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He engineered a draft from the Convention to get the nomination . W W II was going on in earnest in Europe and Asia and the US, although officially neutral, was supplying arms to the allies and it seemed very likely that the US would soon go to war. The economy was picking up so the people decided to go with FDR for four more years.
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∙ 13y agoI think for two big reasons. His ego was such that he did not think there was anyone in the country that do as well as he could as president and he thought that he could be re-elected again.
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∙ 13y agoOne unique property was that he was the only president ever to have a third term and is the only one who will ever have a third term.
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When did Franklin roosevelt get elected for his third term?
He was elected for a third term in 1941 - 1945.
What year was president Roosevelt's third term?
He won the election in 1940, and served his third term from 1941 to 1945.
When is fd Roosevelt re-elected for president a third term?
Elected third time in 1940The 32nd President of the United States was Franklin D. Roosevelt. President Roosevelt was elected into office four times. He was elected in 1932, and was reelected in 1936. He was elected into his third term in 1940, and his fourth in 1944. Roosevelt served from March 4, 1933 until April 12, 1945 when he died in office at the beginning of his fourth term.
Who was the only president to serve a third term in office?
Franklin Roosevelt
Did Franklin D. Roosevelt win a 3rd term?
Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President four times, but died early in his fourth term of office.
Who broke the third term custom and ran and became president?
Franklin Roosevelt
What is the 1940 president that ran for a third term?
Presedent Franklin Delano Roosevelt
When was franklin d roosevelt re-elected as president of the US for a third term?
Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected in the following years:193219361940
Republican candidate who opposed roosevelt in his run for an unprecendented third term in office?
Wendell Wilkie ran against Roosevelt in 1940.
What inwritten rule regarding the office of president did roosevelt break?
He ran for a third term .
Which president was nominated to run for a third term in office in 1940?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
How did Roosevelt disregard a tradition set by George Washington in 1940?
He ran for a third term.
