| Adam Schantz | |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| State Senate: | Wisconsin |
| District: | 33rd |
| Term Start: | January 6, 1873 |
| Term End: | January 4, 1875 |
| Predecessor: | Lyman Morgan |
| Successor: | Gilead J. Wilmot |
| State Senate1: | Wisconsin |
| District1: | 4th |
| Term Start1: | January 6, 1868 |
| Term End1: | January 1, 1872 |
| Predecessor1: | Frederick Thorpe |
| Successor1: | William Nelson |
| Office2: | Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly |
| Constituency2: | Washington 1st district |
| Term Start2: | January 5, 1863 |
| Term End2: | January 4, 1864 |
| Predecessor2: | Thomas Barry |
| Successor2: | Nicholaus Marx |
| Constituency3: | Washington 2nd district |
| Term Start3: | January 2, 1854 |
| Term End3: | January 1, 1855 |
| Predecessor3: | Charles E. Chamberlain |
| Successor3: | Mitchell L. Delaney |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Birth Date: | 9 October 1819 |
| Birth Place: | Kingdom of Bavaria |
| Death Place: | Juneau, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Restingplace: | Saint Lawrence Cemetery, |
Adam Schantz (October 9, 1819November 5, 1879) was an American immigrant, farmer, and Democratic politician. He served six years in the Wisconsin State Senate and two years in the State Assembly, representing Washington County.
Schantz was born on October 9, 1819, in the Kingdom of Bavaria.[1] He moved with his family to the United States in 1828, settling in Oneida County, New York. After living for a time in Oswego County, New York, the family moved to Washington County, Wisconsin, in 1846. Schantz later lived in Addison, Wisconsin, and Oak Grove, Dodge County, Wisconsin. In 1848, he married Catharine Schwartz, who was also a native of Bavaria. They had four children. He moved to Schleisingerville, Wisconsin, (now Slinger) in 1874.[2] Schantz died in 1879.
Schantz was elected Justice of the Peace in what is now Hartford, Wisconsin, in 1846 and Register of Deeds of Washington County in 1852. He served two terms in the Assembly before serving in the Senate from 1868 to 1874. Schantz was a Democrat.