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Twenty-one of the forty-five presidents served more than a single term. It isn't necessarily correct, however, to say that 21 presidents served two terms. In reality, only fourteen presidents have served two complete terms. The seven others served a full term and a partial term.
In the nation's early days it was more common than not for presidents to serve two terms and a full eight year presidency. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe and Andrew Jackson all served two terms. The only exceptions of the country's beginning executives were John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams.
Started with the eighth president, Democrat Martin Van Buren, it started to become common for presidents to only serve a single term. Such examples include John Tyler, James K. Polk and Franklin Pierce. Abraham Lincoln was elected twice but was killed by assassin John Wilkes Booth shortly into his second term. Therefore the next commander and chief to not only be elected to the office twice but to also live out full terms was Ulysses S. Grant.
The next double term president, Democrat Grover Cleveland was and remains the only president to win two nonconsecutive terms. Republicans William McKinley was elected twice but assassinated, therefore his vice president Theodore Roosevelt assumed the office and finished his term. Years later, Teddy would gain a term of his own in the election of 1904.
Woodrow Wilson had two terms. Calvin Coolidge served a partial term and then a full term. Franklin D. Roosevelt not only served 2 presidential terms but then third when he was elected in 1940. He is, thus far, the only president to serve three terms. In the 1944 election, FDR won once again - for a fourth time - however, he died only a few months later and the office was taken over by his new VP Harry S. Truman. Truman earned his own full term in 1948.
Dwight D. Eisenhower became the first Republican in eighty years to finish two entire terms.
Both Richard Nixon and Lyndon B. Johnson only served a half term along with a full term. LBJ took over after Kennedy's assassination and Nixon resigned in 1974.
Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama were all elected to two terms and each served out those terms.
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Twenty-one of the forty-five presidents served more than a single term. It isn't necessarily correct, however, to say that 21 presidents served two terms. In reality, only fourteen presidents have served two complete terms. The seven others served a full term and a partial term.
In the nation's early days it was more common than not for presidents to serve two terms and a full eight year presidency. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe and Andrew Jackson all served two terms. The only exceptions of the country's beginning executives were John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams.
Started with the eighth president, Democrat Martin Van Buren, it started to become common for presidents to only serve a single term. Such examples include John Tyler, James K. Polk and Franklin Pierce. Abraham Lincoln was elected twice but was killed by assassin John Wilkes Booth shortly into his second term. Therefore the next commander and chief to not only be elected to the office twice but to also live out full terms was Ulysses S. Grant.
The next double term president, Democrat Grover Cleveland was and remains the only president to win two nonconsecutive terms. Republicans William McKinley was elected twice but assassinated, therefore his vice president Theodore Roosevelt assumed the office and finished his term. Years later, Teddy would gain a term of his own in the election of 1904.
Woodrow Wilson had two terms. Calvin Coolidge served a partial term and then a full term. Franklin D. Roosevelt not only served 2 presidential terms but then third when he was elected in 1940. He is, thus far, the only president to serve three terms. In the 1944 election, FDR won once again - for a fourth time - however, he died only a few months later and the office was taken over by his new VP Harry S. Truman. Truman earned his own full term in 1948.
Dwight D. Eisenhower became the first Republican in eighty years to finish two entire terms.
Both Richard Nixon and Lyndon B. Johnson only served a half term along with a full term. LBJ took over after Kennedy's assassination and Nixon resigned in 1974.
Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama were all elected to two terms and each served out those terms.
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