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George Washington Sets the Limit
From: Constitution.laws.com/22nd-Amendment
George Washington not wanting a third term said that two terms should be the limit. This was to make sure a monarchy wouldn't start. -
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The 22nd Amendment to the United States of America
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Thomas Jefferson Agrees With Washington
From: Wikipedia
Thomas Jefferson helped back up Washington by saying "If some termination to the services of the chief Magistrate be not fixed by the Constitution, or supplied by practice, his office, nominally four years, will in fact become for life." He believed that a person would eventually come to hold the presidency longer than two terms. -
Ulysses S. Grant Tries for a Third
From: Wikipedia
He was the first person to try for a third term, but barely lost to James Garfield in his party's nomination. More presidents like Grover Cleveland, Theodore Rosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson tried for a third term. -
FDR's first term
From:http://www.usconstitution.net/constamnotes.html
This is the first term of Franklin Delano Rosevelt's four term run. He is the only person to be president more than two terms. -
Franklin Wins Third Election
From:http://www.270towin.com/1940_Election/
FDR decided to break tradition and run for a third term. He won with a comfortable lead, and won his third consecutive term. -
FDR Wins Fourth
From: http://www.270towin.com/1944_Election/index.html
FDR won his fourth consecutive electon, but died a few months in. With the war going on, people didn't want to change leaders. There was doubt he was going to run, because he was very ill at this time. -
FDR Loses his Fight
From: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-dies
Within a couple months, FDR dies in his fourth term. Harry Truman took office and pledged to win the world war. Him dieing ended the four term presidential run of FDR. -
The 22nd Amendment is Proposed
From: Wikipedia
On March 21, 1947 the 22nd amendment was proposed by congress. The amendment set the limit a president can serve to two terms. -
22nd Amendment Ratified
From: Wikipedia
On this date the 36th state needed to ratify the constitution, Minnesota, ratified the amendment. A total of 41 states ratified the amendment. Two states rejected the amendment, and 5 states decided not to take any action to it. Alaska and Hawaii were not states at this time. -
Serrano tries to repeal the 22nd Amendment
From: Wikipedia
Jose Serrano introduced H.J. Res. 15 trying to add a amendment to repeal the 22nd amendment. He has tried this every two years, and as you can see he has failed.
