List of presidents of the United States who lost reelection
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The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. The president is eligible for re-election, but since 1951 under the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution of the United States cannot be re-elected twice (no person may serve more than two full terms as president or one term if they have served over two years of a partial term).
Gerald Ford is absent from this list as he was never elected, only confirmed by Congress as the replacing vice president for Richard Nixon.
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