James Buchanan ran for the Democratic nomination three times (in 1844 ,1848 and 1852 ) before he was finally nominated and won the election in 1856.
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No- not unless the Constitution is amended to allow a third term. At the present, a US president can be elected at most two times. (Of course, Franklin Roosevelt served three terms back when it was legal to do so.)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected four times and although he died just over a year into his fourth term he still served longer than any other President (March 4, 1933 - April 12, 1945) The president to serve the most terms is President Theodore Roosevelt.
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.
The stipulated term is 5 years, but the President is not directly elected in French Polynesia, which is a semi-autonomous overseas collectivity. The executive is chosen by, and can be removed by, the territorial assembly, as is the case for prime ministers in other parliamentary democracies. Until 2014, presidential terms due to no confidence votes in the Assembly have been as short as two to 11 months. The president in September, 2017 (Edouard Fritch) had served three years since 2014, while former president Oscar Temaru had FIVE short terms in office between 2004 and 2013, and was elected three times in one three-year period.