41st president?

Question

President Clinton is listed as our 41st president, but only 40 men have held the office. Why?

Answer 1

Cleveland served two terms but not consecutive so he is counted twice.

Answer 2

Another way to say it would be that his was the 41st Presidency. Grover Cleveland served two terms but they were not consecutive. He served a term, was not reelected, then ran again and was elected. His first term and his second are considered two separate presidency's but he is just one of the 40. I hope that made sense.

BTW the other posters are right. The first Bush was 41, Clinton was 42 and the current Bush is 43.

Answer 3

Ahem. Willie was the 42nd POTUS (under the constitution). He was the 41st person to serve as POTUS because Grover Cleveland won (22), lost to Ben Harrison and then won again (24). He is counted twice.

There were other "Presidents" for the Continental Congress 1, CC 2 and the Articles of Confederation.

Answer 4

Bushes father was the 41st President, they refered to him as Bush 41. Clinton 42, Bush 43

Answer 5

You need to look somewhere else for you order of President's. Ronald Regan was the 40th. He was followed by the first President Bush. Clinton was the 42nd.
You should also realize that one President held terms that were seperated by another President. I'll let you look up who yourself. Some number him once, other's twice. Most only count him once. Regan would still be the 40th under the single count system, so again, I don't understand how you came up with Clinton at 41.

Answer 6

George Bush, U.S. President

* Born: 12 June 1924
* Birthplace: Milton, Massachusetts
* Best Known As: President of the United States, 1989-93

George Bush was a former World War II pilot, Texas oil tycoon, Republican congressman, U.N. ambassador and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency before serving as vice president under Ronald Reagan. Promising a "kinder, gentler nation," Bush defeated Michael Dukakis in the 1988 presidential election. In spite of Bush's near-record popularity after military strikes against Panama and a successful war against Iraq, domestic discontent over economic and social issues took their toll, and he lost his bid for re-election in 1992 when he was defeated by Democrat Bill Clinton. Eight years later Bush's son George W. Bush followed Clinton as president after defeating Clinton's vice president, Al Gore, in the elections of 2000.

Bush married Barbara Pierce in January of 1945; they had six children... George Bush is the grandfather of "First Twins" Jenna and Barbara Bush... His son Jeb Bush (brother of George W.) was elected governor of Florida in 1998... Because Bush was the 41st president, he is sometimes referred to as "41," and his son, George W. Bush, is likewise referred to as "43."

Answer 7

Grover Cleveland
Was the >>Twenty-Second President
1885-1889
AND the >>Twenty-Fourth President
1893-1897

Answer 8

Grover Cleveland held office during 2 nonconsecutive terms. He was our 22nd and 24th president. Incidentally, his full name is Stephen Grover Cleveland.


I JUST WRITE WHAT THE OTHERS WRITE EITHER WAY I GET POINTS

Answer 9

Grover Cleveland held office during 2 nonconsecutive terms. He was our 22nd and 24th president. Incidentally, his full name is Stephen Grover Cleveland

Answer 10

First off, he was the 42 president, and I'm assuming you mean people who had held the office up to his term.

The answer is because one of the presidents held two non-consecutive terms.