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After [[Franklin Roosevelt]] served a little over twelve years in office, [[Congress]] passed a [[Constitutional Amendment]] restricting future Presidents to two terms.  
 
After [[Franklin Roosevelt]] served a little over twelve years in office, [[Congress]] passed a [[Constitutional Amendment]] restricting future Presidents to two terms.  
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However if the Vice President succeeds to the Presidency, with no more than two years left in the prior President's term, they are allowed to run for two terms, raising the potential time in office to ten years.  
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However if the Vice President succeeds to the Presidency, with no more than two years left in the prior President's term, he is allowed to run for two terms, raising the potential time in office to ten years.  
    
The first President to whom term limits applied was [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]].
 
The first President to whom term limits applied was [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]].
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