reëligible

A decision was first reached against an election by Congress, because it was thought that if the chief magistrate should prove himself thoroughly competent he ought to be reëligible ; but if reëligible he would be exposed to the temptation of truckling to the most powerful party or cabal in Congress, in order to secure his reëlection.

1888, John Fiske, chapter VI, in The Critical Period of American History: 1783–1789, Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, published 1895, pages 279–280