Braingle: 'Which President?' Brain Teaser

Which President?

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Puzzle ID:	#44033
Fun:	(2.58)
Difficulty:	(1.72)
Category:	Logic
Submitted By:	perrygf

Grover Cleveland was the 22nd president of the United States. He was succeeded by Benjamin Harrison. Cleveland was then elected the 24th president, succeeding Harrison. Therefore, Cleveland, on his second election, succeeded his own successor. Which was the only other United States president to succeed his own successor?

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Comments

Nerine Feb 01, 2009	Yay, first comment. Thought so, it made sense. Good teaser!
omgland Feb 02, 2009	That twisted my mind - it was really easy at the end, but I just couldn't understand!! Great teaser.
cacepc Feb 02, 2009	Difficult. Easy, once I peeked at the answer. I didn't even get the hint. A very good teaser!
markmonnin Feb 03, 2009	I had to think about this for a minute after seeing the answer to understand it. So he succeeded his successor before he was even succeeded. It just happened that his successor was the person he succeeded, so technically he succeeded his successor. It makes sense, but it's pretty tricky!
chocoholic94 Feb 03, 2009	Good job! It really made me think!
tommysmo Feb 04, 2009	Good one!
bradon182001 Feb 11, 2009	Very clever, you got me. Thanks for posting.
pating Feb 12, 2009	There's something tricky about this one. When Harrison became president, we still don't know who will be his successor. So at that time, we can't say he succeeded his own successor.
eamon Feb 17, 2009	Great! Loved it.
JasonD Jan 31, 2012	What about Peyton Randolph and Henry Middleton?