From 1981 to 1983, Crampton was the director of management systems and evaluation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. In 1984, he challenged Gerry E. Studds for the United States House of Representatives seat in Massachusetts's 10th congressional district.http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk From 1989 to 1992, he returned to the EPA as associate administrator for communications. After leaving the EPA, he served as vice president of communications and environmental affairs for Waste Management and vice president of communications for the American Medical Association.
