ALBAWABA - Competition is heating up between Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democratic nominate Kamala Harris as US 2024 Elections are scheduled to start in 2 days, November 5.
Kamala Harris was nominated by the Democratic party as US presidential candidate after the withdrawal of current President Joe Biden from the race amid health concerns.
Meanwhile, Trump is running for the Republican party. If he wins, he will be the 15th president to serve twice.
Top US presidents who served two terms
1. Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson, 3rd US president, was an American statesman, planter, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father.
He served for two terms from 1801 to 1809.
Statue of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, inside the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Shutterstock)
2. Andrew Jackson
Jackson was the seventh president of the United States, serving twice from 1829 to 1837.
Andrew Jackson, before becoming president, he was a general in the US Army and served in both houses of the US Congress.
3. Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton was the 42nd US President. He is an American lawyer and politician.
Clinton served from 1993 to 2001. He also was the governor of Arkansas twice; from 1979 to 1981 and from 1983 to 1992.
Former President Bill Clinton speaks during an election campaign rally for Governor Kathy Hochul at BKLYN Studios in New York on November 5, 2022. (Shutterstock)
4. George W. Bush
After Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, an American politician and businessman, served as the 43rd president of the US from 2001 to 2009.
5. Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama was the first African-American in US history to become president.
Obama, became president after George W. Bush, serving as the 44th president from 2009 to 2017.
Former US President Barack Obama at a press conference at the G20 meeting in 2013. (Shutterstock)
How many US Presidents served twice in office?
A total of 14 presidents have served two full terms. Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, Grover Cleveland, Woodrow Wilson, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama have all served two terms and each spent a total of 2,922 days in office.
