Is the president the only one with term limits?

The Twenty-second Amendment (Amendment XXII) to the United States Constitution limits the number of times a person is eligible for election to the office of President of the United States to two, and sets additional eligibility conditions for presidents who succeed to the unexpired terms of their predecessors.

Why can a president only serve 2 terms now?

The Constitution had no limit on how many times a person could be elected as president. The nation’s first president, George Washington chose not to try to be elected for a third term. This suggested that two terms were enough for any president.

Why can presidents only serve two terms?

A U.S. president can only serve two full terms in office. The limiting of terms is found in the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, which says that “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.”. Prior to the ratification of the 22nd Amendment in 1951, only one president, Franklin Roosevelt, was elected more than twice.

Which presidents have served more than 2 terms?

George Washington

Which president was elected 4 terms?

On this day in 1944, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected to an unprecedented fourth term in office. FDR remains the only president to have served more than two terms.

Can president serve three terms?

There were no four-term US Presidents. Franklin Delano Roosevelt served three terms, not four, and no other President has served more than two. The constitution now limits the number of terms a President can serve to two terms, and therefore it’s now impossible to serve more. Nobody besides FDR has ever served more than two.