Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Martin McNulty Crane

Full Name: Martin McNulty Crane
Birth date: November 17, 1853
Death date: August 3, 1943

Terms of Service

Senate, 22nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ Legislature
1/13/1891 - 1/10/1893
Democrat
House, 19th Legislature
1/13/1885 - 1/11/1887
Democrat

(1) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1892 due to redistricting. Act approved Apr. 19, 1892, 22nd Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 20. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(2) 22nd Legislature - 1/13/1891, p. 1, listed as new member in roll call: "The credentials of the new members were presented, and the following senators had the oath of office administered them by the president pro tem of the senate." Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Photographs

Photograph. Martin McNulty Crane, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006
Photograph. M.M. Crane, State Preservation Board
Photograph. M.M. Crane, State Preservation Board
Photograph. M.M. Crane, Texas Jurists Collection
Photograph. Lt. Gov. M.M. Crane, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Obituary and photo, "M.M. Crane, Attorney, 89, Dies at Home," 8/4/1943, pp. 1, 9. Died Tuesday, 8/4/1943. Former Attorney General of Texas. "He was elected to the Legislature in 1884, but the urgency of his private practice forced him to decline re-election . . . He was serving as State Senator for Hill, Johnson and Ellis Counties in 1890 when the Texas Railroad Commission was established and took an active part in the passage of the bill." Dallas Morning News .
Martin McNulty Crane, birth date 11/17/1853 in West Virginia; death date 8/3/1943 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; retired lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Martin McNulty Crane, birth date 11/17/1853, death date 8/3/1943, burial in Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas. Find a Grave .
CRANE, MARTIN MCNULTY (1855-1943). Birth date 11/17/1855. Handbook of Texas Online .
Mentioned in Hood, Bonnet, and Little Brown Jug: Texas Politics, 1921-1928 1984.
Portrait. Hood, Bonnet, and Little Brown Jug: Texas Politics, 1921-1928 1984.
Biographical sketch, M.M. Crane, p. 16. Born 11/17/1853 in Grafton, West Virginia. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.
Biographical sketch, Martin McNulty Crane, pp. 194-195. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature 1892.
Biographical sketch, Martin McNulty Crane. Born 11/17/1853 in Grafton, Taylor County, West Virginia. Lewis Publishing Company. Memorial and Biographical History of Johnson and Hill Counties, Texas, 1892, pp. 382-383, crediting Dallas Genealogical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
18th Lieutenant Governor: Martin McNulty Crane. Photo and biographical sketch. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016 2016.
Biographical sketch, M.M. Crane, Attorney General, pp. 10-11. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature 1897.