One may be ELECTED President for 2 terms. A person could serve longer if they succeed to the office of President (having formerly been the VP, or by serving in another of the official government posts outlined by the applicable presidential succession laws, which are contained in Article II, Section 1, Clause 6 of the Constitution; in Section 3 of the 20th Amendment; and in the 25th Amendment), and later being elected to the office.
A president can serve two four-year terms.
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the new President can serve only one full four-year term.
Hoover served one full term.
89 ANSWER He served for two turns as President of USA (1869-1877)
Two four year terms. He/She can also serve 2 plus years as Vice President/President for the previous President.
Many presidents have served two full terms.
One full presidential term is 4 years.
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A president can serve two presidential terms of four years. Altogether, he/she can serve eight years as president.
FDR was elected to 4 terms. After he died during his fourth term, the Congress passed a law. The President of the USA can serve no more than 2 full terms as President (if he/she is Vice President to a President that dies in office, then they can serve the remaining term as President and serve an additional two terms in office). Therefore President Harry Truman could serve two full terms as President in addition to the term he finished up for FDR. (HST only ran for more term). LBJ could serve as two full terms plus the term he was Vice President for JFK. LBJ only served one full term as President. He did not run again in 1968.
2 terms. 8 years total.