Grover Cleveland

 On Tuesday night, 45th President of the United States Donald Trump (2017-2021) became only the second man to have served one term, lost his re-election bid, and then get elected to yet another term as President. He defeated in a landslide Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday and was able to repeat his feat from 2016. Better still he not only wins in the Electoral College, he also wins handily in the popular vote - something he didn't do in 2016.

He shares this historical footnote with only one other man, his name is Grover Cleveland who was the 22nd (1885-1889) & 24th (1893-1897) President of the United States. Oh and an interesting footnote here, just as happened with Trump in 2016, Cleveland actually won the popular vote in 1892 and yet lost in the Electoral College to his successor Benjamin Harrison - the 23rd President (1889-1893).

Grover Cleveland

I'm sharing this most recent story I found this morning from Spectrum News. While it appears to have only been published to YouTube a day ago just from the way they were talking it had to have been produced before Election Day 2024. [VIDEO]

And we're going back to Mr. Beat who had a look at the 1888 and 1892 presidential races.

In 1888, Democrat Grover Cleveland was the incumbent President and he had been defeated by Republican Benjamin Harrison. [VIDEO]

And then the 1892 race where President Cleveland in turn defeats incumbent President Harrison to return to the White House [VIDEO] 

In 2024, the situation was slightly different. Before July 2024 Trump was poised for a rematch against incumbent Democrat 46th President Joe Biden. However, under some severe pressure President Biden dropped out of the race and in his place was his Vice President Kamala Harris. She was able to secure the Democratic Presidential nomination shortly before the August Democratic Convention in Chicago.

On Nov. 5, 2024, Republican Donald Trump was elected the 47th President defeating Democrat Harris. Vice President Harris was poised to become the first Black woman President.