An attempt was made to nominate President Grant for a third term, but he didn't campaign for it in the way people run for President now and the attempt failed.
The first President to run for a third term was Theodore Roosevelt. After serving two terms from 1901 to 1908, Teddy Roosevelt did not run in 1908. In 1912, Teddy ran for the Republican nomination and lost to William Howard Taft. He then formed a third party, the Bull Moose party, and ran for President. He ultimatedly lost to Woodrow Wilson, though he did beat the Republican candidate, Taft.
The first President to actively campaign for a third term and win was Franklin Roosevelt, who was nominated and elected to a third fourth term.
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There were four presidents who sought a third term in office and failed. President Grant, President Cleveland, and President Wilson each lost in their parties' primaries, and their campaigns ended there. President Theodore Roosevelt, when he lost in the Republican primary, ran a third party campaign in the general election that failed. The only president who succeeded in getting a third term (and then a fourth term) was President Franklin D. Roosevelt due to the neccessity of an experienced leader because of World War II. On February 27. 1951, the ratification of the 22nd Amendment meant that presidents would no longer be able to be elected to more than two terms in office.
The first and only President to be elected to a third term was Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In fact, he was also the first and only President to be elected to a fourth term. TERM------DATE OF ELECTION------BEGINNING OF TERM------ENDING OF TERM 1ST---------------1932---------------------------1933------------------------1937 2ND---------------1936---------------------------1937------------------------1941 3RD---------------1940---------------------------1941------------------------1945 4TH---------------1944---------------------------1945------------------DIED APRIL 12, 1945 ----
If he has only run once, he can run for a second term. However, If he has run twice, he cannot become president a third time.
The 22nd Amendment places term limits on the president. If one was accused of trying to violate it, that would mean the person attempted to run for a third term.
George Washington declined a third term and set a precedent that was almost universally followed until Franklin Roosevelt broke the tradition , ran for a third term and was elected in 1940.U. S. Grant in 1880 let it be known that he would be willing to run for a third term, but he was not nominated. Woodrow Wilson also indicated that he could be drafted for a third term, but drew little interest.
Washington set an important precedent at the end of his second term.In 1796,he decided not to run for a third term
Run for a second term as President of the United States.