Thu. Nov 28th, 2024

By DEEPTI HAJELA, Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) – In the list of U.S. presidents, several have been elected by voters to serve more than one term, with Donald Trump joining the group as the 45th president and now also the 47th. But only one other U.S. president did it the way Trump will: with a four-year gap between terms.

That was Grover Cleveland, who was the 22nd president after the 1884 election and the 24th after the 1892 campaign.

Former President Donald Trump returns to the White House after claiming victory Wednesday morning (AP Photo/Evan Vucci).

Cleveland was governor of New York when he was elected Democratic Party candidate for president in 1884. He was “seen as the epitome of responsibility and stability,” said Daniel Klinghard, professor of political science at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass.

A narrow victory in the popular vote gave him enough votes in the Electoral College to be named president. Four years later, although he again had a slight lead in the popular vote, he lost the Electoral College recount to Republican Benjamin Harrison.

However, Cleveland remained well regarded by the public. He won both the popular and electoral votes in 1892.

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