ABSTRACT
THE F O U R - Y E A R presidentia l term specified i n the Con -stitution ma y be cu t shor t b y one o f thre e events : deat h (from eithe r natura l cause s o r assassination) , impeach - ment and removal , or resignation . As of 1995, nine of the thirty -
seven men wh o hav e been electe d presiden t hav e failed t o serv e
out th e ter m o f offic e fo r whic h the y wer e chose n fo r on e o f
these reasons.
