Although this is often said about Abraham Lincoln, it is not true. For a thoroughly researched essay on Lincoln's real and imagined failures before becoming President, see http://www.snopes.com/glurge/lincoln.asp .
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln.
This precinct has been gerrymandered just before each of the last eight elections.
Four years for one term. Since President Obama was re-elected, that amounts to a total of eight. (So until 2016.)
George Washington served as a president for eight years.
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The first president of the United States. He was offered a position of king, but refused and served an eight year term as president. Before his presidency he was a general during the US revolution.
The 22nd Amendment of the United States Constitution limits the presidency to two terms, with a maximum of eight years in office, to prevent any president from serving for more than 12 years. Therefore, a president can only serve for 12 years if they are elected to two consecutive terms and then assume the presidency due to their predecessor's death or resignation.
Ten- eight moved up to President when the president died or resigned; one died in office and one resigned before completing his term.
The ordinal number before eight is 7th
George H.W. Bush was President at the end of the Cold War. He was also Vice President for the previous eight years under President Reagan. Before that, he was the Director of the CIA, the US Ambassador to the United Nations, and a member of Congress.
Incumbent Vice Presidents who lost their presidential elections were...John C. Breckinridge (1860)Richard M. Nixon (1960)Hubert H. Humphrey (1968)Al Gore (2000)(Although Nixon lost the 1960 election, he ran again and won eight years later.... His opponent was the incumbent Vice President.)
Franklin Delano. Roosevelt was president when that law was made
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