what was the tenure of american president prior to the twenty seventh amendment?
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Although technically one could keep on being re-elected until the end of time, George Washington set the precedent of a two-term limit. Though it wasn't unconstitutional, running for a third term was taboo until FDR.
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1.George Washington, 1789-1797 \n2.John Adams, 1797-1801 \n3.Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809 \n4.James Madison, 1809-1817 \n5.James Monroe, 1817-1825 \n6.John Quincy Adams, 1825-1829 \n7.Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837 \n8.Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841 \n9.William Henry Harrison, 1841 \n10.John Tyler, 1841-1845 \n11.James Knox Polk, 1845-1849 \n12.Zachary Taylor, 1849-1850 \n13.Millard Fillmore, 1850-1853 \n14.Franklin Pierce, 1853-1857 \n15.James Buchanan, 1857-1861 \n16.Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865 \n17.Andrew Johnson, 1865-1869 \n18.Ulysses Simpson Grant, 1869-1877 \n19.Rutherford Birchard Hayes, 1877-1881 \n20.James Abram Garfield, 1881 \n21.Chester Alan Arthur, 1881-1885 \n22.Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889 \n23.Benjamin Harrison, 1889-1893 \n24.Grover Cleveland, 1893-1897 \n25.William McKinley, 1897-1901 \n26.Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1909 \n27.William Howard Taft, 1909-1913 \n28.Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921 \n29.Warren Gamaliel Harding, 1921-1923 \n30.Calvin Coolidge, 1923-1929 \n31.Herbert Clark Hoover, 1929-1933 \n32.Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1933-1945 \n33.Harry S. Truman, 1945-1953 \n34.Dwight David Eisenhower 1953-1961 \n35.John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 1961-1963 \n36.Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1963-1969 \n37.Richard Milhous Nixon, 1969-1974 \n38.Gerald Rudolph Ford, 1974-1977 \n39.James Earl Carter, Jr., 1977-1981 \n40.Ronald Wilson Reagan, 1981-1989 \n41.George Herbert Walker Bush, 1989-1993 \n42.William Jefferson Clinton, 1993-2001 \n43.George Walker Bush, 2001-
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Amendment XXII \n(Ratified in 1951.) \n\nSection 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. \n\nSection 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\n\nIt was FDR broke with tradition
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go to http://www.whitehouse.com\n\nIt's a brilliant website that gives you the logical analysis on everything you wanted to ever know about all of America's past presidents and its legal system.
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2 terms. No exceptions. The 22nd Amendment states this law.
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Andrew Johnson.  He was never kicked out as the Senate didn't convict him.  50 years later, the Supreme Court ruled that Johnson was right.  Johnson was the President after Lincoln's assassination.  Basically, he fired the Sec. of War that Lincoln hired.  The Republicans didn't want him to do that b/c he was a Democrat.
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27 Amendments to the US Constitution.  List of the 27 with the link below.
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It's an issue that has not been dealt with yet and could be contentious if it ever does. The problem is, the 22nd amendment, which limits presidents to two terms does not specifically say that the VP cannot have been president for 2 terms, but at the same time, the twelfth amendment states, "But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States." Whether or not this applies to the interpretation of the 22nd amendment is not at all agreed upon and would involve a Supreme Court dispute if it ever arose.
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George Clinton, who served 21 years as governor of New York. 1777 to 1795, and 1801 to 1804. He later served as vice president under both Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. He was the first US vice president to die in office.
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You dont want a single person in government becoming too powerful, that is why you need to put restrictions on just how long they can hold power.\n\nGeorge Washington set a precident on only serving two terms and then stepping down.  After that all following presidents only served two terms (althgough some tried for more) until FDR.  Franklin Roosevelt was elected for 4 terms in a row (dying a few months into his 4th).\n\nAfter FDR, the 22nd ammendment was passed in 1951 limiting the president to two terms.\n"No person shall be elected to the office of 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 president more than once."\n--22nd ammendment to the US constitution.
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William Harrison in 1841\n\nWilliam Henry Harrison served the shortest time of any American President -- only thirty-two days. He also was the first President from the Whig Party. He had won his nickname, "Old Tip," as the tough commanding general of American forces who defeated hostile Native Americans at the Battle of Tippecanoe in the Ohio River Valley in 1811
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Washington served as President under the Constitution.
