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When did Congress limit presidential terms to two per person?

Retry Correct Incorrect According to the National Constitution Center, presidents had historically avoided seeking a third term due to George Washington’s decision to limit his own presidency to two terms. But while he wasn’t the first to try, Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s success at securing a third and fourth term prompted a Republican-controlled Congress to propose a constitutional amendment limiting presidential terms to two in the late 1940s. This 22nd Amendment was ratified on February 27, 1951.

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When did Congress limit presidential terms to two per person?

• 1799
• 1880
• 1951
• 1912