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Roosevelt is the only American president to have served more than two terms. Following ratification of the Twenty-second Amendment in 1951, presidents—beginning with Dwight D. Eisenhower —have been ineligible for election to a third term or, after serving more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected president, to a ...
The presidency of William Henry Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office in 1841, was the shortest in American history. [9] Franklin D. Roosevelt served the longest, over twelve years, before dying early in his fourth term in 1945. He is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. [10]
The longest-serving male president ever was Malietoa Tanumafili II of Samoa, who held the office of O le Ao o le Malo for a special lifetime term (in derogation from the normal term length of five years), for 45 years and 130 days overall; first alongside Tupua Tamasese Meaʻole from 1962 to 1963 and then as sole head of state from 1963 to 2007.
Serving as 39th US president from 1977 to 1981, ... the United States’ longest-lived president, was never afraid of speaking his mind. ... but extended his “best wishes”.
As former President Jimmy Carter celebrates his milestone 100th birthday on Oct. 1, he will set a new record for the longest-lived president in United States history. It's a title he's held since ...
President Joe Biden, one of four presidents born in the 1940s, is already one of the 10 longest-living presidents. He turned 82 in November. John F. Kennedy, at 46, and James Garfield, at 49, are ...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt [a] (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving U.S. president, and the only one to have served more than two terms.
Here are the 10 oldest people to be sworn in as president of the United States, including multiple recent office-holders. Related: The Longest-Living Presidents in U.S. History, from Jimmy Carter ...