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Washington decide not to run for a third term
George Washington decided that he was not running for a 3rd term because he didn't want to be seen as a king to worship -
Grant goes for 3
Ulysses S Grant ran for a third term breaking the streak that Washington had started. He did not end up winning the reelection as he was defeated by James Garfield -
FDR's first term
FDR was elected president and started his first term. this is important because he was the first president to serve more than 2 terms -
FDR wins reelection for 2nd trerm
FDR won reelection with 523 electoral votes and won 46 states in one of the most lopsided elections to date against Alf Landon -
FDR runs for a 3rd term and won
Rosevelt ran for a 3rd term against Wendell Willkie and won with 449 electoral votes and winning the popular vote by 5 million -
joining ww2
as the United State was thinking about joining the war they needed guidance and FDR thought he had the solution giving him a reason to run again -
runs and wins 4th election
FDR made history by being the only president to ever run for a 3rd term let alone a 4th. He won again and died shortly after reelection -
FDR dead in office
FDR passed away from bronchitis and high blood pressure -
22nd amendment is proposed
Congress proposed the 22nd amendment on march 21st but officially declared it proposed on March 24th -
22nd amendment is ratified
The 22nd amendment states that no president can serve more than 2 full terms making FDR the only and last president to ever serve more than 2 terms