Bush has nicknames for everyone, for his dad it's 41, as in the 41st president and 42 for Clinton. That would make us electing the 44th president next Tuesday right? Not quite.
The number assigned to each president is in conjunction with the new president to take office not terms, if it were terms we would be at 55. Grover Cleveland was president from 1885-89 and again from 1893-97 making him the 22nd and 24th president with Benjamin Harrison in between but this is just a matter of non-consecutive terms. By those standards George Washington was out 1st and 2nd and Thomas Jefferson was our 4th and 5th. Since we're putting asterisks on everything else lets add one here as well.
So good luck next week as we elect our 43rd president.
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