No Third Term
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"No Third Term" was the 1940 presidential campaign slogan used by Republican nominee Wendell Willkie to oppose Franklin D. Roosevelt’s unprecedented bid for a third term in office.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| No Third Term canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2533662 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: No Third Term Context triple: [1940 United States presidential election, hasCampaignSloganAssociatedWithWillkie, No Third Term]
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A.
Eisenhower's farewell address
Eisenhower's farewell address is the 1961 televised speech by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower in which he famously warned Americans about the growing power and influence of the military–industrial complex.
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B.
Committee to Re-elect the President
The Committee to Re-elect the President was U.S. President Richard Nixon’s 1972 campaign organization, best known for its central role in financing and orchestrating activities that led to the Watergate scandal.
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C.
Eternal President of the Republic
Eternal President of the Republic is the posthumous title granted to North Korea’s founding leader Kim Il Sung, enshrining him as the country’s perpetual head of state and supreme ideological figure.
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D.
Nixon Doctrine
The Nixon Doctrine was a U.S. foreign policy strategy announced in 1969 that emphasized supporting allies with aid and arms rather than committing large numbers of American ground troops, particularly in Asia.
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E.
Mr. Vice President
Mr. Vice President is the formal spoken and written title used to address the sitting Vice President of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: No Third Term Target entity description: "No Third Term" was the 1940 presidential campaign slogan used by Republican nominee Wendell Willkie to oppose Franklin D. Roosevelt’s unprecedented bid for a third term in office.
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A.
Eisenhower's farewell address
Eisenhower's farewell address is the 1961 televised speech by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower in which he famously warned Americans about the growing power and influence of the military–industrial complex.
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B.
Committee to Re-elect the President
The Committee to Re-elect the President was U.S. President Richard Nixon’s 1972 campaign organization, best known for its central role in financing and orchestrating activities that led to the Watergate scandal.
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C.
Eternal President of the Republic
Eternal President of the Republic is the posthumous title granted to North Korea’s founding leader Kim Il Sung, enshrining him as the country’s perpetual head of state and supreme ideological figure.
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D.
Nixon Doctrine
The Nixon Doctrine was a U.S. foreign policy strategy announced in 1969 that emphasized supporting allies with aid and arms rather than committing large numbers of American ground troops, particularly in Asia.
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E.
Mr. Vice President
Mr. Vice President is the formal spoken and written title used to address the sitting Vice President of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States presidential campaign slogan
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political campaign slogan ⓘ |
| associatedWithIssue |
executive power
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presidential term tradition ⓘ |
| campaignMedium |
buttons
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posters ⓘ speeches ⓘ |
| campaignType | presidential campaign ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| electionOutcomeForUser | defeat of Wendell Willkie ⓘ |
| electionResultContext | Franklin D. Roosevelt elected to a third term in 1940 ⓘ |
| electionYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Roosevelt’s unprecedented bid for a third term ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFeature | invoked George Washington’s two-term precedent ⓘ |
| opposedCandidate |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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surface form:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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| opposedNumberOfTerms | third term ⓘ |
| opposedPolicyContext |
New Deal
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surface form:
New Deal era
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| opposedPoliticalParty |
Democratic Party
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surface form:
Democratic Party (United States)
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| politicalAlignment | opposition to New Deal expansion ⓘ |
| politicalPosition |
anti-incumbency
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opposition to third presidential terms ⓘ |
| relatedConstitutionalDevelopment | informal precedent later reinforced by the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| sloganTheme |
defense of two-term tradition
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term limits for presidents ⓘ |
| startUseDate | 1940 ⓘ |
| targetedIncumbent |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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surface form:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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| targetedOffice | President of the United States ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| usedBy | Wendell Willkie ⓘ |
| usedByCandidateForOffice | Wendell Willkie for President of the United States ⓘ |
| usedByParty |
Republican Party
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surface form:
Republican Party (United States)
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| usedInElection | 1940 United States presidential election ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: No Third Term Description of subject: "No Third Term" was the 1940 presidential campaign slogan used by Republican nominee Wendell Willkie to oppose Franklin D. Roosevelt’s unprecedented bid for a third term in office.
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