20th Amendment ratified 1/23/1933 Realizing that the severity of the Great Depression required prompt action, there was widespread agreement that inauguration and installation of newly elected Congressmen and Presidents should be moved forward from the traditional March 4th date. When first enacted, it was a time when people travelled by horseback or horse-drawn conveyance. The age of the automobile, improved train travel, and even the nascent airlines made such a delay unnecessary.
First of all it's Amendment, not amenment.
George Washington was inaugurated on April 30, 1789 on the balcony of the New York Federal Hall. The date for inauguration was set for March 4 to give state electors nearly four months after Election Day to cast their presidential ballots. Washington's second Inauguration Day took place on March 4, 1793 - in the Congress Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. March 4 was held up as Inauguration Day for all except four presidents between 1793 and 1933. Since March 4 fell on a Sunday for their inaugural years, James Monroe (1821), Zachary Taylor (1849), Rutherford B. Hayes (1877) and Woodrow Wilson (1917) each gave an address on Monday, March 5. With the four months between Election Day and Inauguration Day no longer being needed to be that long, the United States on January 23, 1933 ratified the 20th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The main purpose was to reduce the time between election of the president and his term. The amendment took effect on October 15, 1933.
The 20th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution changed the day that Congress convenes from March 4 to January 3, and it changed the day on which the new President and Vice President are sworn in from March 4 to January 20.
The 20th Amendment establishes the beginning and ending of the terms of all elected federal offices.
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At noon on the 20th in January. The 20th Amendment states: "The terms of the President and Vice-President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January." The new President and VP take office immediately upon conclusion of the preceding terms.
This amendment changed the date of the inauguration to an earlier date. The purpose was to eliminate the time a lame duck president would be able to stay in office.
The limitation of Presidential terms of office are specified in the 22nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The amendment was passed by Congress on March 24, 1947 and ratified on February 27, 1951. The amendment excluded Truman who was in office. The first President to whom it applied was Dwight Eisenhower who took office on January 20,1953.
Franklin Roosevelt was the first president to take office on the inaugural date specified by the Twentieth Amendment.
The 12th amendment was ratified June 15, 1804 during Jefferson's first term, but in time to apply to the 1804 election when Jefferson ran for a second term. It changed the way in which the president and vice-president were elected.
Amendment 20 moved the beginning of the president's term to January 20, from March 4.
Amendment 20 moved the beginning of the president's term to January 20, from March 4.
The 20th Amendment specifies that the President and Vice President shall begin their terms of office on January 20th. The Amendment was ratified on January 23,
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The 20th amendment changed the president's inauguration from March 4th to January 20th. This way, after the election in November, the U.S wasn't waiting as long for the new president to take office.
The president takes office on January 20th following the November election. See the 20th Amendment to the Constitution.
January 20th following the election. Prior to the election of 1936, presidents took office on March 4 following the election. The 20th amendment changed this.
The President's term of office starts on January 20th as specified in the 20th amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
The 20th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, ratified in January, 1933, changed Inauguration Day from March 4 to January 20 and changed the beginning/end of Senate and House terms from March 4 to January 3. The first inauguration to take place on January 20 was Franklin Roosevelt's second, in 1937.
They assume office at noon on January 20, according to Amendment XX.
At noon on the 20th in January. The 20th Amendment states: "The terms of the President and Vice-President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January." The new President and VP take office immediately upon conclusion of the preceding terms.
The 22nd -- it limited presidents to two full terms in office.