Biden vs. Trump the sequel is unprecedented in the modern era. But November's presidential race featuring President Joe Biden against former President Donald Trump — which is now official with both having clinched their parties' nominations — is actually a political movie the country has seen before.
Before the 2020 election rematch between Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump, there were only six other times in U.S. history when the same two candidates confronted each other twice in races for the White House. How does the Biden-Trump sequel stack up to history?FILE - In this combination of photos, President Joe Biden, left, speaks on Aug. 10, 2023, in Salt Lake City, and former President Donald Trump speaks on June 13, 2023, in Bedminster, N.J.
There are other examples of presidential race rematches, but they occurred far earlier in U.S. history. Then there was John Adams, a Federalist who was the nation’s second president, and Thomas Jefferson, its third and a Democratic-Republican. Both vied for the presidency during the first-ever contested presidential election to succeed George Washington in 1796, with Adams winning and Jefferson elected vice president. Four years later, Jefferson ran against and beat the incumbent Adams.Grover Cleveland is the lone president in U.S. history to serve two non-consecutive terms.
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