Grover Cleveland was the first (and only) US President to win election to nonconsecutive terms. He lost his bid for re-election in 1888 but came back to win in 1892 when he defeated the incumbent Benjamin Harrison. Thus he both preceded and succeeded Harrison as president and is so counted as both the 22nd and 24th presidents. Cleveland's two terms were from March 4, 1885 to March 4, 1889, and from 1893 to 1897.
According to the records, we have had 44 presidents, but really we have only had 43 people as president. Grover Clevland served two non-consecutive terms as president
Two terms served but not right in a row.
He is the only American president to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents. He served two non-consecutive terms as president between 1885-1889 and 1893-1897.
The 22nd and 24th Presidents were the same man. Grover Cleveland served as the 22nd President from 1885 to 1889, and he served again as the 24th President from 1893 to 1897. Benjamin Harrison served in the interim as the 23rd President from 1889 to 1893.Grover Cleveland is the only President to have served two non-consecutive terms.
While George W. Bush is the 43rd President, we have only had 42. The discrepancy is due to the fact that Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms. He was the 22nd and 24th President.
42 Pres, one president had two non consecutive terms
Grover Cleveland had both of these distinctions.
Grover Cleveland.
42 different men have served as President of the U.S.; George W. Bush is the 43rd President, however, because Grover Cleveland was given separate ordinals (22nd and 24th) for his non-consecutive terms.
(Stephen) Grover Cleveland is the only US president to serve non consecutive terms. He served as the 22nd and 24th President of the United States. His first term of office ran from 1885 to 1889. He was defeated by Benjamin Harrison in 1888 and then defeated Harrison in 1992 and so served again 1893-1897.Grover Cleveland he was president before and after Benjamin Harrison.Also, although all of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's terms were consecutive, he technically served two nonconsecutive terms -- his first term and third term were not consecutive.
As of November 2011, there are 44. Technically, there are 43 because Grover Cleveland was elected to 2 non-consecutive terms.
43 so far. All US presidents have to be citizens. The current president is the 43rd person to be US president. He is called the 44th president because Cleveland served non-consecutive terms and is both the 22nd and the 24th.