I was a reading a thread about how the pressures of the office tends to visibly age the person. I wondered if there was any historical references to a President wanting to leave office early (not due to outside pressure but due to job stress)?
Probably the best known case of a president who simply got tired of the job was Calvin Coolidge. After serving part of Warren G. Harding's term after his death, and one term elected on his own, Coolidge announced that he would not seek a second full term as President in 1928. Coolidge elaborated. "If I take another term, I will be in the White House till 1933 … Ten years in Washington is longer than any other man has had it—too long!" in his autobiography he stated "The Presidential office takes a heavy toll of those who occupy it and those who are dear to them. While we should not refuse to spend and be spent in the service of our country, it is hazardous to attempt what we feel is beyond our strength to accomplish"