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Why a presidential term limit got written into the Constitution

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Only one person, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, has ever served more than two terms as president of the United States. This is for two reasons.First, prior to Roosevelt’s election to a third term in 1940, there was a longstanding American tradition that presidents not serve more than two terms.This tradition was established by the decisions of early presidents such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison not to seek a third term. Th…

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Why a presidential term limit got written into the Constitution

Only one person, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, has ever served more than two terms as president of the United States. This is for two reasons.First, prior to Roosevelt’s election to a third term in 1940, there was a longstanding American tradition that presidents not serve more than two terms.This tradition was established by the decisions of early presidents such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison not to seek a third term. Th…

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The 22nd Amendment: Why a Presidential Term Limit Was Added to the Constitution

Republished with permission from The Conversation, by Mark Satta, Wayne State University Only one person, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, has ever served more than two terms as president of the United States. This is for two reasons. First, prior to Roosevelt’s election to a third term in 1940 there was a longstanding American tradition that presidents not serve more than two terms. This tradition was established by the decisions of early presidents …

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Why a presidential term limit got written into the Constitution – the story of the 22nd Amendment

by Mark Satta, Wayne State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Only one person, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, has ever served more than two terms as president of the United States. This is for two reasons. First, prior to Roosevelt’s election to a third term in 1940 there was a longstanding American tradition that presidents not serve more than two terms. This tradition was established by the d…

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Presidential Term Limits Are There for a Reason

No one is supposed to serve more than two full terms as president, according to the 22nd Amendment. The only way someone can serve more than two terms is if they served less than two years in a previous term in which they weren’t elected president. It is worth understanding why the two-term tradition was considered so important that it was turned into constitutional law the first time it was violated. The post Presidential Term Limits Are There …

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