Roscoe C. Cranor

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Roscoe C. Cranor

|image = Roscoe C. Cranor.webp

|caption = Cranor in 1938

|image_size = 150

|birth_name = Roscoe Carlisle Cranor

|birth_date = {{birth date|1880|02|17}}

|birth_place = Missouri, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|1965|03|05|1880|02|17}}

|office1 = Member of the Louisiana State Senate

|term_start1 = 1935

|term_end1 = 1940

|preceded1 = Cecil Morgan

|party = Democratic

}}

Roscoe Carlisle Cranor (February 17, 1880 – March 5, 1965) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate.{{Cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/Documents/SenateMembership1880ForwardRevisedMar2011.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana Senate: 1880 - Present|first=Arthur|last=McEnany|work=Louisiana State Senate|date=January 2008|access-date=June 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225225646/http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/Documents/SenateMembership1880ForwardRevisedMar2011.pdf|archive-date=December 25, 2015|url-status=live|via=Wayback Machine}}

Life and career

Cranor was born in Missouri.U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. (via Ancestry) He was a locomotive engineer.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/213079413/|title=2-Year State Terms Urged: Richardson Suggests Change-3 Labor Bills|work=Weekly Town Talk|location=Alexandria, Louisiana|date=May 28, 1938|access-date=June 20, 2024|page=12|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}

Cranor served in the Louisiana State Senate from 1935 to 1940.

Cranor died{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-shreveport-journal-roscoe-c-cranor/40878342/|title=Roscoe C. Cranor, Retired Engineer, Succumbs at 85|work=The Shreveport Journal|location=Shreveport, Louisiana|date=March 5, 1965|access-date=June 20, 2024|page=22|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} on March 5, 1965, at the age of 85.

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