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'''Winthrop Murray Crane''' (commonly referred to as '''W. Murray Crane''' or simply '''Murray Crane'''; April 23, 1853{{spaced ndash}}October 2, 1920) was
In 1879, he secured his family company, paper manufacturer [[Crane & Co.]], an exclusive government contract to supply the paper for United States currency, a monopoly the company holds to this day. During the 1890s he became increasingly active in state [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] politics, and became a dominant figure in the local, state, and national party. He was successively elected the 37th [[
Crane advised Presidents [[Theodore Roosevelt]] and [[William Howard Taft]]. His success as Governor in defusing a [[Teamsters Union|Teamsters]] strike prompted Roosevelt to bring him in as a negotiator to resolve the [[Coal Strike of 1902]]. He refused repeated offers for cabinet-level positions and was known to dislike campaigning and giving speeches. Near the end of his career, he served as a political mentor to future President [[Calvin Coolidge]], who was elected
==Early life==
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===Crane & Co.===
In 1870, Crane entered the family business and, with his brother Zenas
In 1872, Crane secured a major contract for the supply of wrapping paper to the [[Winchester Repeating Arms Company]], and followed this up in 1879, with an exclusive contract to paper for the [[Federal Reserve Notes]], the currency of the [[United States]]. The Crane Company continues to be the sole supplier of currency paper to the federal government today.
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He vetoed legislative authorization of a merger between the [[Boston Elevated Railway]] and the [[West End Street Railway]], in part because it did not contain a clause calling for a referendum by the affected populations.<ref>Abrams, pp. 68-70</ref> He did, however, sign legislation authorizing the lease of the [[Fitchburg Railroad]] to the [[Boston and Maine Railroad]], and of the [[Boston and Albany Railroad]] to the [[New York Central Railroad]]. Crane was a major shareholder in the New York Central.<ref name="Hart175" />
Crane was hosting President Roosevelt in [[Pittsfield, Massachusetts|Pittsfield]] on September 3, 1902, when a speeding [[trolley car]] rammed into the open-air [[horse carriage]] carrying Roosevelt. The accident killed the president's [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]] agent, [[William Craig (Secret Service)|William Craig]].
==United States Senator==
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* Stephen
* [[Bruce Crane (businessman)|Bruce Crane]] (b. 1909), who later served as president of Crane & Co. and a member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council
* [[Louise Crane]] (b.
Crane died at his home in Dalton on October 2, 1920.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97164954/ex-senator-w-m-crane-dead-end-came/ |title=Ex-Senator W. M. Crane Dead: End Came Early Today at Dalton |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |location=Dalton |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97165026/ex-senator-w-m-crane-dead-end-came/ 2] |date=1920-10-02 |access-date=2022-03-07 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
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*{{cite book|last=Abrams|first=Richard|title=Conservatism in a Progressive Era: Massachusetts Politics 1900-1912|url=https://archive.org/details/conservatisminpr0000abra|url-access=registration|publisher=Harvard University Press|year=1964|location=Cambridge, MA|oclc=475077}}
*{{cite book|editor-last=Hart|editor-first=Albert Bushnell |title=Commonwealth History of Massachusetts|url=https://archive.org/details/commonwealthhist03hart|publisher=The States History Company|location=New York|year=1927|oclc=1543273}} (five volume history of Massachusetts until the early 20th century)
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=FpAeAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA2
==External links==
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*[http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fap045 Massachusetts Historical Society Biography and Photograph Collection] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070315064421/http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fap045 |date=March 15, 2007 }}
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[[Category:Lieutenant Governors of Massachusetts]]
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[[Category:Republican Party United States senators from Massachusetts]]
[[Category:People from Dalton, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Burials at Main Street Cemetery (Dalton, Massachusetts)]]
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