5. HAROLD STASSEN started out as a prodigy, becoming the youngest governor of Minnesota at age 31. He ended up as a joke, running for the Republican presidential nomination nine times and coming up empty.
Even so, he chalked up some impressive accomplishments, including appointing the first black officer in his state's National Guard and signing the United Nations Charter, one of eight Americans to do so.
6. Just one man, Franklin D. Roosevelt, has been American voters' choice for president more than once according to history books. But GROVER CLEVELAND did capture the most votes in three consecutive elections: 1884, 1888 and 1892.
Unfortunately for Cleveland, Republican Benjamin Harrison grabbed more electoral votes and the presidency in 1888. Cleveland had to settle for being the only president to serve nonconsecutive terms.
--Cooter
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