| Winthrop Murray Crane | |
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| 40th Governor of Massachusetts | |
| In office January 4, 1900 – January 8, 1903 |
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| Lieutenant | John L. Bates |
| Preceded by | Roger Wolcott |
| Succeeded by | John L. Bates |
| United States Senator from Massachusetts |
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| In office October 12, 1904 – March 4, 1913 |
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| Appointed by | John L. Bates |
| Preceded by | George F. Hoar |
| Succeeded by | John W. Weeks |
| 37th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts | |
| In office 1897–1900 |
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| Governor | Roger Wolcott |
| Preceded by | Roger Wolcott |
| Succeeded by | John L. Bates |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 23, 1853 Dalton, Massachusetts |
| Died | October 2, 1920 (aged 67) Dalton, Massachusetts |
| 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 the 40th 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 I]. In 1906, Crane married Josephine Porter Boardman, 20 years his junior, from a politically well-connected family. 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.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Roger Wolcott |
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts 1897–1900 |
Succeeded by John L. Bates |
| Preceded by Roger Wolcott |
Governor of Massachusetts 1900–1903 |
Succeeded by John L. Bates |
| United States Senate | ||
| Preceded by George Frisbie Hoar |
United States Senator (Class 2) from Massachusetts 1904–1913 Served alongside: Henry Cabot Lodge |
Succeeded by John W. Weeks |
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