PRESIDENTIAL TERMS LIMITED TO NO MORE THAN TWO BY CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On February 27, 1951, the 22nd Amendment* to the United States Constitution was ratified. The amendment stipulates...
"no person shall be elected to the office of President more than twice."
Prior to Franklin D. Roosevelt, no chief executive had broken George Washington's precedent of serving no more than two terms. In 1940, however, FDR was elected a third time and in 1944 a fourth.
Robert Longley writes...
"In the 1946 midterm elections, many Republican candidates made limiting presidential tenure a large part of their campaign platforms."
With Republican majorities in both houses of Congress beginning in January 1947, the Joint Resolution proposing the 22nd Amendment passed with bi-partisan support (House of Representatives 285-121, Senate 59-23).
Congressman John F. Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) voted for the 22nd Amendment and as sitting POTUS in December 1962 said...
"two terms are enough."
*The 22nd Amendment (1951) permits a POTUS to serve up to 10 years. If a president assumes the office with less than two years left in a term, he/she may run for & be elected to two full additional terms.
SOURCE
"The 22nd Amendment Sets Presidential Term Limits," by Robert Longley, January 21, 2020, ThoughtCo, www.thoughtco.com/
