Dan Crane, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Dan Crane

American politician

Date of Birth: 10-Jan-1936

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Profession: dentist, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Dan Crane

  • Daniel Bever Crane (January 10, 1936 – May 28, 2019) was an American 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.
  • He served as a Republican congressman from 1979 to 1984. 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 a dental practice in Danville, Illinois 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.
  • Both men acknowledged the accuracy of the charges.
  • Crane had sexual relations with the girl in 1980.
  • The full House voted to censure the two men.
  • Crane was defeated for re-election in 1984 and returned to dentistry. He was the brother of the late Philip Crane, also a former Republican congressman from Illinois.
  • Both men maintained conservative voting records in Congress.

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