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.
Roosevelt was the first and only President to serve more than two terms. The amendment was passed by Congress in 1947. It was ratified by the states on February 27, 1951. The Twenty-Second Amendment says a person can only be elected to be president two times for a total of eight years.It does make it possible for a person to serve up to ten years as president.This can happen if a person (most likely the Vice-President) takes over for a president who can no longer be president. If this person serves two years or less of the last Presidentâs term, he or she may serve for two full four-year terms.If he or she served more than two years of the last President's term, the new President can serve only one full four-year term.he Twenty-Second Amendment says a person can only be elected to be president two times for a total of eight years. It does make it possible for a person to serve up to ten years as president.