Can a United States President after running two consecutive terms skip a term then be elected as president?

Question

am I incorrect in thinking someone can be elected as president but can only serve two consecutive terms at a time but skip a term then elected aa president again? And please give some proof to back your response

Answer 1

No - two terms total.

22nd Amendment, Section 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."

Answer 2

No. Although Franklin Delano Roosevelt served more than two terms, the 22nd Amendment, passed on February 27, 1951, 6 years after Franklin Delano Roosevelt served his 4 terms, prohibits thereafter any President, after he serves two terms in a row, from running for President a third consecutive time, or ever again, meaning that same person can't be President ever again after he serves two consecutive terms:
"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."

Answer 3

No. A Vice President can serve out the term of his President if the President dies before his term expires. After that, the former VP can be elected to a maximum of two terms on his own, or just one term if he served more than two years of the former President's term. The only person specifically excluded from that requirement was Truman. He could have run for a second term on his own, as well as LBJ could have, since he served fewer than two years of JFK's term. Jimmy Carter could *still* run for a second term, as could George H. W. Bush. I believe you'll find the proof for this in the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution. The only man who ever served two single, non-consecutive, terms was Grover Cleveland.

Thank goodness Clinton can't run again; but Mrs. Clinton should be excluded from running since she was "co-President" for eight years!

Answer 4

There is an amendment to the US Constitution that prohibits the President from serving more than two terms. He/She may only be elected twice. Whether or not the terms are consecutive is irrelevant.

The only way a president can serve over eight years is IF he is serving as Vice President and takes over the remaining term from the sitting President. If the amount of the remaining term is under two years they may be elected twice. If the remaining term is over two years they only be elected one time.

In addition if a person has already served two terms as President they cannot serve as Vice President because should the President become incapacitated it would be their duty to take over as President, and to do so could possibly be in violation of the US Constitution.

So the bottom line is you are incorrect in your thinking.

Answer 5

A person is not allowed to be "elected" President more than two-times under the terms of the Twenty-Second Amendment. I disagree with one of the previous answers that discussed the possibility of running for Vice-President.

The plain language of the Twenty-Second Amendment does not prevent any former president from running for Vice-President (or a seat in Congress or a position in the Cabinet). Nor does that plain language prohibit a former president from succeeding to the presidency upon the death of however many people are between him and the presidency if he holds one of those positions. It would be interesting to see how a court would rule if that ever became an issue.

However, I believe that the last former President to hold a federal office after leaving the presidency was John Quincy Adams who served as a Representative later in life. For a variety of ego-based and pragmatic reasons, I would be shocked to see a former president running for vice-president or serving in another president's cabinet.

Answer 6

No, the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution states you can only be elected twice:

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. 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 as 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.

So theoretically a President could serve 9 years total if he serves out someone else's term for less than 2 years.

If Bush resigned tomorrow and Cheney became President, he could serve two more terms for a total of 9 years. Then again, he'd probably destroy the world before that.

Answer 7

No. After Harry turman's presidency, Congress passed a law limiting the president's terms to 2.

Sounds like something Hillary is trying to do.
She already was a co-president along with Bill back in the 90s.
Now she's trying to go for another term.

Answer 8

No. Constitutionally (added after Roosevelt), a person can only serve two terms as President in their life.

Answer 9

A president can only be elected twice. unless he is George bush, then he can be elected once and serve twice.

Answer 10

no, a president can only serve two terms (eight years)consecutive or not... and that is it.. never again will we see the face of bush grace the white house.