PHIL (PHILIP M.) CRANE - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 321343
Sale Price $115.00
Reg. $140.00
PHILIP CRANE
A photograph of the U.S. Senator, inscribed to a fan with "best
regards"
Inscribed photograph signed: "For Bob:/With best/regards./Philip
M. Crane/M.C., 13th Ill", in black ink, B/w 8x10¼. Philip
Crane (b. 1930) was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives
in three of Illinois' congressional districts from 1969 to 2005, making him
the longest serving Republican congressmen in history as of this biography.
His first seat, from the 13th Congressional District, was held by Donald
Rumsfeld, future Secretary of Defense under Gerald Ford and George W. Bush; he
won the seat in a special election after Rumsfeld was appointed to a position in
the administration of president Richard Nixon. Crane quickly established himself
as a bastion of conservativism in the House, serving as the first
chairman of the Republican Study Committee, a caucus group for conservative
Republican congressmen, and chairman of the American Conservative Union, a
conservative citizen's lobby. Crane also opposed president Jimmy Carter's
cession of the Panama Canal and the SALT II nuclear treaties. He ran for
president in 1978, but dropped out early during the primaries. The 1980
presidential elections marked the zenith of Crane's power, and he was soon
eclipsed by other conservative congressmen. Crane was defeated by Democrat
Melissa Bean in the 2004 election, losing the 8th Congressional District
seat. Corners slightly worn and creased, esp. top left corner. Fine
condition.
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