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The highly unpopular Truman was handily defeated by Kefauver; 18 days later the president formally announced he would not seek a second full term. Truman was eventually able to persuade Stevenson to run, and the governor gained the nomination at the 1952 Democratic National Convention .
As of 2024, the amendment has yet to apply to anyone succeeding to the presidency; a grandfather clause exempted Harry S. Truman when the amendment came into force, Lyndon B. Johnson served less than half of John F. Kennedy's term when he became president after Kennedy's assassination, and Gerald R. Ford (who did serve more than half of Richard ...
In the spring of 1952 President Truman tried to convince Stevenson to take the presidential nomination, but Stevenson refused, stating that he wanted to run for re-election as Governor of Illinois. Yet Stevenson never completely took himself out of the race, and as the convention approached, many party bosses – as well as normally apolitical ...
A few days after the New Hampshire primary, Truman formally announced he would not seek a second full term. [191] Truman was eventually able to persuade Adlai Stevenson to run, and the governor gained the nomination at the 1952 Democratic National Convention. [192]
In Truman's second mid-term election, Republicans ran against Truman's proposed domestic policies and his handling of the Korean War. They picked up seats in both the House and the senate, but failed to gain control of either house of Congress. [296] Truman was particularly upset by the apparent success of those who campaigned on McCarthyism. [297]
President-elect Donald Trump told House Republicans that he won't seek a third term as president — unless they find a way to make it possible. "I suspect I won't be running again, unless you say ...
One full term, currently serving second (non-consecutive) term [f] 22: Abraham Lincoln: 1,503 16th • March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865 [c] One full term; assassinated: died 1 month and 11 days into second term, 1 day after being shot 23 tie: John Quincy Adams: 1,461 6th • March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829: One full term [m] Martin Van Buren: 1,461
On Jan. 25, after his second-term inauguration, Trump, at an event in Las Vegas, said: “It will be the greatest honor of my life to serve, not once but twice—or three times or four times ...