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The wedding occurred on June 2, 1886, in the Blue Room at the White House. Cleveland was 49 years old at the time; Frances was 21. [165] He was the second president to wed while in office [c] and remains the only president to marry in the White House.
The House of Representatives took quick action, approving a proposed constitutional amendment (House Joint Resolution 27) setting a limit of two four-year terms for future presidents. Introduced by Earl C. Michener , the measure passed 285–121, with support from 47 Democrats, on February 6, 1947. [ 17 ]
Trump is the second U.S. president to win reelection to serve a second, nonconsecutive term in the White House. The only other president to do so was Grover Cleveland, the 22nd U.S. president.
While Trump will be the second president to serve non-consecutive terms, there are others who were unsuccessful in their attempts to return to the White House after spending time as former presidents.
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]
In a blurb, the New York tabloid called it a “runaway election” and noted that Trump is “the second man in American history to win the White House in nonconsecutive terms,” after Grover ...
Presidential term Reason for leaving office Year of election Office Result Notes John Quincy Adams: 1825–1829: Defeated in the general election [10] 1830–1846 (9 elections) U.S. House of Representatives: Won: Only former president to serve in the House, served until his 1848 death. 1833: Governor of Massachusetts: Lost [11] Continued in ...
Grover Cleveland was president of the United States first from March 4, 1885, to March 4, 1889, and then from March 4, 1893, to March 4, 1897. The first Democrat elected after the Civil War, Cleveland is one of only two U.S. presidents to leave office after one term and later be elected for a second term, [a] and the only one to date to have served two full non-consecutive terms.