History quiz

What tradition did Franklin Delano Roosevelt break when D ran for the presidency in 1940?

The correct answer is "two-term tradition".

Before Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to the presidency in 1940, it had been a tradition for presidents to serve only two terms. This tradition had been established by George Washington, who refused to run for a third term in 1796. However, Roosevelt broke this tradition when he ran for and won a third term in 1940.