Millard Fillmore aquired presidency without being elected
No. Gerald R. Ford is the only American to have served as Vice-President and President without being elected to either office.
Gerald Ford is the only person to my knowledge.
Gerald Ford replaced Spiro Agnew as Vice president and later replaced Richard Nixon as president.
A person may be elected U. S. President a maximum of twice, unless he/she served at least two years of a term to which he/she was not elected, then only once.
1904. Its important to remember this is when he was elected President not when he first served as President.
Washington was the only president never elected to his office - he was acclaimed to it. He served two terms, and could have served to his death, but thought no one person should serve more than two terms.
Bill Clinton was elected president in 1992, and he served as President from 1993-2001.
John Quincy Adams served one term as President then was elected to the House of Representatives in 1830. Andrew Johnson served as President, survived his impeachment and then served in the Senate beginning in 1874.
Washington was the only president never elected to his office - he was acclaimed to it. He served two terms, and could have served to his death, but thought no one person should serve more than two terms.
Ulysses S. Grant was elected in 1868. He served two terms as the 18th President.
A person who has served at least half of a U. S. presidential term to which he/she was not elected may be elected U. S. President no more than once. Anyone else who is qualified to be U. S. President may be elected no more than twice.
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