presidential terms?

Question

my husband and i are having a disagreement about how many terms a single person can be elected into office. i say two terms and two terms only. he says two terms, then off a term, then he can be elected again for another two terms. as long as there is time between the first two and the second two and so on. who is right?

LOOKS LIKE I'M RIGHT, SO IF YOU ALL COULD JUST EMAIL MY HUSBAND AND RUB IT IN HIS FACE A LITTLE, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!

Answer 1

You are correct.

Amendment XXII
Sect 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or 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.

Any of these people who say that the Vice President can take over as President and then get elected two more times are mistaken, unless he serves less than two years. Nine years, eleven months, and 29 days is the absolute maximum length of time that anyone can serve as President.

Answer 2

You are.
"The President and Vice President serve a term of office of four years. The Twenty-second Amendment (which took effect in 1951) provides that no one may be elected to the office more than twice, and that no one may be elected President more than once who has held the office of (or acted as) President for more than two years of another's term."

Answer 3

The law used to be that a man could serve as many terms as he could get voted in for.

When Franklin Delano Roosevelt was voted in for 4 terms the Republicans foamed at their mouths.

They insisted on passing a law that restricted a man to only 2 terms in office, so the law was passed to appease them that the president may only hold tw terms in office.

You are right and your husband is mistaken.

Answer 4

You are right. The constitution does not make a distinction between consecutive and non consecutive terms in office. The president may serve the unfinished term of a president that dies in office and then be elected twice,

Answer 5

You are -- two terms only. Doesn't matter if they're consecutive or not, only two terms EVER.

This was made an amendment to the constitution after Franklin Roosevelt died, led by a republican push (Roosevelt was a democrat). He got elected to 4 terms, and the republicans felt "shut out" and wanted to make sure they got a chance to get back in the white house :)

Answer 6

For president it is two and a half terms, but elected for only two terms. So that is saying that the vice president can take over from a dead, disabled, or resigned president, but can then only be elected for two terms on his own.

Answer 7

if you are electedd president in this country you serve 4 years first according too the consitutionn. okay if you want too run again for a second term you can get another 4 years, if you winn, in second term, back too back after your 7 years are up t 2 terms you are done out!! you can be elctedd 4 years laterr such as back when clevland was president he won one full term and dident come back for another 4 years took a gamble and won bye a slimm margin! you are only allowed two full--4 year terms in your ligfe regardless of how you look at itt. this changed after roosevelt dyed after serving for 12 years as president causing trumann too come into the picture after that they said no more!!

Answer 8

can only be elected 2 times, 2 full terms, Amendment 20

Answer 9

You are. Two terms, or eight years max, unless he takes over the presidency after a resignation or assassination. Then he can serve out the current president's term, and be elected to two terms of his own.

Answer 10

You are, it is an amendment enacted after FDR was elected to four terms, a record. If he hadn't died he may have made five terms. It was considered to "imperial".