District Council member Brianne Nadeau: This limbo that we're in because of the congressional rider is untenable, it's a big problem. John Fitzgerald Kennedy: I hear it said that West Berlin is militarily untenable-and so was Bastogne, and so, in fact, was Stalingrad.
FDR was the first and only president to serve more than two terms. Passed by Congress in 1947, and ratified by the states on February 27, 1951, the Twenty-Second Amendment limits an elected president to two terms in office, a total of eight years.
show more Grover Cleveland is the only president to serve non-consecutive terms, but that was before the 22nd amendment. This amentment limits a president to two terms, but doesnt say those terms have to be consecutive. So could Jimmy Carter for example (who only served one term and lost re-election to Reagan) run for... show more Grover Cleveland is the only president to serve non-consecutive terms, but that was before the 22nd amendment. This amentment limits a president to two terms, but doesnt say those terms have to be consecutive.