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Why did Franklin Delano Roosevelt get 4 presidential terms and not 2?
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∙ 12y ago
When FDR served, the Constitution did not limit the number of terms a president could serve. George Washington set the precedent of two terms and presidents had followed it until FDR. After him an amendment to the Constitution was ratified that limits a president to two terms
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∙ 11y ago
Wiki User
∙ 12y agoThe US Constitution did not limit how many terms a President could have, then. Afterwards, an amendment limited the President to 2 full terms.
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Who was elected 4 terms into Presidency?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Which president served the most consecutive terms?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Who is the only president to have 3 terms?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1945)
Which president sereved more than two terms?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
What was the name of the president that served beyond two terms?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt .
Who was the president that served four terms?
Franklin D. Roosevelt was first elected in 1932.
Which us president served 4 terms?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected president of the United States four consecutive times. Roosevelt died during his fourth term on April 12, 1945.
What President was elected 4 terms as president of the US of America?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Who was the only president to serve more then 2 terms in office?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Why will your current president not be in office that long as Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
Because the Constitution has been changed.
Who was the first president to serve 4 terms?
The ONLY president to be elected to 4 terms was Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Who held the longest presidentcy term?
Franklin D. Roosevelt ... 12 years (3 terms) 1933 to 1945. The 22nd Amendment has since been ratified and prevents any US President from seeking a 3rd term.
