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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.
The Twenty-second Amendment (Amendment XXII) to the United States Constitution limits the number of times a person can be elected to the office of President of the United States to two terms, and sets additional eligibility conditions for presidents who succeed to the unexpired terms of their predecessors. [ 1 ]
The amendment says nothing about non-consecutive terms, simply that no one can be elected "more than twice." It allows for holding office a maximum of 10 years, but only if someone assumed...
By its terms, the Twenty-Second Amendment bars only the election of two-term Presidents, and this prohibition would not prevent someone who had twice been elected President from succeeding to the office after having been elected or appointed Vice President.
Twenty-second Amendment, amendment (1951) to the Constitution of the United States effectively limiting to two the number of terms a president of the United States may serve. It was one of 273 recommendations to the U.S. Congress by the Hoover Commission, created by Pres. Harry S. Truman, to reorganize and reform the federal government.
One amendment limited a President to single six-year term; the other limited the President to two four-year terms. The House version with a two-term limit passed in a 285-121 vote barely a month after the new Congress met.
By its terms, the Twenty-Second Amendment bars only the election of two-term Presidents, and this prohibition would not prevent someone who had twice been elected President from succeeding to the office after having been elected or appointed Vice President.
The rigors of parliamentary debate, and the threat of non-confidence motions, are themselves a form of term limits, and recent presidents and prime ministers in America, Britain, and Canada have on average all served about the same five-year term.
The 22nd Amendment establishes term limits for the President of the United States. Under the 22nd Amendment, no person may be elected President of the United States more than twice. The 22nd Amendment was approved by Congress on March 24, 1947, and ratified by the states on February 27, 1951.
The constitutional amendment limits the term of the United States president to two four-year terms and establishes several other limits on presidential service time. This article outlines the 22nd Amendment and the historical context culminating in its ratification.