz died of cholera on August 8 or August 9, 1854 while still in office.''The Cedarburg Weekly News'' (Cedarburg, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin), Local Matters, March 19, 1884.

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1815 births 1854 deaths People from Germantown, Wisconsin County officials in Wisconsin Wisconsin state senators Immigrants to the United States 19th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature {{Wisconsin-WISenate-stub