In this story, the Bean farm animals start a bank, and elect their first president, two institutions appearing through the rest of the series.

When Jinx the cat proves uninterested in being a bank officer, John Quincy suggests bringing his father, Grover, from Washington.

The Bean animals realize they must select a popular candidate carefully to avoid the woodpeckers or Simon taking control of the farm.

When Freddy comes for advice later about how to handle the woodpeckers, Whibley comments, "'He couldn’t do a ridiculous thing to save his life.

The animals are “on the whole a good-natured crowd" on election day, but the woodpeckers have schemed to have the votes for Mrs. Wiggins ("W") counted for a party they support "Marcus" ("M", an upsidedown "W").

Thwarted, Grover takes control of the powerful mechanical man (invented in an earlier book).

One review of the time for this book is among the least favorable, reflecting some librarians' dissatisfaction with the speech in the realistic, modern idiom of New York State.

Library Journal (Sept. 15, 1939) "While this is the sixth book in the series, the spontaneous gaiety of the style is unabated, and the author's sly satire never becomes objectionably unchildlike.

These stories have not been so popular as the Dolittle books which they clearly resemble, but libraries where they have a steady following will find this latest volume equal in quality to the others and definitely superior to The Clockwork Twin."

Though stereotyped in situation and commonplace in style, Wiggins for President tells a lively story and one which many young readers, though perhaps the less imaginative ones, will enjoy.

An audio version is available from Recorded Books, read by John McDonough, running six hours (ISBN 978-0-7887-9784-2).