PROPOSAL ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO LIMIT POTUS TO ONE TERM DEFEATED IN SENATE
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On St. Patrick's Day of 1924, the United States Senate rejected a proposed constitutional amendment limiting the POTUS to a single term of four years.
The proposal by Senator Frank B. Willis* (R-Ohio) had been added as an amendment to a joint resolution with Senator George W. Norris** (R-Nebraska) "to eliminate the 'short' sessions of Congress."
The vote on the single term proposal was 70 to 4 against.
JFK+50 NOTE
For the majority of American voters today who do not want a re-match of the Biden-Trump contest of 2020, had this amendment been approved 100 years ago today (and said amendment ratified by the states required) neither would be eligible as a presidential candidate in 2024 having each served one term.
George W. Norris is a respected name here in East Tennessee as the sponsor of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in 1933. Norris Dam is named in his honor.
SOURCE
"Senate Votes Down 70 to 4, Single Term Plan for President," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., March 17, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
