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  2. Presidency of Harry S. Truman - Wikipedia

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    Although the Twenty-second Amendment had been ratified, Truman could run for another term due to a grandfather clause in the amendment. Truman's first choice to succeed him, Chief Justice Vinson, had declined to run, Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson had also turned Truman down, Vice President Barkley was considered too old, [298] and Truman ...

  3. Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    [4] [9] Three of the next four presidents after Jefferson—Madison, James Monroe, and Andrew Jackson—served two terms, and each adhered to the two-term principle; [1] Martin Van Buren was the only president between Jackson and Abraham Lincoln to be nominated for a second term, though he lost the 1840 election and so served only one term. [9]

  4. Harry S. Truman - Wikipedia

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    Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.A member of the Democratic Party, he assumed the presidency after Franklin D. Roosevelt's death, as he was vice president at the time.

  5. FACT CHECK: Can Donald Trump Actually Run For A Third Term as ...

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    The 22nd amendment of the U.S. Constitution explicitly limits all presidents to two terms. While the amendment does not specify that the terms must be consecutive, it is generally implied that the ...

  6. List of presidents of the United States by time in office

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    Roosevelt is the only American president to have served more than two terms. Following ratification of the Twenty-second Amendment in 1951, presidents—beginning with Dwight D. Eisenhower —have been ineligible for election to a third term or, after serving more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected president, to a ...

  7. From Jefferson to Truman, American presidents embraced the ...

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    That’s a good thing. Our presidents have been a varied lot, politically, intellectually and spiritually. There is much to be learned from the men who held the toughest job in the world.

  8. Term limits in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the context of the politics of the United States, term limits restrict the number of terms of office an officeholder may serve. At the federal level, the president of the United States can serve a maximum of two four-year terms, with this being limited by the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution that came into force on February 27, 1951.

  9. What to know about term limits and what is at stake - AOL

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    Term limits advocate makes case for implementing limits in Mississippi.