jan 1, 1940 - FDR reelected to unprecedented third term

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FDR broke the pattern of two-term maximums for service in the role of the presidency by continuing to a third term. Many Americans did not want to switch presidents amidst an economic crisis and a Second World War, which the U.S. was not yet involved in completely but was tied to it in terms of trade and allies.

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