Only one person, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, has ever served more than two terms as president of the United States. This is ...

Roosevelt broke the tradition set by George Washington by running for a third term. The advent of Nazi Germany sealed his determination to seek the presidency again, despite the disapproval by many of ...

One scathing political cartoon depicted the ghost of George Washington chiding Roosevelt. FDR used World War II to win additional terms In 1940, Franklin Delano Roosevelt became the only president ...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt ... unpopular to the point that Roosevelt’s campaign strategy was simply not to do anything that would distract from that unpopularity. In 1940, Roosevelt broke the tradition ...

Ever since President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s reassuring voice ... The idea of limits on presidential terms goes back as far as George Washington, who made it clear that the prevention ...

On the anniversary of FDR’s death, Boston examines the legacy of the New Deal and the expanded role of government in American life.

Though modern job approval metrics were a bit lacking during the late 1790s, historians have for decades considered George Washington ... behind only Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson ...

Donald Trump is seeking to do what several Republican predecessors failed to do: reverse the promise and the premises of Franklin D. Roosevelt ... Only George Washington’s was comparable ...

Congress passed the 22nd Amendment in 1947, imposing a two-term limit after more than 170 years of George Washington ... than two terms in office: Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was elected to ...

Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the most executive orders, with over 3,700 during his 12 years in office. William Henry Harrison signed the fewest executive orders, with zero during his 30 days as ...

Only one person in U.S. history has defied the two-term example set by the first president, George Washington.