Question I'm trying to think through: in US history, how many elected officials have ever tried to make arrangements to remain in office beyond their legally-sanctioned term of office?

Beside Rudy, that is.

Really, not just a rhetorical question. I'm trying to think of other examples.

Late Update: So far nuthin'. TPM Reader DP notes the 'three governors' controversy in Georgia in the 1940s. Basically, governor elect dies before inauguration, thus leaving a dispute over who to inaugurate which led the incumbent to say he wouldn't depart until the controversy was settled. Eventually it was resolved in the courts. Some similarities, but it seems essentially different in as much as there was, through no doing of the incumbent's, no agreed upon successor to inaugurate.

Another reader, TPM Reader JI, points to the example of Philly Mayor Frank Rizzo who after serving two terms tried and failed to have the term limit law overturned so he could run again in 1979. Again, this seem qualitatively different. Sure, it's a bit of a power grab and a bit unseemly. But if the law can be changed by the proper legislative enactment, that's very different. And in any case, it's the opportunity to stand before the voters again, not just remain in office past your term.

In anyhow, other examples? Contenders? It's a fun history question, in addition to having a certain heuristic value of evaluating Rudy's likelihood of subverting the constitution.