The 20th Amendment specifies that the President and Vice President shall begin their terms of office on January 20th. The Amendment was ratified on January 23,
Franklin Roosevelt was the first president to take office on the inaugural date specified by the Twentieth Amendment.
The 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution specifies the date that the President and Congress take office.
Amendment 20 moved the beginning of the president's term to January 20, from March 4.
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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.
Franklin Roosevelt( second term) was the first president to be inaugurated on the new date of Jan. 20
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.
Structure of the Federal GovernmentThe 12th amendmentmade an important change in the way the president and vice-president were elected. The 20th amendment moved up the starting date for a new Administration and a new Congress.
20th Amendment
Before the lame-duck amendment (ratified in 1933), elected Presidents took office on March 4 of the year following their election, instead of the now January 20.
The 20th amendment made this change.
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