The 20th Amendment
amendment 20
The 20th Amendment madethe 20th of January Inauguration Day.
The 20th Amendment madethe 20th of January Inauguration Day.
The 20th Amendment madethe 20th of January Inauguration Day.
The 20th Amendment, ratified in 1933, moved the date of the President's inauguration to January 20 from March 4.
AMENDMENT #22
The Twentieth Amendment to the US Constitution states that the terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January.
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 moved the inauguration day for the president up to January 20. It was March 4 prior to the ratification of this amendment.
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 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 20th amendment.