Janet Blair as Katie Bower; Walter Brennan as Renssaeler Bower; Wally Cox as Wampler; John Davidson as Joe Carder; Richard Deacon as Charlie Wrenn; Buddy Ebsen as Calvin Bower; Kurt Russell as Sidney Bower; Lesley Ann Warren as Alice Bower; Steve Harmon as Ernie Stubbins; Debbie Smith as Lulu Bower; Bobby Riha as Mayo Bower; Jon Walmsley as Quinn Bower; Smith Wordes as Nettie Bower; Heidi Rook as Rose Bower; Goldie Hawn as Giggly Girl
Rating
NR (Not Rated)
Cinematography
Frank V. Phillips
Language
English
Plot
The Bower Family Band petitions the Democratic National Committee to sing a Grover Cleveland rally song at the 1888 convention, but decide instead to move to the Dakota territory on the urging of a suitor to their eldest daughter. There, Grampa Bower causes trouble with his pro-Cleveland ideas, as Dakota residents are overwhelmingly Republican, and hope to get the territory admitted as two states (North and South Dakota) rather than one in order to send four Republican senators to Washington. Cleveland opposed this plan, refusing to refer to Congress the plan to organize the Dakotas this way. When Cleveland wins the popular vote, but Harrison the presidency due to the electoral college votes, the Dakotans (particularly the feuding young couple) resolve to live together in peace, and Cleveland grants statehood to the two Dakotas before he leaves office (along with two Democrat-voting states, evening the gains for both parties).
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