The president must take the oath before he can be president. The rest of the inauguration ceremonies are not legally required but they are expected and demanded by custom and for political reasons.
President Elect
Franklyn Roosevelt. Heard this on the Today Show on Inauguration Day.
No, the first U.S. Senators and Representatives took office less than two months before George Washington's first inauguration.
Before his inauguration his title is President Elect Trump.
No. In the US, an election comes months before a President is sworn in at his inauguration.
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amendment 20
Jackson
Rutherford B. Hayes
I have read somewhere that Obama's dream before becoming President was to be a bank manager.
Truman
George W. Bush, Jr. was Governor of Texas before becoming President of the United States.