The restriction is not on consecutive terms but on two terms. For a bit of the history of the amendment and for the amendment itself, with all the details of the restriction, see http://www.post-gazette.com/nation/20021127amendment_22p9.asp
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There is no overall maximum number of terms that someone can be President of the USA, but there is a limit of two consecutive terms. It is possible that someone could serve two terms, sit out a term, then serve two more terms.
In the usa, the president can serve up to two terms, each being 4 years. The president can only serve the second term if he/she is elected again.
FDR was elected to 4 terms. After he died during his fourth term, the Congress passed a law. The President of the USA can serve no more than 2 full terms as President (if he/she is Vice President to a President that dies in office, then they can serve the remaining term as President and serve an additional two terms in office). Therefore President Harry Truman could serve two full terms as President in addition to the term he finished up for FDR. (HST only ran for more term). LBJ could serve as two full terms plus the term he was Vice President for JFK. LBJ only served one full term as President. He did not run again in 1968.
Grover Cleveland (Stephen Grover Cleveland, 1837-1908) was the 22nd US President (1885-1889). He was also the 24th President (1893-1897), the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms. He was beaten in the electoral college in 1888 by Benjamin Harrison, even though he led in the popular vote.Stephen Grover ClevelandGrover Cleveland was the 22nd president of the USA. He was also the 24thGrover Cleveland Grover Cleveland.Ben Franklin
Almost twelve years. Only two elected terms are allowed, under the Constitution. However, a sitting Vice President would succeed a President who has died in office and, following that, may be elected for two more terms of office.