The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
The job of 38th Ward alderman is called the “Cullerton seat” because a Cullerton has served in the Chicago City Council for 111 of the last 143 years. But they’ll have to find a new nickname.
There's more:
He’s a former first deputy buildings commissioner whose powerful political family has represented one ward or another almost continuously since shortly before the Chicago Fire of 1871. His father was the longtime aldermen. His sister is the ward’s Democratic committeeman.
Cullerton is a descendant of Edward Cullerton, one of Chicago’s original settlers. The family’s political fortunes stretch back to 1871, when saloon keeper Edward “Foxy” Cullerton was elected to the City Council.
The great moments of inbred Chicago.
