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He was one of only two presidents to be elected to serve non-consecutive terms. [b] Cleveland was elected mayor of Buffalo in 1881 and governor of New York in 1882. While governor, he closely cooperated with state assembly minority leader Theodore Roosevelt to pass reform measures, winning national attention. [1]
Grover Cleveland, the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms, was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States. He won the presidential elections of 1884 and 1892.
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.
Since 1789, he said, only seven of 31 presidents served consecutive terms until Roosevelt, who was elected to a fourth term in 1944, and began that term before he died in 1945.
FDR’s four terms in office helped inspire the 22nd Amendment in the first place. The amendment, ratified in 1951, came after Roosevelt had been elected four consecutive times, from 1932 to 1944.
Trump isn't first to be second: Grover Cleveland set precedent of non-consecutive presidential terms By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — On the list of U.S. presidents, several have been tapped by voters to serve for more than one term, with Donald Trump joining the group as the 45th president and now the 47th, too.
2 presidents served as president of the United States for two non-consecutive terms, Grover Cleveland and Donald Trump. 2 presidents served as party leaders of the House of Representatives, James A. Garfield and Gerald Ford. 1 president served as an ordained minister, serving as a pastor in the Disciples of Christ (Christian) Church, James A ...
Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States, joining Grover Cleveland as only the second president to serve two non-consecutive terms.