Six years later he returned to Hearst as circulation manager and assistant publisher for the Boston Record and American.
[1][2] In October 1933, fire commissioner Edward F. McLaughlin resigned in order to support Frederick Mansfield for Mayor.
[1][2] In February 1934, Curley, now Governor of Massachusetts, removed Joseph J. Leonard from the office of police commissioner and replaced him with McSweeney.
[1] In December 1937, Hurley appointed Paul G. Kirk Sr. to a judgeship on the Suffolk County Superior Court and chose McSweeney to replace him as Public Safety Commissioner.
[1] However, due to serious illness, John F. Stokes served as acting commissioner from December 1941 until McSweeney's resignation in March 1943.