DeWitt Clinton Cregier served as mayor of Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

, Illinois

Illinois

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 (1889–1891) for the Democratic Party. Prior to this he was an engineer with the City of Chicago, and was awarded, in 1875, and in 1876, , both for fire hydrants. The latter was a combination drinking fountain, fire hydrant, and watering basin for animals. The Cregier hydrant is widely seen in old photographs of Chicago.

Cregier was also Master Mason and Grand Master of Masonic Lodge in Wheeling, Illinois which is named after him. He was a fifth great-grandson of Martin Cregier

Martin Cregier

Captain Martin Cregier or Krieger was an early French Huguenot settler of New Amsterdam. He was a prominent citizen of the settlement and served three terms as Burgomaster. Cregier led several successful attacks against the Munsee during the Esopus Wars...

, first Burgomaster

Burgomaster

Burgomaster is the English form of various terms in or derived from Germanic languages for the chief magistrate or chairman of the executive council of a sub-national level of administration...

 of New Amsterdam

New Amsterdam

New Amsterdam was a 17th-century Dutch colonial settlement that served as the capital of New Netherland. It later became New York City....

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One of his great-granddaughters, Terry Emma, recently divorced the current mayor of Geneva, Illinois, Kevin Burns.