What is DeWitt Clinton Cregier?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = DeWitt Clinton Cregier |image = DeWitt Clinton Cregier old portrait.jpg |image_size = 150px |height = 5 ft. 7 in. |birth_date = {{birth date|1829|6|1}} |birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1898|11|9|1829|6|1}} |death_place = Chicago, Illinois, [[United States]] |residence = Chicago and St. Charles, Illinois |office = Mayor of Chicago |order = 31st |term_start = 1889 |term_end = 1891 |predecessor = [[John A. Roche]] |successor = [[Hempstead Washburne]] |party = Democrat |religion = |spouse = Mary Sophia Foggin |children = Ten (2 daughters, 8 sons) |website = }} '''DeWitt Clinton Cregier''' (June 1, 1829 &ndash; November 9, 1898) was an [[Americans|American]] politician. He was the mayor of [[Chicago, Illinois]] from 1889 to 1891. He was a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]. Cregier was born on June 1, 1829 in [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dccregier81.org/historycregier.html |title=Biography for DeWitt Clinton Cregier (1829-1898) |access-date=2012-12-05 |archive-date=2012-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402194129/http://www.dccregier81.org/historycregier.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was married to Mary Sophia Foggin. They had ten children. Cregier died on November 9, 1898 in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] from [[pneumonia]], aged 69. He is buried in [[Rosehill Cemetery]] in [[Lincoln Square, Chicago]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Chicago Mayors}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cregier, DeWitt Clinton}} [[Category:1829 births]] [[Category:1898 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] [[Category:Burials at Rosehill Cemetery]] [[Category:Mayors of Chicago]] [[Category:Politicians from New York City]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]]