How many terms can a person serve as president...?

Question

I always thought it was 2 terms, but I heard F.D.R. was in office 12 years, which if your good at math, and know how long is a presidenctaul term, then you would know thats 3 terms, so how long is it, and if it is 2, when did it change from whatever it was, to what it is now

Answer 1

And do you know why he served more than two terms?
And do you know who else has also snuck in some extra years?

When elected, the President serves a term of four years. At most, a President may serve two terms.

NOTE: Before 1951, the President could serve as many terms as he wanted. However, every President had followed George Washington’s example of stepping down after two terms. Franklin D. Roosevelt broke with tradition. Roosevelt successfully ran for office four times. Early in his fourth term, in 1945, he died. Six years later, Congress passed the 22nd Amendment, which limits Presidents to two terms

Answer 2

2

Answer 3

2 terms or a colective of 10 years absolutely and totally.

Should the president be removed by whatever reasons, the vice president takes his place. Then runs for president and gets elected at the next term, and then a second time.

That president has been elected for 2 consecutive terms and possibly 2 additional years where he was acting president.

I have always been confused over the wording, as the constitution was ammended to read 2 elected consecutive terms and not 2 elected terms. Made me think a man could be president in 8 year shots of the same country. DON'T FALL FOR THAT TRICK, you will fail civics class with that thought.

Answer 4

2 1/2 almost - A person can only be elected to 2 terms. They can serve no more than 2 years if they become president not through an election - if the president dies or resigns. So if 2.1 years into a presidents term they die the VP becomes president they will serve the remaining 1.9 years and can still be elected twice.

Answer 5

Up until World War 2, there was no law about this. George Washington set the precedent by only serving two terms. Everyone thought so highly of him that no one wanted to serve three terms and make it seem like they were better than him so every president voluntarily stopped at two.
However, at the end of FDR's second term, we were at the dawn of World War 2 (It was already raging in Europe but the USA was still officially neutral). No one wanted to "switch horses in the middle of the stream" as it were, so FDR ran again in 1940, and won easily.
He actually ran and won again in 1944, but died soon after.
So he was elected four times but only served three full terms and died only a month before we defeated Nazi Germany.

Answer 6

Look at the 12th Amendment

No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has help the office of President, or as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.

But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.

Answer 7

Yes, after FDR served his 3 rd. term, the congress passed a law restricting the president to 2 terms. In Mexico, the president has only one 6 year term, and then it's Hay Dios

Answer 8

Even as a Canadain I know this one...

The Office of President can be held for 2 consecutive terms. FDR, which many have spoken about served in the Office during WWII, and because of the cost involied as well as not having a President in office during a State of War, both House's approved his re-elction and he held office till he died, just months before the dropping of the nuclear bombs on Japan and Peace in the Pacific.

Answer 9

Just 2, per the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution. There was an 'unwritten' rule about term limits before Roosevelt...yes, he was elected 4 times...but only served out three months before his death in 1945. He was elected for the first time in 1932, then again in 1936, then in 1940...finally in 1944. The Amendment was introduced in response to FDR's continuous re-elections...many felt it was unhealthy for the US to not have a change in government...and in particular, the President.

Answer 10

I am not American, but I think 4 terms is the maxium. That is why F.D.R. was able to serve 12 years.