The only president elected a third time

Since George Washington, presidents had stepped down after two terms. On November 5, 1940, with war raging in Europe, Franklin D. Roosevelt broke that tradition, beating Wendell Willkie 449 electoral votes to 82.

He won a fourth term in 1944 and died in office in 1945. The 22nd Amendment, ratified in 1951, now limits presidents to two terms.

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