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Article: ... FDR had not run for a third term?(What If ...)(Franklin Delano Roosevelt)
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- September 1, 2009
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In January 1940, president Franklin D. Roosevelt is one year from completing his second term in office. While there is no constitutional prohibition against seeking a third term--and will not be until the 22nd Amendment is ratified in 1951--no previous president has defied the precedent established by George Washington in 1796 that two terms is enough. One prominent Republican growls that for a president to hold office for 12 years would be a long step toward totalitarianism.
But FDR doesn't appear to be headed in that direction. On New Year's Day, the Chicago Tribune reports that if FDR seeks a third term it will divide the Democratic Party, set the stage for a ...
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