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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]
No person can be elected as president of the United States more than twice, and a person who has served as president for more than two years of a term to which another person was elected president (i.e. due to the elected president's death, resignation, or removal by impeachment) cannot be elected president more than once in that person's own ...
The reason for this is that the 22nd Amendment only prohibits someone from being “elected” more than twice. It says nothing about someone becoming president in some other way than being ...
In March 2009, Bill Posey introduced legislation, H.R. 1503, in the U.S. House of Representatives to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971. The amendment would have required candidates for the Presidency "to include with the [campaign] committee's statement of organization a copy of the candidate's birth certificate" plus other supporting documentation. [8]
The 22nd Amendment (1951) states that a person can only be elected President twice. Assuming you meet these requirements, like millions of Americans, the road to the presidency can be quite varied.
The only other president to do so was Grover Cleveland, the 22nd U.S. president. He served from 1885 to 1889 and then leap-frogged to serve again as 25th president from 1893 to 1897.
Senator Henry Clay saw Tyler as the "vice-president" and his presidency as a mere "regency". [14] Throughout Tyler remained resolute in his claim to the title of president and in his determination to exercise the full powers of the presidency. The Senate and House confirmed Tyler as president via resolution.
The crowd chuckled in response to his remark. According to the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, no president can serve three full terms. A person can only be elected president twice and cannot ...