Charles Crane
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Charles Spencer Crane was a businessman and politician in Hawaii
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captain E. D. Crane. He started working at the Honolulu telephone company. In February 1897 he worked in the business department of the Hawaiian Gazette Company, became assistant manager of the Gazette in 1900, and in November 1905 became manager of the publishing company.
From 1908 to 1919 he published a Hawaiian language
newspaper called Ka Nupepa Kuakoa.
Crane married Emma Spurrell Thompson on October 16, 1922 at Hilo.
He eventually became executive vice president of what would become the Honolulu Advertiser
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After Advertiser owner Lorrin A. Thurston
died, his son Lorrin Potter Thurston took over in October 1931, and Crane resigned from the newspaper to go into politics. He was elected to the board of supervisors for the City and County of Honolulu.
He was appointed Mayor of Honolulu
July 15, 1938 upon the death of George F. Wright
, and served until to January 2, 1941.
He was elected to the Territory of Hawaii
senate 3rd district in 1943 and 1945.
He retired for a while to California
, and then returned to live with his son Ezra Crane who was editor of the Maui News.
He died on Maui
September 13, 1958.
Crane is memorialized in Honolulu by Crane Playground in the Kaimukī
section of Honolulu at 21°17′9"N 157°48′53"W.
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
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Life
Crane was born in Honolulu on January 4, 1869, the son of a whalerWhaler
A whaler is a specialized ship, designed for whaling, the catching and/or processing of whales. The former included the whale catcher, a steam or diesel-driven vessel with a harpoon gun mounted at its bows. The latter included such vessels as the sail or steam-driven whaleship of the 16th to early...
captain E. D. Crane. He started working at the Honolulu telephone company. In February 1897 he worked in the business department of the Hawaiian Gazette Company, became assistant manager of the Gazette in 1900, and in November 1905 became manager of the publishing company.
From 1908 to 1919 he published a Hawaiian language
Hawaiian language
The Hawaiian language is a Polynesian language that takes its name from Hawaii, the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed. Hawaiian, along with English, is an official language of the state of Hawaii...
newspaper called Ka Nupepa Kuakoa.
Crane married Emma Spurrell Thompson on October 16, 1922 at Hilo.
He eventually became executive vice president of what would become the Honolulu Advertiser
Honolulu Advertiser
The Honolulu Advertiser was a daily newspaper published in Honolulu, Hawaii. At the time publication ceased on June 6, 2010, it was the largest daily newspaper in the American state of Hawaii. It published daily with special Sunday and Internet editions...
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After Advertiser owner Lorrin A. Thurston
Lorrin A. Thurston
Lorrin Andrews Thurston was a lawyer, politician, and businessman born and raised in the Kingdom of Hawaii. The grandson of two of the first Christian missionaries to Hawaii, Thurston played a prominent role in the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom that replaced Queen Liliuokalani with the...
died, his son Lorrin Potter Thurston took over in October 1931, and Crane resigned from the newspaper to go into politics. He was elected to the board of supervisors for the City and County of Honolulu.
He was appointed Mayor of Honolulu
Mayor of Honolulu
The Mayor of Honolulu is the chief executive officer of the City and County of Honolulu and considered the third most powerful official in the U.S. state of Hawaii, behind the Governor of Hawaii and the Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii...
July 15, 1938 upon the death of George F. Wright
George F. Wright
George Fred Wright was Mayor of Honolulu from 1931 to 1938. Wright, a native of Honolulu, worked as a surveyor. He died in office in 1938 while traveling aboard the SS Mariposa. Memorials to him were installed at a downtown housing project and at Washington Middle School in the Pawaa section of...
, and served until to January 2, 1941.
He was elected to the Territory of Hawaii
Territory of Hawaii
The Territory of Hawaii or Hawaii Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 7, 1898, until August 21, 1959, when its territory, with the exception of Johnston Atoll, was admitted to the Union as the fiftieth U.S. state, the State of Hawaii.The U.S...
senate 3rd district in 1943 and 1945.
He retired for a while to California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, and then returned to live with his son Ezra Crane who was editor of the Maui News.
He died on Maui
Maui
The island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is part of the state of Hawaii and is the largest of Maui County's four islands, bigger than Lānai, Kahoolawe, and Molokai. In 2010, Maui had a population of 144,444,...
September 13, 1958.
Crane is memorialized in Honolulu by Crane Playground in the Kaimukī
Kaimuki, Hawaii
Kaimukī is a residential neighborhood in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.-History:In the 19th century the area was a farm of King Kalākaua, where ostriches roamed wild over the mountain side. It later became the site of a carnation farm for funeral flowers...
section of Honolulu at 21°17′9"N 157°48′53"W.