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Show WHAT NUMBER? The fact-that Grover Cleveland was elected to the presidency twice, with an interval ot four year, between his two terms, has resulted in a contus,,.,, i mmiberinir the presidents of the I lined State,. When Cleveland was elected the first tune, he w, designated the twenty-second president. Then Il.ir-rion Il.ir-rion wa elected in ls, and he was the twenty third pre-ide.it. I., Cleveland was agau, P elected president: and a great many people, m- J eluding several encyclopedias, have reterred to h:.u as the twentv-fourth president also. . Eight other presidents filled two term- in the officcm they were all .u-ees.ivc terms. Wat ington, JetTer.on. Madison. Monroe. Jackson. Lm-eoln. Lm-eoln. Grant and McKiniey were each elected twice, while Tyler. Fillmore. Johnson. Arthur and Boo.e-velt Boo.e-velt each succeeded to the presidency on the dealt, of the president. It will be seen, therefore, that it is not practicable to number the presidents y-conling y-conling to the terms they served, for William Henrv Harrison served only a very short tune. There have been thirty terms of the presidency . since the republic was inaugurated. It Washington Washing-ton was not the first and second president, then how can Cleveland be the twenty-second and twenty-fourth presidents That is the difficulty which those who delight in difficulties have presented to the people for solution. The result of the discrcp- i, aney is that Mr. Taft will be the twenty-sixth individual in-dividual to occupy the presidential chair, but will bo called the twenty-seventh president. It would seem more reasonable to refer to Mr. Taft as the twenty-sixth president, and to Mr. Cleveland as the twenty-second president, with a second term. Of course, it docs not make any difference, dif-ference, so far us the government is concerned. The numbering of the presidents not any part of officialdom; it is merely a popular way of designating des-ignating them. Nevertheless, the fact remains that Taft will be the twenty-sixth person to occupy the i presidential office, even if he is. popularly desig- 4. natcd as the twenty-seventh. i |