Bill O'Reilly here Friday, September 20th, 2019, you are listening to the O'Reilly update.

It's happening today in America.

With the presidential election coming up next year, Donald Trump will be trying extremely

hard not to become a one term president.

Throughout history, 12 presidents have been denied a second term by voters, but the rejection

of a sitting president is somewhat rare in modern times.

Since World War I, just four chief executives have served only one term in the White House.

Herbert Hoover lost to Franklin Roosevelt because of the economy.

The 31st president of the United States was widely criticized for his botched handling

of the Great Depression.

Hoover blamed congressional gridlock for the country's political paralysis during the economic

disaster, but he provided weak leadership, generally speaking.

Next, Gerald Ford.

A man many insiders say never even wanted to be president.

Ford's campaign was doomed from the start by a series of issues, including his pardon

of Richard Dexon, a depressed economy, and oil shortages.

Gerald Ford would go on to lose the White House to another one term president.

That would be Jimmy Carter, who served in the White House between 1976 and 2016.

The 39th president was ridiculed by the public for failing to secure the release of American

hostages in Iran after the Islamic Revolution there.

The story dominated headlines for 14 months of his time in the White House.

Iranians released the hostages the same day Jimmy Carter left office.

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