Stephen Crane | |
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| Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly | |
| In office 1770–1772 | |
| Governor | William Franklin |
| Preceded by | Cortlandt Skinner |
| Succeeded by | Cortlandt Skinner |
| Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the Essex County district | |
| In office 1766–1775 Serving with John Ogden, Henry Garritse | |
| Member of New Jersey Legislative Council | |
| In office 1776–1778 | |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | Abraham Clark |
| In office 1779–1780 | |
| Preceded by | Abraham Clark |
| Succeeded by | James Caldwell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1709 Elizabethtown, New Jersey |
| Died | July 1, 1780 Elizabethtown, New Jersey |
| Resting place | First Presbyterian Churchyard, Elizabeth |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Phebe |
Stephen Crane (1709 – July 1, 1780) was an American politician from Elizabethtown (present-day Elizabeth, New Jersey) who was a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1776 and signed the Continental Association. He also served in the Provincial Congress of New Jersey, New Jersey General Assembly and New Jersey Legislative Council. Stephen did not attend the next Congress in Philadelphia as he needed to attend to divisions in his own state between East Jersey and West Jersey. He felt deeply about the taxes that Britain had imposed upon the Colonies and had made sure of his protest upon his journey to England with Matthias Hatfield.