Can an ex-President run for mayor or any other office? Could he be appointed to any office by new President?
Please don't ask, why would he want to. I'm curious as to what the law says about this. What would be the highest office he could serve in? The fact that Mrs. Clinton has a good shot at being the next President has me thinking about the rules .F.D.R. served or was elected 4 times to that office. The law makers got together and said, no more than 2 terms for the office of President. I don't think they even considered the fact that the 1st lady would ever run for that office.Women were not able to rise very high, in a male dominated society back then [for the most part]. I KNOW MRS. CLINTON IS HER OWN PERSON. SHE IS VERY INTELLEGENT AND POLITICALLY EXPERIENCED. However ,if she is elected, her husband could end up being in the White House for 4 TERMS. I think this is a legal way to get around the rules. I don't believe that Bill Clinton will be running this country again. That is not where I'm coming from. I just see the potential for a President still calling the shots from behind the scenes, after his time is up, especially if He was very popular and well thought of at the end of His two terms. ONCE AGAIN, I DON,T MEAN NOW, but in the future. I guess I should have asked right off the bat ," CAN A FIRST LADY RUN FOR PRESIDENT" as her husband is finishing up His time?
Can a former president run for a different political office?
Absolutely, there are no restrictions to that. The only greyish area is that of a President and term-limits. Some argue that a president should not be allowed to become V.P. If he/she has exceeded the term-limits fir Prez. So, Obama, cannot run for Prez anymore, there is no other law that prohibits other elected offices. Section Title 3 Chapter 1 § 19 of the US Code of Laws may prevent those ineligible for election for the Presidency from succeeding to it. But it emphasizes elections more than successions. I don’t think there would be any case that may require a law being passed anytime soon, and only if a majority House and Senate has something like an opposing party tried to appoint a term-limited Prez. So, a Republican controlled house and senate would immediately try to pass a law clarifying that Obama cannot run as VP if his nomination where made a remote possibility on someone’s eoses’s ticket. But even then, in the end, it would be decided by SCOTUS.
Could a former president run for a lower office? Why?
Yes, a former President could run for a lower office after their presidency.Only two* have ever done it in the past though, and they are John Quincy Adams and Andrew Johnson.John Quincy Adams, after his presidency, served as a US Representative from Massachusetts.Andrew Johnson, after his presidency, served as a US Senator from Tennessee.*It technically doesn’t count as “running”, but William Howard Taft, after his presidency, served as Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, if you would count that as a lower office.Why would they do it, you ask? I suppose if they felt like they still had something to offer the country, or their state for that matter, that they would continue to serve. For the most part though, the US Presidency is the crème de la crème of American politics, and running for a lower office would either be seen as either a power grab, or just plain sad.NOTE: The topic of whether or not a former President can run for VP is a hotly contested question, and therefore have left the topic out of this question. If the President is ineligible to be anywhere in the Presidential line of succession, VP or not, then they may also not serve as Speaker of the House of President pro tempore of the Senate.
What offices are former US presidents not allowed to hold?
Slight clarification to Kelly Martin's answer. The 22nd Amendment prevents any President who was either elected to office or served at least two years of someone else's term (e.g. Ford) from being "elected to the office of President" more than once. Some interpret this as constitutionally preventing a two-term ex-President from serving as President again; as a result, the 12th Amendment ("no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice President of the United States") bars them from serving as Vice President. Others however note that the text distinguishes between service and election, and only bans the latter. This would allow two-term ex-Presidents to be elected as Vice Presidents, and possibly serve a third Presidential term through succession. For a discussion of this, showing a range of opinions, see VP Bill? Depends on Meaning of 'Elected'.(Update: according to Erik Trimble, it may be even more complicated than that. Section Title 3 Chapter 1 § 19 of the US Code of Laws may prevent those ineligible for election for the Presidency from succeeding to it. This may still allow a two-term ex-President to be elected VP, but stop them from succeeding to the presidency. However, it's not obvious to me that the statute applies here, and a number of constitutional experts, such as Kathleen Sullivan, believe that succession is possible.)Either way, there is certainly no restriction on former one-term Presidents from seeking a second term as President, as Grover Cleveland did prior to the Amendment, or being elected Vice President as many times as they wish. Similarly, there is no restriction on them holding any other office. National offices held by former presidents include:John Quincy Adams (1825-29) was elected to the House of Representatives in 1830, serving until 1848.John Tyler (1841-45) was elected to the Confederate States House of Representatives in 1862 but died before he could take office.Andrew Johnson (1865-69) was elected to the Senate in 1875, but died before he could take office.William Howard Taft (1909-1913) was selected to the Supreme Court by Warren Harding.Apart from FDR, three presidents have unsuccessfully stood for third terms prior to the 22nd Amendment passing: Ulysses S. Grant in 1880, Grover Cleveland in 1896 and Theodore Roosevelt in 1912.
Can a president become a senator, governor, mayor, etc., after their term is up?
Yes. Once his/her term or terms are up, he/she is free to do anything he/she wants. Except serve again as President if he/she has served the maximum years allowed under the current terms of the Constitution. There are some Constitutional experts, who argue that even then, he/she could serve as Vice President. There is just a little question of succession. Could he/she become President or would he/she be automatically passed over and the Speaker of the House become President.Although I don't believe this will ever be an issue. I can't imagine the kind of ego that it takes to become President ever agreeing to play second fiddle to someone else just on the off chance that you might get another go-round.