> Who was the first and only U.S. President to serve non-consecutive terms?And the answer: Grover Cleveland.Photo credit: whitehouse.gov.Serving two terms in the late 1800s, GroverCleveland was the 22nd and the 24th President of the United States. Betweenterms, he worked at a law firm, and his wife gave birth to their famous firstdaughter, named Baby Ruth.Grover Cleveland joined politics at a critical time in United States history.The son of a Presbyterian minister and one of nine children in his family,Cleveland was born in New Jersey and raised in New York State, where much of hiscareer took place. Cleveland's politics were quickly recognized as"no-nonsense"— he used his veto power extensively in mayoral and gubernatorialpositions to block unnecessary spending and corruption. For an American publicexhausted by the scandals of Gilded Age politicians, Cleveland was a breath offresh air. Cleveland's first presidency was marked by the same no-nonsense attitude towardspending and unjust spoils systems around the White House. Once again,Cleveland’s rejection of wasteful and corrupt measures endeared the president tocitizens who admired his honesty and courage. Cleveland also received credit fortwo of the more significant measures enacted by the federal government in the1880s: the Interstate Commerce Act (1887), which established the firstregulatory agency in the United States, and the Dawes General Allotment Act(1887), which redistributed Native American reservation land to individual tribemembers.Cleveland ran for reelection in 1888. While he won a majority of the popularvote, he lost the electoral college vote to Benjamin Harrison, who enjoyedlavish campaign contributions from business interests in the battleground statesof New York and Indiana. For the next four years of Harrison's presidency,Cleveland returned to New York to work at a prominent law firm. Yet, when theRepublican-dominated congress enacted a tariff which quickly drained thetreasury surplus, the path to a 1892 Democratic win seemed clear. Cleveland wonhis party’s nomination for the third consecutive time and then soundly defeatedHarrison and Populist Party candidate James B. Weaver by 277 electoral votes toHarrison’s 145, making Cleveland the only president ever elected todiscontinuous terms.Learn more about Grover Cleveland here[https://explorethearchive.com/grover-cleveland-facts].