FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT... (i really need your help!)?

Question

Does anyone know why he served more than 2 terms in office, as president?


I thought that you could only serve 2 terms.



also; do u know what FDR had to do with WWII?

Answer 1

When he was president there was no term limit. After his death congress passed a law stating that presidents can only be elected twice. FDR was also our president during WWII.

Answer 2

The two-term tradition had been an unwritten rule since George Washington declined to run for a third term in 1796, and both Ulysses S. Grant and Theodore Roosevelt were attacked for trying to obtain a third non-consecutive term. FDR systematically undercut prominent Democrats who were angling for the nomination, including two cabinet members, Secretary of State Cordell Hull and James Farley, Roosevelt's campaign manager in 1932 and 1936, Postmaster General and Democratic Party chairman. Roosevelt moved the convention to Chicago where he had strong support from the city machine (which controlled the auditorium sound system). At the convention the opposition was poorly organized but Farley had packed the galleries. Roosevelt sent a message saying that he would not run, unless he was drafted, and that the delegates were free to vote for anyone. The delegates were stunned; then the loud speaker screamed "WE WANT ROOSEVELT...THE WORLD WANTS ROOSEVELT!" The delegates went wild and Roosevelt was nominated by 946 to 147. The new vice president was Henry A. Wallace, the liberal intellectual who was Secretary of Agriculture.

In his campaign against Republican Wendell Willkie, Roosevelt stressed both his proven leadership experience and his intention to do everything possible to keep the United States out of war. Roosevelt won the 1940 election with 55% of the popular vote and 38 of the 48 states. A shift to the left within the Administration was shown by the naming of Henry A. Wallace as Vice President in place of the conservative Texan John Nance Garner, who had become a bitter enemy of Roosevelt after 1937.

Answer 3

I might know this, though I don't know how helpful it'll be.
FDR decided to run again because I guess he was allowed to... he broke the precedent.
He was the President during WWII, and he was doing a good job. People just wanted to keep the same president in office because they knew him better than the other candidate, who had similar views on all the issues.
Roosevelt was really heavily involved in WWII- the Yalta Conference with Stalin and Churchill, the decision to start building the atomic bomb....
Sorry, we did this in my history class a while back and I've forgotten most of it, but I hope that this helps!

Answer 4

George Washington only served two terms and so the tradition was that a president only served twice. Roosevelt went on to serve four terms - and after him, the Republican controlled Congress passed a law limiting the terms.

Roosevelt was President in 1941 when the Japanese attached Pearl Harbor, which brought America into the Second World War. First we declared war on Japan, and shortly after that, we entered the European conflict and declared war on Hitler and his allies. Roosevelt was active in running the war, negotiating alliances, and encouraging the development of the atomic bomb

Answer 5

He served more than two terms because he was a really good president who made excellent decisions that helped get the states through the Great Depression and WWII. The public demanded that he run again

Answer 6

Before Roosevelt, U.S. Prezs only served two terms because Washington only served two... after FDR, they made it a rule... FDR just figured he was the best man for the job, what with the war coming up.... that's the quick answer...

Answer 7

It was after FDR that the law of two terms was made.
The Republican party decided not to run against him during the war as not to be a divide country.

FDR had a lot to do with ww2. first was not getting involved in world politics and stopping the expansion of Germany.
not stopping the invasion of China by Japan.

Second the support of Briton in the fight. blocking Japans ability to get oil and other resources.

He got Eisenhower to be the supreme commander of the allies so that they would fight as one, not a Hodge podge of un controlled armys.

Answer 8

the term limit amendment did not come until after FDR's presidency.

google it to come up w/ the amendment and the year because i don't remeber it.\

he just wasnt done at two terms...he wanted to serve longer

Answer 9

There was no law about term limits back then.

The war began without us, believe it or not. We had decided to be neutral, but then Japan bombed our military base in Hawaii so we felt obligated to retaliate. Then it was going too slow so we nuked them.

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Answer 10

there was no limit in those days. after he won 4 terms, the law was made to limit all pres. to 2 terms.