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The Constitution of 1787
The Constituiton of 1787 had previously set no limit on how many terms a president could serve. Althogh even the first president George Washington retired after two terms and essentially set a precedent for all presidents to follow him. -
Ulysses S Grant runs for third term
President Ulysses S Grant had been president for two terms. He was deciding to run for a third in 1880 but he lost. Grant was the first president to ever attempt to run for 3rd term. -
FDR elected to 3rd term
Franklin D Roosevelt was running for his third term and it was at a point where he felt that he had to run for president. He did this because he didn't want to leave a new president in a crisis and that is most likely the reason why people voted to elect him the 3rd straight term. -
Franklin D Roosevelt wins 4th term
On this date Franklin D Rooselvet won the election for his 4th straight term. This election was intresting because a lot of people wanted to have a new president and have a limit on the amount of terms one president may serve -
Franklin Roosevelt dies while serving his 4th term
A majority of all congress members after World War 2 decided that it was time to have a limit on how many presidential terms a man can serve. This was a real contraversial topic on if they were going to have a limit on how many terms a man can serve -
22nd Amendment Passed by congress
The 22nd amendment was brough to congress because of Franklin D Roosevelt who had served 4 straight terms but died shortly into his 4th term. The congress proposed it and all that had to happen now is to hav three-fourths the states ratify the amendment. -
Truman opts out
Truman who followed after FDR could've been elected a 3rd time in 1948 but opted out of the campaign. The reason he could've is because the 22nd Amendment had not been ratifed by three-fourths of the states yet. -
22nd Amendment was ratified by required amount of states
A interesting fact is that in the first couple months of the amendment being out there 18 states had ratified it. Although the 22nd Amendment took four years to be ratifed by three-fourths of the states. -
Dwight Eisenhower held to two terms
After the amendment had been in place for 9 years the first presdient to be held to a two term limit was Dwight Eisenhower. When he was done is office something that he emphazised was to maintain a strong military -
Repeal of 22nd amendment proposed
Ronald Reagans second term was coming to an end and by the 22nd amendment he could not run for president a third time. The republican party then came up with a bill to repeal the 22nd amendment but congress never acted on it .
