Dan Crane

Dan Crane
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 19th district
In office
January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985
Preceded by Tom Railsback
Succeeded by Terry L. Bruce
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 22nd district
In office
January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983
Preceded by George E. Shipley
Succeeded by Paul Simon
Personal details
Born Daniel Bever Crane
(1936-01-10) January 10, 1936
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Judy Crane (m. 1970, d. 2012)
Children 6
Alma mater Hillsdale College, Indiana University, University of Michigan
Occupation Dentist
Military service
Allegiance  United States
Service/branch  United States Army
Years of service 1964-1970
Battles/wars Vietnam War

Daniel Bever Crane (born January 10, 1936) is a dentist and a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1983, he was censured by the House for having sex with a 17 year old page.[1] He served as a Republican congressman from 1979 to 1984, and did not run again.

Crane, a native of Cook County, Illinois, attended Chicago public schools. He received his B.A. from Hillsdale College in 1958 and D.D.S. from Indiana University in 1963. After completing graduate work at the University of Michigan in 1964-1965, Crane joined the United States Army in 1965, serving until 1970. He set up practice as a dentist after completing his service.

He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican in 1978. He was re-elected in 1980 and in 1982.

On July 14, 1983, the House Ethics Committee recommended that Crane and Rep. Gerry Studds (D-MA) be reprimanded for having engaged in sexual relationships with teenagers, specifically a 17-year-old male page for Studds and a 17-year-old female page for Crane.[2] Both men acknowledged the accuracy of the charges. Crane had sexual relations with the girl in 1980.[3] The full House voted to censure the two men.[1] Crane was defeated for re-election in 1984[4] and returned to dentistry.

He is the brother of the late Philip Crane, also a former Republican congressman from Illinois. Both men maintained conservative voting records in Congress.

Personal life

Crane has a wife, Judy, and six children.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Housecleaning". 25 July 1983. Retrieved 7 December 2016 – via www.time.com.
  2. ↑ | ARCHIVES | 1983 | HOUSE CENSURES CRANE AND STUDDS FOR SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH PAGES | STEVEN V. ROBERTS and SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES |
  3. 1 2 "2 CONGRESSMEN FACE CONSTITUENTS' JUDGEMENT ON REPORTS OF SEX WITH PAGES". The New York Times. 16 July 1983. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  4. ↑ Barone, Michael; Ujifusa, Grant (1987). The Almanac of American Politics 1988. National Journal. p. 381.
  • United States Congress. "Dan Crane (id: C000871)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • Appearances on C-SPAN



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