Topic summary
Rotation in office
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Term limits in the United States.
Presidential term limits 1789–1952
The fact that "perpetuity in office" was not approached until the 20th century is due in part to the influence of rotation in office as a popular 19th-century concept. "Ideas are, in truth, forces," and rotation in office enjoyed such normative support, especially at the local level, that it altered political reality.