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FDR was elected 4 times because he saved America from the economic disaster broadly caused by Republican policies of deregulated banking, basic government indifference to the plight of working people and low marginal tax rates on the wealthy which did nothing but cultivate wealth disparity and economic collapse.
FDR himself said, "For twelve years this Nation was afflicted with hear-nothing, see-nothing, do-nothing Government. The Nation looked to Government but the Government looked away. Nine mocking years with the golden calf and three long years of the scourge! Nine crazy years at the ticker and three long years in the breadlines! Nine mad years of mirage and three long years of despair! Powerful influences strive today to restore that kind of government with its doctrine that that Government is best which is most indifferent."
Accepting his 2nd Presidential nomination in 1936, FDR said, "Governments can err, Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that Divine Justice weighs the sins of the cold-blooded and the sins of the warm-hearted on a different scale. Better the occasional faults of a government living in the spirit of charity, than the consistent omissions of a government frozen in the ice of its own indifference."
The fact is, FDR was elected in four landslide elections because he proved that our government of "We The People" can actually be effective as a force of good in the nation, cultivate a level playing field for business that encourages competition and positively effect the lives of all citizens, thus making freedom possible.
FDR quoted, "An old English judge once said: 'Necessitous men are not free men.' Liberty requires opportunity to make a living - a living decent according to the standard of the time, a living which gives man not only enough to live by, but something to live for."
If there ever was an "American Dream" it is because of FDR's New Deal policies meant to cultivate a society that worked for ALL. FDR's legacy still positively affects the lives of Americans.
But by the time FDR was elected to his third term, Republicans were already desperate to find someone to compete with his legacy and pushed the 22nd Amendment as a safeguard against another populist President ever getting more than 8 years to secure the economic vibrancy of the working class - something that Republicans vehemently ideologically oppose.
For a better understanding of the 22nd Amendment, read about the origin and the text of the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Wikipedia has an entry on this.
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Who was The only President to serve beyond two terms?
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What president was the only president to serve four terms?
Franklin Roosevelt was the only one to serve for four terms as president.
Did Roosevelt serve one term?
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Who was President 4 terms?
The only President to have been elected to serve four terms was Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who won the 1932, 1936, 1940, and 1944 elections. President Roosevelt ("FDR") died in office, 12 April, 1945, and was succeeded by Vice President Harry S. Truman, who served out the remainder of Roosevelt's fourth term (and was subsequently elected President in his own right in 1948, in the famous "Dewey Wins" election).
Who is the only president to have been elected to four terms of office?
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How many terms a governor serve in Illinois?
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What man was the only one serve two full four year terms as president of The US?
Franklin D. Roosevelt was the only man to serve two full four-year terms as President of the United States, holding office from 1933 to 1945. He was elected to a third term in 1940 and a fourth term in 1944, making him the only president to serve more than two terms. His unprecedented tenure led to the ratification of the 22nd Amendment in 1951, which officially limited presidents to two terms in office.
What U.S. President to served three straight full terms?
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How many terms did he serve?
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Which US president served 4 terms in office?
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What president served more than two terms in US Presidency?
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