Winthrop M. Crane

Winthrop Murray Crane
40th Governor of Massachusetts
In office January 4, 1900 – January 8, 1903
Lieutenant	John L. Bates
Preceded by	Roger Wolcott
Succeeded by	John L. Bates
United States Senator from Massachusetts
In office October 12, 1904 – March 3, 1913
Preceded by	George F. Hoar
Succeeded by	John W. Weeks
37th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
In office 1897–1900
Governor	Roger Wolcott
Preceded by	Roger Wolcott
Succeeded by	John L. Bates
Personal details
Born	(1853-04-23)April 23, 1853
Died	(1920-10-02)October 2, 1920
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Mary Benner 1880-1884 Josephine Porter Boardman (1884-1920)
Children	Winthrop Murray Crane II Stephen Crane Bruce Crane Louise Crane

Winthrop Murray Crane (April 23, 1853– October 2, 1920) was a U.S. political figure. He served as governor of Massachusetts between 1900 and 1903. He also served as a United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1904 until 1913. He was a Republican.

Son of Zenas Marshall Crane and Louise Fanny Laflin, Winthrop was a leading member of the Crane family of Dalton, Massachusetts, owners of the privately held Crane Paper Company, sole suppliers of the paper for the Federal Reserve Notes, the currency of the United States.

In 1880, he married Mary Benner, who died in 1884 giving birth to their only child, Winthrop Murray Crane II. In 1906, Crane married Josephine Porter Boardman and they had three children: Stephen, Bruce, and poet Louise Crane.

He was hosting President Theodore Roosevelt in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on September 3, 1902 when a speeding trolley car rammed into the open-air horse carriage carrying Roosevelt. The accident killed the president's Secret Service agent, William Craig.

External links

• United States Congress. "Winthrop M. Crane (id: C000875)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Official Commonwealth of Massachusetts Governor Biography
• Massachusetts Historical Society Biography and Photograph Collection