Why do US presidents serve four-year terms?

Answer 1

US Presidents are elected to a four year term, and can serve another. The US Constitution does not allow any more than two full terms.

Then , why did President Dwight D Eisenhower serve for 12 (twelve) years ?

Eisenhower served two full terms, a total of eight years. The only U.S. President to serve 12 years was Franklin Roosevelt, and the Constitutional amendment limiting how often a President may run for reelection was a direct result.

Answer 2

They don't have to be. Four years is the minimum term specified by the constitution, which was ratified by all the states. Presidential candidates are nominated with the understanding that they will serve for four years if it is physically possible for them to do so. Some presidents have not served out their entire term-- they became ill and died in office, or they were assassinated. But a typical presidential term in the United States lasts four years, and the president can serve a second term if he is re-elected.

Answer 3

The presidential term of four years was set by the original US Constitution which the states ratified when they joined together to create the United States.

The original constitution did not set any limit on the number of terms that the president might serve , but he had to go up for election every four years. Now, an amendment is in place that limits the number of full terms to two.

Answer 4

Such was the term length proposed by the writers of the Constitution and eventually agreed to( ratified ) by the states to create the United States of America.

Answer 5

Four years is the term length set by the US Constitutition.

Answer 6

The US presidential term was set at 4 years because the 4 years did fit nicely in between the House and Senate terms, although a president can serve 2 terms making it 8 years.