The 22nd Amendment, ratified February 27, 1951, limits presidents to two elected terms and addresses succession scenarios. The amendment''s text states no person can be elected president more than twice, and anyone who served more than two years of another president''s term can only be elected once more. The amendment responded to Franklin D. Roosevelt''s four elections from 1932 to 1944. Before FDR, a two-term tradition dating to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson discouraged presidents from seeking third terms. Roosevelt broke this norm in 1940, citing World War II and Great Depression challenges. Voters supported him through 1944, but he died in office in April 1945. Congress proposed the 22nd Amendment in 1947, and states ratified it four years later. The amendment creates ambiguity about whether a two-term former president could serve as vice president or in the line of succession and later become president again. Scholars debate whether the amendment blocks succession to the presidency or only prohibits election.