Dewitt Clinton Cregier
26th Mayor of Chicago
Party:
Democrat
Elected:
April 2, 1889
Defeated John A. Roche (Republican), Charles Orchardson (Socialist) and Ira J. Mason (Prohibition)
Inauguration:
April 15, 1889: Inaugural Address
Term of office:
1889-1891
Birth:
June 1, 1829
New York, NY
Personal:
1853 – Married Miss Mary S. Foggin of New York City, together had 10 children
For 25 years was chief and designing engineer of Chicago Water Department
During Cregier’s term, Chicago captured the World’s Fair, beating out New York, St. Louis and Washington
1894 – Appointed superintendent of the United States Indian Warehouse in Chicago by President Cleveland
Death:
November 9, 1898
Chicago, IL
Gravesite:
Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago
Sources:
Grossman, James R., Ann Durkin Keating, and Janice L. Reiff, editors. Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Chicago Daily Tribune, Nov. 10, 1898, pg. 7.
Chicago Daily Tribune, Nov. 13, 1898, pg. 3