Franklin Roosevelt broke the precedent set by Washington of only serving two terms when he ran for a third and then a fourth term. He was the only president to ever run for a third term .
Franklin D. Roosevelt was the longest-serving president in the United States, serving for four terms from 1933 to 1945.
The longest serving president in U.S. history was Franklin D. Roosevelt, who served for four terms from 1933 to 1945. He is the only president to have served more than two terms.
Franklin D. Roosevelt served the most terms as president of the United States. He was elected to four terms in office, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected four times as the President of the United States. He served from 1933 until his death in 1945, making him the only president to have served more than two terms and the longest-serving president in U.S. history.
The longest-serving president was Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who was elected to four terms as president and served twelve years before dying in office (from American National Biography Online).After Roosevelt's death, the ratification of the 22nd Amendment in 1951 limited the number of terms to which any person can be elected president to two (from the National Archives).
In the United States, a president can serve up to two terms, each lasting four years. After serving two terms, a president is not eligible to run for re-election and must step down.
There is no such amendment. A president is allowed to serve for a second term. The last two presidents, Bush and Obama, both served for two terms. The 22nd amendment prohibits a third term.
The informal custom of a two-term limit for President was added to the U.S. Constitution by the Twenty-Second Amendment. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the only President successful elected to more than two terms.
George Washington was asked to run for a third term in office and declined because he felt we would wind up with a government like England with a King at the head of government. He therefore set a precedent of only two terms in office. This was followed until FDR and he was elected for four terms. Thereafter there was introduced an amendment to the constitution limiting presidential terms to two.
The president and the vice president of the US are elected for four year terms. Elections are held every four years.
After Franklin Delano Roosevelt died in 1945, while serving an unprecedented fourth term, a limit of two four-year terms was imposed.
It limits a president to TWO four-year terms in office.