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How many terms is a person allowed to hold the office of president of the US?

The President of the United States can serve Two Terms of office. Each term is four years.


How many years did James Madison serve office?

James Madison served as president for eight years.


What is the amount of time a US president can serve in office?

A president can be in office a total of two terms. Some presidents have been in office a little longer than that, but after Roosevelt was elected 4 times, a law was passed that 8 years was the limit. People wanted George Washington to be in office longer than 8 years, but he refused not wanting America to have anyone like a king. (The whole reason why we fought the Revolutionary War.) It's 10 years. If the vice-president succeeds a sitting president and serves 2 years or less of that president's term then the vice-president can still serve 2 terms of 4 years each (assuming he can get elected) so that's 2 + 4 + 4 = 10. That's the only way that can happen. If a person is elected to the office of president then it's 2 terms = 8 years. But the maximum any person could conceivably serve is 10 years.


How many months is a US president in office?

The presidential term is for 48 months (4 years). A person can serve as president for only two consecutive terms.


Can a president serve two terms in a row or two terms total?

Either way is permissible, and both have happened. A President is limited to ten years in office. That means that a Vice President (or Speaker of the House, or whoever winds up taking office) can take over office if the President dies or resigns for two years of the original President's term and then be elected to two full terms of his or her own. The Constitution does not dictate that they be consecutive terms.