how many terms can a US president serve?

Question

I always thought a US president could only serve 2 terms in office (ie 2 terms of 4 years) but i beleve Franklin D Roosevelt was elected for 4 terms?
So how many terms can a US president serve then? Am I right with 2 (which would mean rules have changed since Roosevelt's time) or can you serve more?
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(im from England by the way, so excuse my not knowing this!)

Some good answers guys, thanks

do you not think this kinda contradicts the whole idea of democracy? If someone is an amazing president and wins 2 terms by a clear and substantial (and legally proven) lead, is loved by everyone and does great for the US and the World, surely it is only logical that people would WANT him to have more terms in office!? I know I would! Your right to vote for him is taken away by this rule though, do you not think this is wrong?

Answer 1

2 terms for a total of 8 years (4 years per term). Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._president for more info on the terms, conditions, and requirements to be a U.S. President. The law changed after Roosevelt was elected 4 times in a row. It stated that a president may only serve 2 terms. So, laws change and improve everyday.

Answer 2

2

Answer 3

2

Answer 4

2

Answer 5

2

Answer 6

As I am sure has been chronicled already the amendment to limit the President to two terms was passed after FDR died. Also If someone (ie the Vice President) were to assume office and serve more than two years of a Pres's unexpired term he or she could only be elected to one more term. For example if Gerald Ford had beaten Jimmy Carter in 1976 he would have been ineligible to run again in 1980 because he served 2 yrs 5 mos of Nixon's 2nd term.

Answer 7

2 terms, 4 Years

Answer 8

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Answer 9

The twenty-second amendment limiting the terms of a president was passed after FDRs 4 terms. Many argue it was passed because of his 4 terms. George Washington set a precedent by refusing to run for a third term. Many people were upset that FDR did not follow that precedent.

The actual wording of the amendment is:No person shall be elected to the office of President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, of acted 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.

Answer 10

Currently, the president can only serve two terms of four years. When Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, there was no limit on how many terms the president could serve. But in 1951, an amendment was added to the US Constitution limiting the president to only serving two terms.

Answer 11

Just 2.
The trend was always two terms before FDR, but once he did 4, there was an actual law passed to require a maximum of 2 terms. Actually, the maximum any president could serve would be ten years...because if they were vice-president and replaced the president due to president death or complications, it doesn't count as a term unless it is more than 2 years long.