Stephen Grover Cleveland is the only president to serve 2 non-consecutive terms. Even though he won the popular vote in the elections of 1884, 1888, and 1892, he lost the electoral college vote in 1888. It you have ever wondered why our current president is the 45th President, but there are only 44 men who have served as President, here is your answer: Cleveland occupies 2 discontinuous spots, as both the 22d and the 24th President of the United States.
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