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george Washington elected and served 2 terms setting the standard for everyone else to follow -
Thomas Jefferson has spoken out against no term limits saying that without them someone might come around and become power hungry -
the first 3rd term run was by Ulysses S. Grant, he lost that year however.
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FDR was elected for a 3rd term in office
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FDR was elected for a 4th term as well, he died early into this term and this is when people realized term limits were needed
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in 1947 congress approved the 22nd amendment that would limit presidents to only 2, 4 year terms. all it needed now was to be ratified by the states
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The 22nd amendment was finally ratified by 36 states which means it was in the constitution. it didn't apply to the current president at the time Truman, but he didn't run again
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Regan says the 22nd amendment was a mistake
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a representative named Jose serrano has attempted to repeal the 22nd amendment sending in a proposal every year since 1997
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today in the year 2025 with trump in for his 2nd term there has been talk of him campaigning for a 3rd term, his supporters seem to be backing this idea