Winthrop M. Crane, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Winthrop M. Crane

American politician

Date of Birth: 23-Apr-1853

Place of Birth: Dalton, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 02-Oct-1920

Profession: politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Winthrop Murray Crane (or just Murray Crane, April 23, 1853 – October 2, 1920) was a U.S.
political figure and businessman.
Born into the Dalton, Massachusetts family that owned the papermaking Crane & Co., he successfully expanded the company during the 1880s after securing an exclusive government contract to supply the paper for United States currency (a monopoly the company continues to hold).
During the 1890s he became increasingly active in Republican Party politics, and was for 20 years a dominating figure in Massachusetts politics.
He served several times on the Republican National Committee, and was elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts 1896-99 and Governor of Massachusetts 1900-03.
In 1904 he was appointed by his successor John L.
Bates to fill a vacated United States Senate seat, which he held until 1913. Crane was an advisor to Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft, and served as a political mentor to Calvin Coolidge.
His success in defusing a Teamsters strike while governor 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.
He was highly regarded and popular in western Massachusetts.