# can a former President who has served two terms run for Vice President

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 31, 2010, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-former-president-who-has-served-two-terms-run-for-vice-president/565924 "2010-12-31T06:51:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-former-president-who-has-served-two-terms-run-for-vice-president/565924/36 "2011-01-02T16:35:39Z")

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> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#):
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> It would have applied to him for his first term, and 2004 would not have changed that. Bush was arguably still the 2nd person to become President without having been elected to either the Presidency or the vice-presidency, regardless of what happened in 2004.

You are really[into this](http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d97/Clothahump/beating-a-dead-horse.gif), aren’t you?

There’s no “arguably” about it. Bush won the election. Deal with it.

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