Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to four terms and served three and a fraction terms before dying in office.
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Franklin Roosevelt served three terms as president and was elected to a fourth but died a year later.
Technically, none. Franklin D. Roosevelt served three complete terms, and died after only three months into his fourth term.
Jimmy Carter fits that description.
The term limits for the president were put in place by an amendment to the Constitution. The president can only be elected as president two times and if he served for more than half of a term to which he was not elected, he can only be elected for one term.
The first and only president to serve a third term was Franklin Roosevelt. He actually served most of a fourth term, but passed away before the term was finished. Congress then quickly passed a law putting term limits on the presidency of two terms.
If he has only run once, he can run for a second term. However, If he has run twice, he cannot become president a third time.
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