how many terms can a US president serve?

Question

how many terms can a US president serve?

Answer 1

it is 2 terms, when FDR was pres they hadnt chnged it to 2 terms back then they could serve as long until they got voted out of office, thyey felt it would turn into dictator ship so they changed it to 2 terms

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

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 4

A President can only serve two terms, and they don't have to be consecutive; the Constitution states a President has to be eligible to be elected President, and can only be elected for two terms (hence if in 2008 Hillary Clinton was elected President, she couldn't choose Bill Clinton as her Vice President as he's ineligible to be elected President having served two terms).



There was a move in the early 1980's by some Republicans in Congress to repeal this Constitutional Amendment in order that Ronald Reagan could stand for a third term, however it was quietly dropped (I suspect because those individuals were tipped off about his early-stage Alzheimer's Disease).

Answer 5

Up until February 27, 1951 a president could serve as many terms as was elected. After this date it was thereafter limited.

And this became a ruling law of the land.



"AMENDMENT XXII

Passed by Congress March 21, 1947. Ratified February 27, 1951.



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 President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by 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.



Section 2.

This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress."

Answer 6

Yes before 1951 a president could be elected numerous times, after FDR it was changed so a president could only serve 2 full terms, for a total of 8 years. However, if they were a vice president before and the serving president dies or leaves office they can finish their term, and serve 2 complete terms.

Answer 7

2 terms is the limit - but FDR was president before the two term rule was in enacted.

Answer 8

I'm pretty sure the laws after FDR changed things - which is why he was prez. for so many consecutive terms. Now you can be president for as many times as you want, but only 2 consecutive terms in a row (total 8 years). But you can run again if you wanted to after the next president even if you've served for 8 years. (For instance: Clinton was president for 8 years...but he could run again. Same thing for George W. Bush - after his 8 years are up, and after whoever comes next, he could run again). Make sense?! :)

Answer 9

You are correct. You can only serve 2 four-year temrs as President. The 4 term situationw as ended after Roosevelt.

Answer 10

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.