On January 20, Donald Trump completed one year of his second term as the President of the United States.
Medianews.az reports that the presidential term in the US is 4 years. The same person cannot be elected president more than twice. Donald Trump returned to the presidential chair after a four-year gap. His first presidency covered the years 2017-2021, and his second presidency began in 2025. Such a case has been recorded only once: Grover Cleveland was president from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897.
The rule of being elected a maximum of two times was broken once — during the period of the Second World War which began in 1939: Franklin Roosevelt, who was elected twice (he served as president from 1933-1945), received the mandate as head of state two more times. He and William Harrison (president in 1841), Zachary Taylor (1849-1850), Warren Harding (1921-1923) died while serving as head of state.
Abraham Lincoln (served 1861-1865), James Garfield (1881), William McKinley (1897-1901), John Kennedy (1961-1963) were assassinated while in office.
Richard Nixon, elected twice (head of state from 1969), resigned in 1974.
When a president leaves office prematurely, his powers transfer to the vice president (that person can only be elected president once). Those who have come to the head of state post from the vice presidency are: John Tyler (served 1841-1845), Millard Fillmore (1850-1853), Andrew Johnson (1865-1869), Chester Arthur (1881-1885), Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909), Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929), Harry Truman (1945-1953), Lyndon Johnson (1963-1969), Gerald Ford (1974-1977).
George Washington (1789-1797), Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809), James Madison (1809-1817), James Monroe (1817-1825), Andrew Jackson (1829-1837), Ulysses Grant (1869-1877), Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921), Dwight Eisenhower (1953-1961), Ronald Reagan (1981-1989), Bill Clinton (1993-2001), George W. Bush (2001-2009), Barack Obama (2009-2017) have each served two full terms as president.
John Adams (1797-1801), John Quincy Adams (1825-1829), Martin Van Buren (1837-1841), James Knox Polk (1845-1849), Franklin Pierce (1853-1857), James Buchanan (1857-1861), Rutherford Hayes (1877-1881), Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893), William Taft (1909-1913), Herbert Hoover (1929-1933), Jimmy Carter (1977-1981), George H.W. Bush (1989-1993), Joseph Biden (2021-2025) have served with one term only.
In total, 45 persons have held the office of President of the United States.
The president is elected by the Electoral College, consisting of special representatives determined by a general popular vote. After the general vote, the Electoral College makes the final decision, and that decision is confirmed at a joint session of the lower and upper houses of Congress.
Togrul Ali,
Medianews.az
