Background
Crane, Winthrop Murray was born on April 23, 1853 in Dalton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Zenas Marshall and Louise (Laflin) Crane.
Crane, Winthrop Murray was born on April 23, 1853 in Dalton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Zenas Marshall and Louise (Laflin) Crane.
Educated public schools and Williston Seminary. (Master of Arts, Williams, 1897. Doctor of Laws, Harvard, 1903).
Member Crane & Company, paper manufacturers, also manufacturing paper used for currency. Lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, 1897-1899, governor, 1900-1902. Appointed, October 12, 1904. and elected January 1905.
United States senator, to fill vacancy for unexpired term (1904-1907) of George F. Hoar, deceased.
Reëlected for term 1907-1913.
Member Crane & Company, paper manufacturers, also manufacturing paper used for currency. Lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, 1897-1899, governor, 1900-1902. Member Republican National Committee, 1892-1900 and from 1904.
Married Mary Benner, 1880 (died 1884). Married second, Josephine Porter, 1906.