At the same time the colonies wanted President Washington to serve indefinitely, and his original title was “His Highness, The President.” Washington preferred “His Excellency, The President” which he used instead.
Washington didn’t like that they had shed one monarchy and were attempting to install a new one, with him as “king,” so he retired after one term.
Our history is a lot more nuanced than many think. We didn’t immediately become a Republic, we grew into it.
Two terms. Which every president afterwards never exceeded out of respect for the man and the ideals he represented by doing so (I assume since it wasn't illegal) until that faggot FDR came around and started shitting on the country and constitution and thus causing the two terms limit to actually get signed into law.
At the same time the colonies wanted President Washington to serve indefinitely, and his original title was “His Highness, The President.” Washington preferred “His Excellency, The President” which he used instead.
Washington didn’t like that they had shed one monarchy and were attempting to install a new one, with him as “king,” so he retired after one term.
Our history is a lot more nuanced than many think. We didn’t immediately become a Republic, we grew into it.
Two terms. Which every president afterwards never exceeded out of respect for the man and the ideals he represented by doing so (I assume since it wasn't illegal) until that faggot FDR came around and started shitting on the country and constitution and thus causing the two terms limit to actually get signed into law.