Pete Sullivan

Pete Sullivan was the father of Mike and Charlie Sullivan. He and his wife, Bridget were devout Irish Catholics, and were less than thrilled when Mike began dating the Italian Stella Morandini. They felt worse when Charlie dated the Jewish Hungarian-born Esther Polgar. Nonetheless, each son married their respective girlfriends in the 1930s, against the backdrop of the first two terms of Joe Steele's presidency.

In 1937, after Mike Sullivan had been convicted for wrecking, Pete and Bridget pleaded with Charlie, who had connections to the Steele Administration, to find a way to save him. Perversely, Charlie also had the bittersweet announcement that Esther was pregnant.