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Eminence_grizzly t1_jdmis3i wrote

Were there any precedents in US history when a president lost after one term in office and then tried to run again in four years?

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Historical_Exchange t1_jdmjvkb wrote

Tried and won

"Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms."

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Elmcroft1096 t1_jdnahkt wrote

Cleveland's wife is reported to have said to the wife of Benjamin Harrison (the 23rd President) "don't change the drapes or furnishings, we'll be back in 4 years" when Cleveland's term as the 22nd President ended.

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jezreelite t1_jdmluct wrote

Theodore Roosevelt comes close. He spent two terms in office, resigned, and then ran a third time in 1912, but lost.

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