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President Gerald Ford held the office of the presidency for 2.42 years.
One term is 4 years.
The Vice President of the United States shares the President's term of office. The President is elected along with the Vice President to serve 4 years.
His term of office is four years. There is a so-called two-term limit that limits a person to a maximum of ten years in the office of president. That is, a person who has never previously held the office of president or has served two years or less finishing another president's term may be elected a maximum of two times. A person that has served more than two years finishing another president's term may be elected to the office only once.
According to the 22nd Amendment, if a sitting President dies just after inauguration, and the Vice President ascends to the Presidency and serves the rest of the term is then elected for an additional 2 terms, he could serve up to 11 years and 364+ days, or nearly 12 years.The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of AmericaSection 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.Section 2. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.