stackyFACTSGrover Cleveland is the reason US presidential numbering is completely messed up. He won the election in 1884, lost his re-election bid in 1888, and then just stubbornly ran again in 1892 and won. Thanks to his sheer refusal to accept a career change, he is officially counted as both the 22nd and 24th president.
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