Baltus Mantz

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

Mantz was a farmer, from Meeker, Wisconsin. He was born in Germany in 1815 and immigrated to the United States in 1837."Illinois, Northern District Naturalization Index, 1840-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XKGF-KDG : accessed 1 September 2015), Baltus Mantz, 1846; citing Wisconsin, NARA microfilm publication M1285 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 124; FHL microfilm 1,432,124. Mantz served as register of deeds for Washington County, Wisconsin and in town government. He then served in the Wisconsin State Senate, in 1854, from Washington County, Wisconsin. He backed a plan to drain the lakes at Muskego, Wisconsin.{{cite news|title=Draining of the Muskego Lake |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3133677/muskego_lake/|newspaper=Milwaukee Daily Sentinel|date=February 7, 1854|page=2|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = September 1, 2015 }} {{Open access}}

Mantz died of cholera on August 8{{cite news|title=Baltus Mantz |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3133764/baltus_mantz_18151854/|newspaper=Sauk County Standard|date=August 9, 1854|page=2|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = September 1, 2015 }} {{Open access}}{{#tag:ref|The Sauk County Standard of August 9, 1854 states "We were informed last evening of the death of Mr. Baltus Mantz," indicating that his death occurred before August 9.|group=Note}} or August 9, 1854 while still in office.Journal of Proceedings Wisconsin-Legislature-Senate, 1855, Tuesday, January 16, 1855, p. 24.Wisconsin Blue Book 1913, Members of Wisconsin Legislatures, p. 459.The Cedarburg Weekly News (Cedarburg, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin), Local Matters, March 19, 1884.