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The Constitution of the United States of America
Additional Amendments, Amendment XXII, Section 1
Introduction:
The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1951, limits the number of terms a person can serve as President of the United States. Section 1 of this amendment states that no person can be elected to the office of the President more than twice. Additionally, it specifies that if someone has served more than two years of a term to which someone else was elected, they can only be elected to the presidency once. This amendment was enacted to prevent any individual from holding the presidency for an extended period, reflecting a response to Franklin D. Roosevelt's four-term presidency.
Actual Text:
“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. ”
