Phil Crane, right, meets with President George W. Bush and Bill Thomas, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee.

Philip Miller Crane (born November 3, 1930, Chicago, Illinois) is a former American politician. Phil Crane, right, meets with President George W. Bush and Representative Bill Thomas, from Cranes official House site, http://www. ... Phil Crane, right, meets with President George W. Bush and Representative Bill Thomas, from Cranes official House site, http://www. ... The presidential seal was used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1969 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American businessman and politician, was elected in 2000 as the 43rd President of the United States of America, re-elected in 2004, and is currently serving his second term in that office. ... Bill Thomas For other people named William Thomas, see William Thomas. ... The Committee on Ways and Means is a committee of the United States House of Representatives. ... November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ...

Crane was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 2005, representing the 8th District of Illinois in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago. At the time of his defeat in the 2004 election, Crane was the longest-serving Republican member of the House. The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Illinois 8th congressional district is a United States Congressional District that represents the northern suburbs of Chicago, including portions of Lake, McHenry, and Cook counties. ... Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook Incorporated March 4, 1837 Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area    - City 606. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Biography

Crane was born in Chicago, was educated at Hillsdale College, the University of Vienna, and Indiana University (gaining a PhD in history in 1961) and served in the United States Army. He also attended DePauw University and the University of Michigan. Hillsdale College is an independent, co-educational, nonsectarian, liberal arts college located on the north side of the city of Hillsdale in central-southern Michigan, United States. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Indiana University is the principal campus of the Indiana University system. ... PhD usually refers to the academic title Doctor of Philosophy PhD can also refer to the manga Phantasy Degree This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States armed forces and has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... This school is not to be confused with DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois, which has a similar pronunciation. ... UM also has campuses in Dearborn and Flint. ...

His brother, Dan Crane, served together with him as another Congressman from Illinois for three terms. Another brother, David Crane, ran for Congress from Indiana a few times simultaneously with Phil and Dan. The brothers were dubbed "the Kennedys of the Right". Daniel Bever Crane (born January 10, 1936) is a former American politician. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

However, David never won a seat in Congress, and Dan ended up being defeated for re-election in 1984 due, in part, to his involvement in the 1983 Congressional Page sex scandal. Philip Crane began to battle alcoholism, which he only publicly acknowledged after winning reelection in 2000. 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Congressional Page sex scandal was a political scandal in the United States involving members of the United States House of Representatives. ... Alcoholism is the consumption of, or preoccupation with, alcoholic beverages to the extent that this behavior interferes with the drinkers normal personal, family, social, or work life, and may lead to physical or mental harm. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

Crane was a faculty member at Indiana University and at Bradley University in Peoria, a staff member for the Republican National Committee and a director of research for the 1964 Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater. Bradley University is a private, co-educational university located in Peoria, Illinois. ... Location of Peoria Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois Counties Peoria County, Illinois Mayor Jim Ardis Area    - City 46. ... Bush/Cheney, 2004 campaign manager Ken Mehlman is the current chairman of the RNC. The Republican National Committee (RNC) provides national leadership for the Republican Party of the United States. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Barry Goldwater (January 1, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was a five-term United States Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–87) and the Republican Partys nominee for President in the 1964 election. ...

Political career

He was first elected to Congress in the 13th District of Illinois in a 1969 special election, succeeding Donald Rumsfeld, who was appointed to a position in the Nixon administration. He soon established himself as one of the House's most conservative members, leading a small but growing cluster of right-wing congressmen who had cut their teeth in the early 1960s and drew their inspiration from Goldwater's presidential campaign. He was handily elected to a full term in 1970, and was reelected 16 times. His district number changed as Illinois lost population--from the 13th (1969-73) to the 12th (1973-93) to the 8th (1993-2005). His district was long considered the most Republican district in the Chicago area, if not in all of Illinois. He almost always won with 70 percent or more of the vote until the 1990s, when he had to fend off more moderate Republicans in the primary and better-funded Democrats in the general election. A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ... Donald Henry Rumsfeld (born July 9, 1932, Evanston, Illinois) is the 21st and current United States Secretary of Defense. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ...

