Question

Prior to Abraham Lincoln, how many consecutive presidents served just one term?

Answer 1

Hint: The head of state and government of the United States of America is the president of the United States (POTUS). The president is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces and is in charge of the executive branch of the federal government. Amendments have been done to fix the number of terms of the president.

Complete answer:
The president of the United States is perhaps the most influential government officer as the head of the country's government. An electoral college system is used to elect the president for a four-year term. With the adoption of the Twenty-second Amendment in 1951, the American presidency has been limited to two terms.

Before Abraham Lincoln, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James k. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Franklin Pierce, Millard Fillmore, and James Buchanan all served one term.

John Tyler was the first vice president to take office during a presidential term, and he established the precedent that a vice president who does so becomes a completely functioning president, rather than a caretaker president. William Henry Harrison's term, which ended 31 days after he took office in 1841, was the shortest in American history.

Thus there were a total of eight presidents who served just one term before Abraham lincoln.

Note:
- Franklin D. Roosevelt was the longest-serving president of America and was the first American president to have served two terms in office. With a total of twelve years in office, he succumbed to illness early in his fourth term in 1945.
- Four presidents have died because of natural causes while in office. They are William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Warren G. Harding and Franklin D. Roosevelt.