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Gerorge Washington is Elected
On this day George Washington is elected to become the first president of the United States. The length of his presidency was a total of eight years. It was followed after this that people should follow suit and only have a max of eight years as president, but it is never set in stone. (Source 2) -
Thomas Jefferson Is Elected
On this day Thomas Jefferson is elected as the third president of the US. He keeps up the ideals of Geotge Washington with only having two four year terms as president and nothing more. (Source 3) -
Ullyses S. Grant Seeks Third Term
Ullyses S. Grant seeks to run for a third term under the Republican nomination. This ultimately fails because people are against him running for his third term So without the support of his party he chooses not to instead. (Source 5) -
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt decides to run for a third term as a third party nominee. He decides to do this after declining to run in 1908 for a third term. He fails and doesn't get much support. (Source 5) -
Franklin D Roosevelt Is Elected
Frranklin is elected as the thirty second president of the united states. This will be his first term as president. (Source 4) -
Franklin Runs For Third Term
Franklin wins his third term and is the first and only president to achieve this. He wins this by a large margin. He decided to run for this term because the US was about to enter WWII. (Source 4) -
Franklin Gets A Fourth Term
Franklin D. Roosevelt gets a fourth term but faces health issues that complicate his presidency. On April 12th of this same year he dies in office. This will later on be a reason why the 22nd amendment is added. (Source 4) -
The 22nd Amendment Is Passed In Congress
The twenty second amendment goes through the prosccess through congress and is now ready for the states to ratify it. The amendment states that a president may only serve two four year terms as the president. (Source 6) -
The States Ratify The 22nd Amendment
The states ratify the 22nd amendment. People back this ammendment up because they were afraid of another death in office, and also that a president might try for a life long term. (Source 6) -
Senator Serrano proposes amendment to repeal the 22nd amendment
On this date, a New York Reppresentative, Jose Serrano, propposes an amendment that would essentially void the twenty second amendment. It would make it legal once again to run for more than two terms as specified in the twenty second amendment. Will this pass? We wont know until the day that it happens, or if it never does. (Source 1)
