Why did president Roosevelt serve 3 terms in office?

On this day in 1944, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected to an unprecedented fourth term in office. FDR remains the only president to have served more than two terms. read more

Washington did so to establish that the OFFICE was more important than the man. Every president after him was expected to honor this precedent, and willingly did so. Roosevelt felt that he and he alone could end the Depression. He felt that the man (himself) was more important than the office. read more

On this day in 1944, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected to an unprecedented fourth term in office. FDR remains the only president to have served more than two terms. On this day in 1944, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected to an unprecedented fourth term in office. read more