"Another riproaring comedy of the Sweeney series, in which the hod carrier dreams he is elected president. A good long laugh and then a roar." 16 July 1913 Comedy 16 mins
While many men think they can manage a hotel, a theater, or a newspaper, they are in the minority compared with those low-browed addle-pates who believe they could run the government.
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Lillian Leighton as Mrs. Sweeney
Joseph Hazelton as The Secretary of War
Lafe McKee as The Mayor
William Stowell as Member of the Cabinet
Edwin Wallock as Member of the Cabinet
John Lancaster as Patrick Sweeney
Palmer Bowman as Ward Boomer
Thomas Flynn as Member of the Cabinet
Maxwell Sargent as Member of the Cabinet
United States 16 July 1913
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