Presidents Who Ran for a Third Term

Mr. Beat goes through the five American presidents who ran for third terms.

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Only one American President, Franklin Roosevelt, has served more than two terms in office, and the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1951, has limited presidents to two terms ever since.

But what about before that? How many Presidents have run for a third term? Well, technically four.

80 years after George Washington first set the two-term precedent, Ulysses Grant was the first to BREAK that tradition…first by considering running for a third term in the election of 1876 and then later ACTUALLY running for a third term in the election of 1880. He didn’t even get nominated, however.

Next up was Theodore Roosevelt, who ran for a third term in the crazy election of 1912. He lost. Next was Woodrow Wilson, who wanted a third term but his own political party wouldn’t let him run. And Harry Truman, the last President eligible to run for a third term, was highly unpopular at the time and dropped out of the race early.

That said, Teddy Roosevelt and Truman only served PARTIAL first terms due to Presidents dying in office, so their third runs were understandable.

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