third term

In 1940, FDR was under pressure to run for a third term as President. But in keeping with Washington's precedent, he declined to do so. What if Franklin Roosevelt had run for a third term?

Former President Grant came close to winning a third Republican presidential nomination in 1880, but his campaign's heavy handed tactics backfired at the deadlocked convention where the GOP settled on James Garfield as a compromise candidate. Had Grant's campaign not overreached, it's possible...

Let's say that the 22nd Amendment says that presidents can only serve two consecutive terms. Neither Eisenhower or Reagan run in 1964 or 1992. In 2004, former President Clinton announces a run against Bush, claiming to have the experience required to take America out of 9/11 and the Iraq War...

While Washington established an "unwritten rule" as we view it today, before FDR many presidents did not run for a third term because they were tired of the job or did not believe they could win reelection. Could a very popular President run for a third term and win? Or would people be so afraid...

WI Andrew Jackson had decided to break with tradition and run for a third term in 1836? How does he handle the Panic of 1837, The rebellion in the Canadas, the Texas Republic, Mexico, 'Indian' removal etc?