[DOC] [TLE] Washington on a proposed third term and political parties, 1799 ... [PAR] Washington on a proposed third term and political parties, 1799. By 1798, George Washington had led America to victory in the Revolution, helped create the American government, and served two terms as the nation's first president (17891797). [DOC] [TLE] Why did George Washington refuse a third term as President? - Quora [PAR] George Washington didnt want to be president at all. He was offered kingship by disaffected military when the articles of confederation were not adequate to address the problems facing the union. He refused. He was elected to his first term reluctantly and he was reluctant to do a second term. [DOC] [TLE] Which Presidents besides FDR tried for third term? - Quora [PAR] There were a few examples from the 19th Century. Ulysses Grant was a possible 
candidate in .... Will Bill Clinton be the first 3-term President since FDR if Hillary 
Clinton is elected? Why did George Washington refuse a third term as President? [DOC] [TLE] Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution ... [PAR] The Twenty-second Amendment (Amendment XXII) of the United States 
Constitution sets a .... Roosevelt was the first president elected to a third term, 
and the only one to exceed ... In addition, the following states voted to reject the 
amendment:. [DOC] [TLE] why did george washington refuse a third term? | Yahoo Answers [PAR] Apr 7, 2008 ... After FDR, an amendment posing term limits on the president was ... They wanted 
to make him King and he wanted the country to have a president so he refused 
the third term although it .... Who came first Vikings or Romans? [DOC] [TLE] Biography, George Washington: The Man Who Would Not Be King [PAR] Further, he had four older half siblings from his father's first wife. ... and so in 1789 
he was unanimously elected as the first president of the United States. ... nation's 
government, Washington refused to run for a third term and retreated yet again... [DOC] [TLE] Obama Announces Plans For A Third Term Presidential Run - News ... [PAR] This means Obama's third term presidential run is only valid if he receives 75% 
approval .... about a president who doesn't put America and Americans first. .... 
What's interesting is that most people will deny the fact(s) and will continue to 
listen... [DOC] [TLE] Presidential Term Limits - Infoplease [PAR] Can a president serve more than two terms if they are not consecutive? ... a 
tradition George Washington started by refusing to run for a third term in 1796. ... 
over for President Clinton during the first two years of Clinton's first term, then he
... [DOC] [TLE] The Man Who Would Not Be King | Cato Institute [PAR] Feb 20, 2006 ... Most of us know he was the first president of the United States. ... his second term 
as president, when he refused entreaties to seek a third term. [DOC] [TLE] "George Washington, Presidential Term Limits, and the Problem of ... [PAR] George Washington, Presidential Term Limits, and the Problem of Reluctant 
Political ... scholars, and pundits, describes Washington's refusal to seek the 
presidency ... legacy and unprecedented third and fourth presidential terms could 
not undo ... practice--muddling our assessment of our first president's political 
legacy. [DOC] [TLE] George Washington - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] 1st President of the United States. Term ..... By refusing a third term, Washington 
established a firm but unwritten precedent of a maximum of two terms for a U.S.... [DOC] [TLE] Amendment XXII Two-Term Limit on Presidency - National ... [PAR] No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no 
... nation's first president, George Washington, declined to run for a third term,... [DOC] [TLE] Today in constitutional history: Presidents are limited to two terms in ... [PAR] Feb 27, 2015 ... The first president, Washington, set the two-term precedent in 1796, when ... 
Washington's voluntary decision to decline a third term was also... [DOC] [TLE] [Anti-Third Term Principle], 10/01/1912 - Today's Document

Question: 1st president to refuse a 3rd term
Answer: George Washington