US Elections 2024: Has any president served two non-consecutive terms?

The 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump, is running for the second term inthe November 5 election.

The man, who is accused of making efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, has called his time out of the president's office only a "pause".

This is not the first time a president of a country has launched a comeback campaign. Some of the presidents in the past have made efforts to go back to the White House, but many of them have failed.

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Some of these presidents were Martin Van Buren in 1844 and 1848; Millard Fillmore in 1856;Ulysses S. Grantin 1880; andTeddy Rooseveltin 1912.

However, Democrat Grover Cleveland became the only president who served nonconsecutive terms from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897.

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Cleveland's second non-consecutive presidential term

Stephen “Grover” Cleveland was not making plans to run again for the presidential office after he left office.

He was defeated by Republican Benjamin Harrison in the 1888 presidential election and also faced allegations of carrying out voting irregularities.

Grover Cleveland Presidential Library's spokesperson, Louis Picone, said that Cleveland loved fishing at his house in Cape Cod and liked spending time with the family.

Just like Trump, Cleveland made the decision to run for president's office again after the midterm elections.

Cleveland's supporters encouraged him to run for elections, after the midterm polls hinted at a repudiation of the then-President BenjaminHarrison.

Under the administration of Harrison, Congress got the nickname of the “billion-dollar Congress” since for the first time a billion dollars were spent.

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Cleveland had the reputation of being a fiscal conservative who was dedicated to reducing public spending, solidifying the gold standard and lowering tariffs.

Cleveland did not need to campaign very hard and easily got the nomination of his party and also won the elections.

However, during his second time in office, he had to face the worst economic depression of 1893 in the United States. But later “he regained stature as an elder statesman and a throwback to an earlier time,” said Picone.

It remains unknown if Trump will follow the success of Cleveland in 2024 and come back for a second term or if he will face a defeat like many others.

(With inputs from agencies)