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<blockquote data-quote="SoonerATC" data-source="post: 2029676" data-attributes="member: 9576"><p>I was recently thinking about how FDR served 4 terms in office and how some critics feared that he might have tried to form a dictatorship had he not died in office, which led to the proposal of the 22nd Amendment limiting future presidents to two terms. </p><p></p><p>The Amendment was proposed by Congress on March 24, 1947.</p><p></p><p>3/4 of State legislatures (36 of the 48 states at the time) needed to ratify the amendment within 7 years for it to be adopted </p><p></p><p>18 states (1/2 of those necessary) ratified it within 2 months of it being proposed by Congress </p><p></p><p>The 36th state ratified the Amendment on Feb 27, 1951, making it law.</p><p></p><p>5 states ratified it after it had already been adopted</p><p></p><p>5 states took no action on the Amendment</p><p></p><p>2 states rejected the Amendment - Massachusettes and <strong>Oklahoma</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>I kept going down the list of states that ratified the Amendment trying to find Oklahoma and was surprised to see where it was.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SoonerATC, post: 2029676, member: 9576"] I was recently thinking about how FDR served 4 terms in office and how some critics feared that he might have tried to form a dictatorship had he not died in office, which led to the proposal of the 22nd Amendment limiting future presidents to two terms. The Amendment was proposed by Congress on March 24, 1947. 3/4 of State legislatures (36 of the 48 states at the time) needed to ratify the amendment within 7 years for it to be adopted 18 states (1/2 of those necessary) ratified it within 2 months of it being proposed by Congress The 36th state ratified the Amendment on Feb 27, 1951, making it law. 5 states ratified it after it had already been adopted 5 states took no action on the Amendment 2 states rejected the Amendment - Massachusettes and [B]Oklahoma[/B] I kept going down the list of states that ratified the Amendment trying to find Oklahoma and was surprised to see where it was. [/QUOTE]
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