when did the 8 year presidential term start
While quelling rumors of his poor health through his campaigning, Roosevelt's health was deteriorating, and he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, dying in office on April 12, 1945. Roosevelt was the first president elected to a third term, and the only one to exceed eight years in office.While elected to twice as many terms as any other, his death in 1945 came early in his fourth term.he Twenty-second Amendment (Amendment XXII) of the United States Constitution sets a term limit for election and overall time of service to the office of President of the United States. Congress passed the amendment on March 21, 1947. It was ratified by the requisite 36 of the then-48 states on February 27, 1951.