Analysts on TV have been telling us how unlikely it is for one political party to win the Presidency three terms in a row. We've all heard that. It hasn't happened since Reagan and Bush. But how seriously should we take what the media tells us? I decided to look the facts up.
There have been other three-term runs, of course. Washington and Adams come to mind. Also Jackson and Van Buren. Harding, Coolidge and Hoover made three, along with McKinley, Roosevelt and Taft. Madison and Monroe covered four terms. Five terms in a row were put up by Grant, Hayes, Garfield and Arthur. Also by FDR and Truman.
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