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Douglas Hodkiewicz
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∙ 13y agoThe US President is sworn in at 12:00 noon local time on Inauguration Day, which is January 20 of the year following his election.
In the event of vacancy of the office (death, incapacity), the Vice President is sworn in as soon as practicable.
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∙ 13y agoIn modern times, the President Elect becomes President when he or she takes the Oath of Office on Inauguration Day, January 20 of the year following the election.
Section 1 of the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says,
"The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin."
It is interesting to note that Abraham Lincoln (and all presidents 1793 - 1933) had to wait until March 4th to be elected. The Confederate President, Jefferson Davis, had already been sworn in (February 22, 1862) before Lincoln took office. The outgoing president, James Buchanan, the "Lame Duck" President, didn't want to get involved in the dispute between the states and Lincoln could not do anything because he was not yet President. On April 12th, Ft Sumter was attacked, a little more than a month after he took office.
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∙ 9y agoAfter an election, the new presidential term begins on what is known as Inauguration Day. In the United States, Inauguration Day occurs on January 20 (unless that day is a Sunday, in which case inauguration would take place on January 21).
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∙ 13y agoThe popular vote for president takes place in the general election, and this occurs on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November every four years. However, the electoral college really elects the president, not the people, and they vote in December following the general election.
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∙ 15y agoWhen he/she takes the oath of office on January 20, xxxx
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∙ 15y agoPresident-elect Obama will be sworn into office on January 20, 2009.
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∙ 15y agoAt noon after being sworn in on inauguration day which is Janurary 20th
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∙ 13y agoOn January 20th of the following year.
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Who becomes president if the president elect is indicted?
Then the vice president-elect becomes president.
According to the twentieth amendment if the president-elect dies before the beginning of hisher term who becomes president?
The Vice-President elect.
What type of votes actually elect the president-?
Electoral votes are the type of votes that actual elect the president.
Who becomes the new Vice President if the president cannot serve out his term and the vice president elect becomes president?
the secretary of state
Who becomes president if the president dies before he starts term as president?
the vice president elect
Who becomes president once a vice president president elect resigns?
President then Vice President then Speaker of the House.
According to the twentieth if the president elect dies before the beginning of her term who becomes president?
the vice president
If the house fails to elect a president by January 20 who becomes president until the house decides?
I do!
What time by law must the President Elect be sworn in?
He becomes President at 12:00 noon.
The president is indirectly elected by who?
The electors from each state actually elect the president. The voters elect the electors.The Electoral College
Who becomes president if president-elect dies?
US Constitution, Amendment XX, Section 3. If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President....
Why is the inauguration on a specific day?
well because that's the official day the president elect becomes president