Soon after being elected to his first full term in 1970, he was tapped by several conservative activists, including Paul Weyrich, to form a group of conservative congressmen to keep watch on the Republican leadership, which at the time was seen as too moderate. This new group was known as the Republican Study Committee, and Crane served as its first chairman. He remained a member of the group for the remainder of his time in Congress. Paul M. Weyrich (born October 7, 1942, in Racine, Wisconsin) is a US conservative political activist and commentator. ... The Republican Study Committee (RSC) is a group of over 100 House Republicans organized for the purpose of advancing a conservative social and economic agenda in the House of Representatives. ...

Presidential desires

In 1978, shortly before the general election, Crane announced that he would be a candidate for the Republican nomination for president. This surprised many observers, as Crane had been expected to support the probable candidacy of former California governor Ronald Reagan. At the time of his announcement, Crane expressed doubts that Reagan would run again (after two failed attempts for the nomination in 1968 and 1976), and intimated that, should Reagan run, he would likely drop out. However, he did stay in the race after Reagan's entry, and was one of the early exiters during the Republican primaries. 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989), and the 33rd Governor of the state of California (1967–1975). ...

After the 1980 campaign, Crane's influence rapidly declined. Newt Gingrich, who had been elected to Congress soon after Crane announced his candidacy for president, soon passed him as the leading conservative firebrand in the House. Newton Leroy Gingrich (born June 17, 1943) is an American politician who is best known as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. ...

By the time the Republicans took control of the House in 1994, he was widely seen as merely a "foot soldier" to Republican interests. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...

Crane did have some influence as a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, which handles tax issues. As chairman of its trade subcommittee, he was effective in his efforts to promote his staunch free trade views. However, when the full committee's chairman, Bill Archer of Texas, retired after the 2000 elections, Crane made a bid for the highly coveted post of Ways and Means chairman. He was the committee's most senior member, having been on the panel since 1975. The Committee on Ways and Means is a committee of the United States House of Representatives. ... Free trade is an economic concept referring to the selling of products between countries without tariffs or other trade barriers. ... There are a number of people named Bill Archer: Bill Archer, a politician in the United States Bill Archer, a politician in Manitoba, Canada This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Official language(s) See: Languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 268,581 sq mi (695,622 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

However, due to his alcoholism issues, he was passed over in favor of Bill Thomas of California ^{[citation needed]}. He had to content himself with the vice-chairmanship. Bill Thomas For other people named William Thomas, see William Thomas. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ...

Political defeat

In 2002, Crane's Democratic opponent was business consultant Melissa Bean. A general theme of her campaign was that Crane was out of touch with his constituents. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Melissa Bean Melissa Luburić Bean (born on January 22, 1962) is an American politician of Serbian descent who was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2004. ...

Even some Republicans claimed they had not seen him in decades. He was one of the few congressmen whose Washington, D.C. office lacked a public email address. Despite being dramatically outspent (she received almost no funding from the national level), she surprised both parties by garnering 43% of the vote in a district that supposedly had been redrawn after the 2000 Census to protect Crane (several previous opponents from both parties found their homes drawn out of the 8th and into the neighboring 10th). Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia. ... E-mail, or email, is short for electronic mail and is a method of composing, sending, and receiving messages over electronic communication systems. ... (Redirected from 2000 United States census) The United States 2000 census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. ...

Bean sought a rematch in the 2004 election. Some considered the race unwinnable for Bean, but endorsements from most major Chicagoland newspapers, along with strong support via several liberal blogs and the Democrats' Senate candidate, Barack Obama, helped make her challenge more substantial. Elections to the United States House of Representatives for the 109th Congress were held on November 2, 2004. ... Look up liberal on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Liberal may refer to: Politics: Liberalism American liberalism, a political trend in the USA Political progressivism, a political ideology that is for change, often associated with liberal movements Liberty, the condition of being free from control or restrictions Liberal Party, members of... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Seal of the U.S. Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. ...

She raised as much money as Crane, mostly from individual donors while Crane received most donations from political action committees. Bean defeated Crane by 4 points even as George W. Bush carried the district in the presidential election by the largest margin of any district in the state. In the United States, a political action committee, or PAC, is the name commonly given to a private group organized to elect or defeat government officials in order to promote legislation, often supporting the groups special interests. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American businessman and politician, was elected in 2000 as the 43rd President of the United States of America, re-elected in 2004, and is currently serving his second term in that office. ...