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This amendment applies term limits of two full terms to the office of [[President of the United States of America|President]]. Prior to the amendment, it had been traditional for Presidents to not run for a third term, a precedent set forth by [[George Washington]]; the tradition was broken when [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] was elected to four consecutive terms between 1933 and 1945. The amendment was passed by Congress in 1947 and ratified by the states in 1951.
This amendment applies term limits of two full terms to the office of [[President of the United States of America|President]]. Prior to the amendment, it had been traditional for Presidents to not run for a third term, a precedent set forth by [[George Washington]]; the tradition was broken when [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] was elected to four consecutive terms between 1933 and 1945. The amendment was passed by Congress in 1947 and ratified by the states in 1951.
Although President [[Harry Truman]] could have continued to stand for election as often as desired (under the specific exemption for the sitting President), he chose not to do so after his first full term in office (due in part to declining popularity).