I've heard a rumor that I would like to verify. Is there anything that states a president may not be removed from office, including due to a presidential election, during a time of war?
I was also taught that, however it is not actually true. The example I was given was FDR and that the reasoning behind his long time as President was that there wasn't an election during wartime when actually there was in 1944. The reason he held office so long was that the 22nd Amendment which limits a President to 2 terms or 10 years, whichever comes first had not been passed at the time.
They're actually teaching that in British schools? Wow. The United States differs from many democracies by constitutionally mandating regular federal elections that occur no matter what. The United Kingdom did not hold a parliamentary election for the duration of World War II, while the United States held regular congressional elections in 1942 and 1944 and a presidential election in 1944. Vigorously contested partisan elections in wartime are a fundamental part of our political system.
There are three pre Cold War wartime Presidential elections:
1812
1864
1944
