Winthrop M. Crane

Winthrop Murray Crane ( born April 23 1853 in Dalton, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, † October 2, 1920 ) was an American politician and from 1900 to 1903 Governor of Massachusetts. He also represented his state 1904-1913 in the U.S. Senate.

Early years and political rise

Winthrop Crane attended primary school in Dalton and then the Wilbraham Academy and Williston Seminary that. He then worked at the paper mill his family. There, among other things, the paper for the American banknotes was prepared. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. Between 1892 and 1908 he was several times the federal board of his party. From 1897 to 1900 Crane served as Deputy Governor Deputy Governor Roger Wolcott.

Governor and U.S. Senator

On November 7, 1899 Crane was elected as the new governor of his state, which he clearly asserted itself with 56:35 percent of the vote to Democrat Robert Treat Paine. After he was re-elected in each of the years 1900 and 1901, he was able to hold that office between January 4, 1900 to January 8, 1903. During this time a mental hospital was built and a strike by trucking companies could be settled. After the end of his governorship Crane was elected to succeed the late U.S. Senator George Frisbie Hoar in Congress. After he was confirmed in 1907 in this office, he was able to exercise his mandate between 12 October 1904 and 3 March 1913. In the Senate he was a member of the Committee on Rules. In 1912, Crane opted not to run again. His Senate seat fell to John W. Weeks.

Further CV

After the end of his political career, Crane again devoted his private transactions. He died in October 1920 in Dalton and was also buried there. Winthrop Crane was married twice and had a son.