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President Pro Tempore \nThe Constitution provides for a president pro tempore to preside over the Senate in the absence of the vice president. \n\n108th Congress (2003-2005)\nTheodore (Ted) Stevens (AK) \nTenure: January 3, 2003 - January 3, 2005\n---------------------------------------\n109th Congress (2005-2007) \nTheodore (Ted) Stevens (AK)\nTenure: January 4, 2005 --
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George Washington : 1789-1797 \nJohn Adams : 1797-1801 \nThomas Jefferson : 1801-1809 \nJames Madison : 1809-1817 \nJames Monroe : 1817-1825 \nJohn Quincy Adams : 1825-1829 \nAndrew Jackson : 1829-1837 \nMartin van Buren : 1837-1841 \nWilliam Henry Harrison : 1841-1841 \nJohn Tyler : 1841-1845 \nJames K. Polk : 1845-1849 \nZachary Taylor : 1849-1850 \nMillard Fillmore : 1850-1853 \nFranklin Pierce : 1853-1857 \nJames Buchanan : 1857-1861 \nAbraham Lincoln : 1861-1865 \nAndrew Johnson : 1865-1869 \nUlysses S. Grant : 1869-1877 \nRutherford B. Hayes : 1877-1881 \nJames A. Garfield : 1881-1881 \nChester A. Arthur : 1881-1885 \nGrover Cleveland : 1885-1889 \n Benjamin Harrison : 1889-1893 \nGrover Cleveland : 1893-1897 \nWilliam McKinley : 1897-1901 \nTheodore Roosevelt : 1901-1909 \nWilliam H. Taft : 1909-1913 \nWoodrow Wilson : 1913-1921 \nWarren G. Harding : 1921-1923 \nCalvin Coolidge : 1923-1929 \nHerbert C. Hoover : 1929-1933 \nFranklin D. Roosevelt : 1933-1945 \nHarry S. Truman : 1945-1953 \nDwight D. Eisenhower: 1953-1961 \nJohn F. Kennedy : 1961-1963 \nLyndon B. Johnson : 1963-1969 \nRichard M. Nixon : 1969-1974 \nGerald Ford : 1974-1977 \nJimmy Carter : 1977-1981 \nRonald Reagan : 1981-1989 \nGeorge Bush : 1989-1993 \nBill Clinton : 1993-2001 \nGeorge W. Bush : 2001-
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No, In fact, of the 42 men who have served as President of the U.S., TEN have served less than one full term, and SIX of these served for a shorter time than Kennedy.\n\nHere they are in order of time served (to the nearest month):\n\n1) William Henry Harrison - 1 month*\n2) James Garfield - 6 months*\n3) Zachary Taylor - 16 months*\n4) Warren G. Harding - 29 months*\n5) Gerald Ford - 29 months\n6) Millard Fillmore -32 months\n7) John F. Kennedy - 34 months*\n8) Chester A. Arthur - 42 months\n9) Andrew Johnson - 47 months\n10) John Tyler - 47 months\n\n* -died in office; the others replaced their predecessors mid-term (all becausue of death, except Ford, who became President at Nixon's resignation) and failed to be elected President in their own right (though Arthur did not seek to be elected)
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The President and the Vice-President are the only officials elected by the entire country. However, there are requirements for holding either of these positions. In order to be elected, one must be at least 35 years old. Also, each candidate must be a natural-born U.S. citizen and have lived in the U.S. for at least 14 years.\n\nWhen elected, the President serves a term of four years. At most, a President may serve two terms.\n\nNOTE: Before 1951, the President could serve as many terms as he wanted. However, every President had followed George Washington’s example of stepping down after two terms. Franklin D. Roosevelt broke with tradition. Roosevelt successfully ran for office four times. Early in his fourth term, in 1945, he died. Six years later, Congress passed the 22nd Amendment, which limits Presidents to two terms.\n\nThe President can be removed from office through the process of impeachment. If the House of Representatives feel that the President has committed acts of "Treason, Bribery, or other High Crimes and Misdemeanors" they can impeach him with a majority vote. An impeachment is very similar to a legal indictment. It is not a conviction, however, and not enough to remove the President from office alone.\n\nThe case then goes to the Senate. Overseen by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the Senate reviews the case and votes whether or not to convict the President. If they vote in favor of conviction by a two-thirds margin, then the President is removed from office.
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John Hanson, actually. He was elected and served from November 5,1781 to November 3,1782. The next paragraph is from AOL search engine.\n\n>> Six other presidents were elected after him - Elias Boudinot (1783), Thomas Mifflin (1784), Richard Henry Lee (1785), Nathan Gorman (1786), Arthur St. Clair (1787), and Cyrus Griffin (1788) - all prior to Washington taking office. Why don't we ever hear about the first seven Presidents of the United States? It's quite simple - The Articles of Confederation didn't work well. The individual states had too much power and nothing could be agreed upon. A new doctrine needed to be written - something we know as the Constitution. \n\nGeorge Washington was definitely not the first President of the United States. He was the first President of the United States under the Constitution we follow today. And the first seven Presidents are forgotten in history.<<