According to the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, newly elected U.S. Presidents and Vice Presidents get sworn in on the 20th of January at noon. Eastern Standard Time, the time zone that includes Washington, D.C. in January, is assumed but not specified. 20 January is 17 days after the terms of U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators begin and 14 days after the official counting of the electoral votes in front of a joint session of Congress. Until 1933, when the 20th Amendment was ratified, Presidents, Vice Presidents, Representatives and Senators all began their terms on the 4th of March.
When the U.S. presidency is vacated due to death, resignation or removal from office, the presidential oath of office is administered to the U.S. Vice President as soon as possible.
Newly elected presidents are sworn in on at noon on January 20 of the year following the election. Vice-presidents who become president because of the death of the president are sworn in as soon as possible after the death is certified.
The new President is sworn in at noon on January 20 of the year following the election in November. If the President dies, the vice-president is sworn in as President as soon as possible.
January 20th of the year following his or her election.
Noon on January 20 of the year following the election.
January 20 same day every year :)
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James A. Garfield is the only president to inaugurated in office.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt. The 32nd President of the United States, he was inaugurated March 4, 1933 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Franklin_D._Roosevelt
The speaker of the house will be the acting president.
January 20
He was sworn in as President on March 4,1853.
the inauguration was on January 20th, 2009
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To date, 43 U.S. presidents have been inaugurated. President-Elect Barack Hussein Obama with be the 44th U.S. president to be inaugurated on January 20th 2009.
1/20/09
March 4 as the original date. Since the President is now inaugurated in January, the meeting of the Electoral College was moved to an earlier date.
Normally, once every four years. A president and vice-president are inaugurated after being elected. Additionally, a vice-president would be inaugurated if he or she steps up as president.
Normally, once every four years. A president and vice-president are inaugurated after being elected. Additionally, a vice-president would be inaugurated if he or she steps up as president.
Franklin Roosevelt( second term) was the first president to be inaugurated on the new date of Jan. 20
An elected President, not yet inaugurated, is called the President-elect.
James A. Garfield is the only president to inaugurated in office.