Roosevelt broke the tradition set by GeorgeWashington by running for a third term. The advent of Nazi Germany sealed his determination to seek the presidency again, despite the disapproval by ...
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 ...
1789 — A presidential inauguration has taken place every four years since George Washington took the oath of office in New York City in 1789. He established the tradition for a two term limit and ...