A Conversation for The Central Park Zoo Scare of 1874

Footnote 4

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Dr_David

Not quite sure I understand the gist of footnote 4, which redirects to a page outlining the US government. While a third term for Grant would have been a big deal, it would have been allowed at the time; after all, Franklin Roosevelt was elected to a fourth term.


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MotDoc, Temporarily Exiled to Tartu, Estonia

Roosevelt was also the first, and only, President to serve a third term. At the time of these events no President had ever served more than two terms, following the precedent set down by George Washington.
smiley - martiansmile


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Post 3

flyingtwinkle

chaotic or quixctic ?


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MotDoc, Temporarily Exiled to Tartu, Estonia

I'm afraid I don't understand the question.


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Post 5

flyingtwinkle

was the elephant creating a chaos or was it not funny?


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MotDoc, Temporarily Exiled to Tartu, Estonia

Neither of those terms appears in the entry, although certain modern political observers might claim that both have some truth to them.
smiley - martiansmile


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