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Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 2024. [3] The Republican Party's ticket—Donald Trump, who was the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021, and JD Vance, the junior U.S. senator from Ohio—defeated the Democratic Party's ticket—Kamala Harris, the incumbent vice president, and Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota.
Then, on Nov. 5, Trump swept the presidential election to become the first person to win two non-consecutive White House terms since Grover Cleveland in 1892.
Trump is the oldest person to be elected to the presidency and will be the oldest president in American history by the end of his term. He will also become the second president to serve a non-consecutive term after Grover Cleveland. [18] Trump campaigned on vastly expanding the authority of the executive branch over the federal government. [19]
Trump, upon taking office, will be the second president in U.S. history to serve non-consecutive terms after Grover Cleveland in 1893, [15] the oldest individual to assume the presidency, and the first convicted felon to serve the presidency following his conviction in May 2024. [16]
Trump's nomination of Stefanik, a longtime congressional ally, is his first cabinet pick after being reelected Tuesday for a second, nonconsecutive term in the White House.
February 13: Trump is acquitted by the Senate, maintaining his eligibility for a non-consecutive re-election bid. April 26: The apportionment figures of the 2020 census are released, determining the distribution of electoral votes for the 2024 and 2028 elections. June 26: Trump begins a series of campaign-style rallies. [4]
“I want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honor of being elected your 47th president and your 45th president,” said Trump, only the second president to win a nonconsecutive term.
The length of a full four-year presidential term of office usually amounts to 1,461 days (three common years of 365 days plus one leap year of 366 days). If the last day is included, all numbers would be one day more, except Grover Cleveland would have two more days, as he served two non-consecutive terms. [a]