Carlyle Wohlbrook Crane (July 21, 1914 - February 22, 1992) was a Republican Party politician who served as the Mayor of Plainfield, New Jersey and as a member of the New Jersey General Assembly.
In 1956, State Senator Kenneth Hand resigned to become a Superior Court Judge.
Crane became a candidate to fill Hand's unexpired term.
He lost a hotly contested Republican Primary to Elizabeth Daily Journal publisher Robert C. Crane by 5,333 votes, with Assemblyman G. Clifford Thomas finishing 3,870 votes behind him.
He is buried at the Hillside Cemetery in Scotch Plains.