The 20th amendment made this change.
the 20th amendment changed the date of the inauguration from march 4 to January 20
Each inauguration takes place every 4 years on January 20. The original inauguration date was March __, but the __ Amendment changed this in ___.
The 20th Amendment (1933) could be called the "Lame Duck" amendment or the "January Inauguration" amendment, because its primary function was to move the new Congress date to January 3 and the Presidential inauguration date to January 20 (under the Constitution, both took place on March 4). It reduced the time between the election of a new President and/or Congress and their installation in office.
The 20th Amendment abolished the practice of the "Lame Duck" session in Congress. It shortened the amount of time between a president's election and inauguration, reducing the potential for a prolonged period of inaction or stalemate. It also established January 20th as the date for the president's inauguration.
The 20th Amendment to the US Constitution changed the inauguration date from 4 March to 20 January. FDR, for his second term, was the first US President to be inaugurated on the 20th of January.
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The 20th Amendment to the US Constitution was written by Senator George Norris in 1932. The amendment allowed the presidential inauguration date to be moved from March to January. It was ratified on January 23, 1933.
The 20th amendment moved the inauguration day for the president up to January 20. It was March 4 prior to the ratification of this amendment.
Except for Washington's first inauguration, when he was sworn in on April 30, 1789, all presidents until 1937 were inaugurated on March 4.The date was changed to January 20 by the 20th Amendment in 1933.
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.
The president of the United States stopped taking office in March with the ratification of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution in 1933. Before that, the presidential inauguration used to take place on March 4th. The 20th Amendment changed the inauguration date to January 20th.
The 20th Amendment, ratified in 1933, moved the date of the President's inauguration to January 20 from March 4.