Originally the presidents served as heads of state, completely irrelevant in donestic affairs but solely interested in representing us internationally.
It was a long time before the Speaker was replaced by the president as the leader in domestic affairs.
Term limits didn't exist as a serious concept until long after Washington died. If a statesman could serve capably and honorably, why shouldn't he win re-election multiple times? That was the feeling at the time.
Remember, universal suffrage, that great evil that destroys all republics, did not exist for some time after the founding.
Originally the presidents served as heads of state, completely irrelevant in donestic affairs but solely interested in representing us internationally.
It was a long time before the Speaker was replaced by the president as the leader in domestic affairs.
Term limits didn't exist as a serious concept until long after Washington died. If a statesman could serve capably and honorably, why shouldn't he win re-election multiple times? That was the feeling at the time.
Remember, universal suffrage, that great evil that destroys all republics, did not exist for some time after the founding.