What is John Sergeant Cram?
'''John Sergeant Cram, Sr.''' (1852-1936) was the [[New York Public Service Commission|Head of the New York Public Service Commission]].<ref name=appoint>{{cite news |title=T.H. Whitney To Get Cram's 5-Year Job. Gov. Whitman Announces He Will Make Secretary a P.S. Commissioner |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0D11F6355C13738DDDAA0894DA405B868DF1D3 |quote=Governor Whitman announced tonight that he would appoint Travis H. Whitney as successor to J. Sergeant Cram, whose term of office on the Public Service Commission for the First District expired yesterday. |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=February 3, 1916 |access-date=2013-11-22 }}</ref> ==Biography== Cram was born in 1852 in New York to Henry A. Cram and Catherine Sergeant. He attended the [[St. Paul's School (New Hampshire)|St. Paul School]] in [[Concord, New Hampshire]] and then [[Harvard University]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=John Sergeant Cram |encyclopedia=New York State's Prominent and Progressive Men |year=1902 |page=77 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IodQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA77 }}</ref> He was appointed as the head of the [[New York Public Service Commission]] by [[Charles Seymour Whitman]] from 1911 to 1916. In 1916 he was replaced by [[Travis H. Whitney]].<ref name=appoint/> He married [[Edith Claire Bryce]]. He died in 1936. His widow died in 1960.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mrs. J. S. Cram Of Peace House. Founder of Pacifist Group Dies. Urged Roosevelt to Mediate in World War II |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9403E6DF143DE333A2575AC2A9649C946191D6CF |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=February 29, 1960 |access-date=2015-09-28 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cram, John Sergeant}} [[Category:1851 births]] [[Category:1936 deaths]] [[Category:Harvard University alumni]]