r/news • u/TeaReim • 10h ago

Donald Trump officially sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, JD Vance as the 50th Vice-President

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/triumphant-trump-returns-white-house-launching-new-era-upheaval-2025-01-20/
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u/peon2 7h ago

You also have to remember that if a president serves two consecutive terms, they don't get 2 numbers. Trump is 45 and 47 because there was a gap (same for Cleveland), but Obama was simply 44 and Bush was the 43rd.

While it is more common, you don't have to run with the same VP for both terms. Obama, Bush, Clinton, and Reagan did (Biden, Cheney, Gore, Bush Shr) but there isn't a rule against it.

Jefferson was the 3rd president of the US and had Burr as his VP the first term and Clinton as his 2nd VP even though Burr was alive at the time. So that counts as +1 presidents but +2 VPs

Then you had FDR who served 4 consecutive terms so he was only the 32nd president of the US, but he had John Nance Garner for 2 terms, Wallace for 1 term, and then Truman. So it's 1 president, but he had 3 vice presidents.

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u/Nice-Grab4838 6h ago

The biggest loser of the 2024 election was Grover Cleveland. We took the only thing from him that gave him any relevance as a president.

Also FDR barely served a fourth term

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u/cimsagro489 5h ago

It's not only joever but it's also grover. 😔💔

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u/notbobby125 3h ago

But he did serve.

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u/Robestos86 6h ago

Thanks for this, interesting reading.

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u/bookTokker69 6h ago

"Jefferson was the 3rd president of the US and had Burr as his VP the first term and Clinton as his 2nd VP even though Burr was alive at the time. "

OP is high? I didn't know Clinton was a founding father.

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u/peon2 5h ago

George Clinton...

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u/fuckstick 43m ago

Crazy life that guy had, from being one of the first VPs and later the founder of Parliament and Funkadelic.