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Donald Trump and Grover Cleveland are the only US presidents in history to serve non-consecutive terms
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Donald Trump and Grover Cleveland are the only US presidents in history to serve non-consecutive terms

President-elect Donald Trump succeeded in the early morning hours of Wednesday, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential race for the White House.

Trump will take office for a second term in January.

The only other presidential candidate in history to win the presidency back to back was Grover Cleveland, who was elected as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States.

Split photo of Grover Cleveland and Donald Trump

With Donald Trump winning the presidency, he became the second president in US history who did not serve consecutively. The first was Grover Cleveland. (Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images I Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Cleveland was born into a large family, one of nine children. New JerseyHe grew up in New York, according to WhiteHouse.gov.

The former president studied law and became an attorney before entering public office as mayor of Buffalo in 1881, according to WhiteHouse.gov.

Cleveland became the Democratic nominee for U.S. president in 1884, while serving as governor of New York. He later became the first president elected by the Democrats. civil war, He defeated his Republican opponent, Senator James G. Blaine of Maine.

He faced criticism during his first term in office for vetoing private pension bills for Civil War veterans, according to NPR.

Grover Cleveland sitting at home

Grover Cleveland became the first president in US history to win non-consecutive terms in the White House. (Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

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He also vetoed a bill during his first term that would have provided Texas farmers with $10,000 in federal funding to pay for seed grain, according to the New York Post.

According to the Associated Press, Cleveland called on Congress to reduce high protective tariffs resulting from the Civil War and signed the Interstate Commerce Act in 1887, which established federal regulation of an industry for the first time through regulation of railroads, according to NPR.

Frances Folsom, who was 21 at the time, became First Lady alongside him during his first term in office. Marriage to Cleveland. To date, Cleveland is the only president to marry in the White House.

An illustration of the wedding of Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsom

President Cleveland and Frances Folsom were married at the White House on June 2, 1886. (Getty Images)

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Four years after becoming president, Cleveland was up for re-election. He campaigned against Republican Benjamin Harrison but was unsuccessful in his bid to return to the White House.

Cleveland won the popular vote but lost Electoral College To his Republican rival.

“He started the race without a campaign manager, turning over most of his electioneering responsibilities to his running mate, Allen Thurman, who, at age 74, was not healthy enough to withstand the rigors of the campaign, and built the entire race around him,” presidential historian Troy Senik told History.com. He said the drop proposal divided his Democratic Party and united Republicans in opposition.

There was a rematch between Cleveland and Harrison in 1892, in which Cleveland emerged victorious, making him the first person to return to the White House for a non-consecutive term.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton 2016 debate

The 2016 presidential election was a battle between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. (Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images)

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Cleveland was the only president to hold this distinction until Trump achieved a similar feat.

Trump was first elected president in 2016, defeating his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. Trump lost the popular vote but won the electoral votes to win the presidential race.

Trump’s success stems from his business background as a real estate developer rather than politics.

In July 2016, Trump accepted the offer. Republican presidential nomination, He was elected on November 8, 2016 and took office on January 20, 2017.

His first term in office included policies such as tax cuts, energy independence, military expansion, improving health care for veterans and securing the southern border.

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris

Vice President Harris became the Democratic nominee after President Biden ended his bid for a second term in the White House. (Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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In his first term, Trump appointed federal judges, including three U.S. Supreme Court justices, and signed legislation creating the Space Force, the first new armed service since 1947, according to the U.S. Department of Defense website.

In 2020, Trump faced Democratic rival Joe Biden for the White House and lost the election.

Trump, who was suspended from the presidency for years, started a campaign for re-election. He announced his third candidacy in the days after the 2022 midterm elections and started two more runs. years of campaign.

Initially, Trump and Biden were again campaigning against each other. However, in July 2024, now-President Biden announced that he was ending his re-election bid and endorsed his vice president, Harris, as the Democratic nominee.

Donald and Melania Trump greet guests at Mar-a-Lago

Trump spoke to supporters early Wednesday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Trump beat Harris To become the president-elect in the 2024 presidential elections. Trump is currently the 45th and 47th president of the United States.

“I want to thank all of you very much,” Trump said in his speech to the American people in the early hours of Wednesday morning, following the Election Day results. he said. “This is amazing. These are our friends. We have thousands of friends in this incredible movement. This is a movement that no one has ever seen before; I believe it is the greatest political movement of all time.”

“I want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honor of being elected the 47th president,” Trump continued. “And to every citizen, I will fight for you, for your family, and for your future. I will fight for you every day. And with every breath in my body, I will not rest until I deliver the strong, safe, and prosperous America that our children deserve and that you deserve, too.”