Question

How long did the nation follow Washington's lead on two-term limit?

Answer 1

American presidents followed George Washington's two-term limit all the way to 1933. This is when president FDR became president, by which he ended up serving four terms in office from 1933-1945. He was the first and only president to do this. So it was 144 years if you count when FDR first went into office or 156 years if it wants when he died in his fourth term.

Bonus info: George Washington had the two-term limit set because he didn't want the American people to feel as if he was a king, such as in Britain. Every president followed this until FDR ( Franklin Delano Roosevelt) was president. The reason he served four terms is because the Great Depression happened around this time and he implemented the New Deal; which helped with the Great Depression. So the people just kept voting for him. 
 
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Answer 2

The nation followed Washington’s lead on the two-term limit for 144 years. It was followed until 1940.

 

EXPLANATION

 

If a person is chosen to be the president of the United States, the person will have the position for a period. On another word, it is called a “term” and it lasts for 4 years. The Constitution of the US itself does not have a limit on how many times a person can be elected as the president.  

However, America’s first president, George Washington, rejected when he was elected the third time. This act suggests that two terms are enough for someone to be the president. Washington’s gesture of suggesting a two-term limit became an unwritten rule for the future US presidents until 1940.

 

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt broke the two-term limit. He won the third time as a president in 1940, he also won the fourth term in 1944. Roosevelt was the president who went through almost all World War II, and also the Great Depression in 1930. Roosevelt died in 1945, specifically in April, only after months he just started his fourth term as a president.  

After the death of Roosevelt, the Republicans in Congress worked on Amendment XXII. Therefore, Roosevelt was the one and only president who serve as a president for more than two terms. The amendment was made by the Congress in 1947 and was eventually legalized on February 27, 1951.

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KEYWORD: two-terms, president, Washington

Subject: Social Studies

Class: 7-9

Subchapter: Washington’s Two-Term Limit