He married Gertrude Craven, from Montreal, and they had a daughter Dorothy Braddock Crane.

He was a judge of the Kings County Court from 1902 to 1906, elected on the Fusion ticket headed by Seth Low for Mayor of New York City.

[2] He was a justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1907 to 1920, elected on the Republican ticket.

He retired from the bench at the end of 1939 when he reached the constitutional age limit of 70 years.

His sister Ida Elizabeth Crane was married to Judge Edwin Louis Garvin.