The limit was set in 1947 with the passing of the Twenty-second Amendment which put a "term-limit" on the number of terms a single president can serve. The fact that FDR served four-terms as President helped to get the Amendment passed as well. See the Related Links for a more detailed description of the amendment.
FDR. He is the reason for the two term limit and the 22 amendment.
No, no US president has served for the maximum of 10 years. The maximum limit for a president's term is 8 years, as specified by the 22nd Amendment to the United States Constitution. This amendment was ratified in 1951, after Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected and served four terms as president.
At this point, no. Obama served two full terms, which is the limit set by the 22nd Amendment.
to limit president terms
The 22nd to limit the number of times a president can be president.
When FDR served, the Constitution did not limit the number of terms a president could serve. George Washington set the precedent of two terms and presidents had followed it until FDR. After him an amendment to the Constitution was ratified that limits a president to two terms
Yes, as long as the one term did not exceed the term of office limit as set forth by the 25th Amendment. Yes if he has served only one term If he has served two terms, then probably not, as he is ineligible to a further term as President, and the 12th Amendment states that "no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States".
The Twenty-second Amendment (Amendment XXII) of the United States Constitution sets a term limit for the President of the United States.
It limits a president to TWO four-year terms in office.
The 22nd Amendment to the U. S. Constitution limits the number of times a person can be elected President to one for those who have served as President or Acting President for more than two years of a term to which somebody else was elected and two for everybody else, but the two terms do not need to be consecutive.
The 22nd Amendment was passed on March 21, 1947. The amendment set a term limit for the United States President. A President can only serve two, four year terms. There are no term limits for Vice President, House of Representatives, or Senate.