Elvin Williamson Crane (October 20, 1853 – January 9, 1909) was an American lawyer and Democratic party politician from New Jersey.

He began his study of law in the offices of Joseph P. Bradley, who would later serve on the United States Supreme Court, and Gustavus N. Abeel, later prosecutor of the pleas of Essex County.

He was reappointed by Governor George Theodore Werts, serving until 1899.

He faced the Republican candidate Foster MacGowan Voorhees, who was serving as acting governor after the appointment of John W. Griggs as United States Attorney General.

Voorhees accused the Democrats of corruption, claiming that Crane was the tool of the party boss, United States Senator James Smith, Jr. Voorhees defeated Crane by a vote of 164,051 to 158,552.