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2. Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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   The Twentieth Amendment (Amendment XX) to the United States Constitution moved the beginning and ending of the terms of the president and vice president from March 4 to January 20, and of members of Congress from March 4 to January 3. It also has provisions that determine what is to be done when there is no president-elect. The Twentieth ...

3. Second inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt - Wikipedia

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   The second inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt as president of the United States was held on Wednesday, January 20, 1937, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 38th presidential inauguration and marked the commencement of the second term of Franklin D. Roosevelt as president and John Nance Garner as ...

4. Twentieth Amendment - Wikipedia

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   The Twentieth Amendment may refer to the: Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1933), established some details of presidential succession and of the beginning and ending of the terms of elected federal officials; Twentieth Amendment of the Constitution of India (1966), relating to the appointment of judiciary

5. List of amendments to the Constitution of the United States

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   The only amendment to be ratified through this method thus far is the Twenty-first Amendment in 1933. That amendment is also the only one that explicitly repeals an earlier one, the Eighteenth Amendment (ratified in 1919), establishing the prohibition of alcohol.

6. Portal:United States/On this day/January 20 - Wikipedia

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   This is the first inauguration on January 20. The date was changed from March 4 by the 20th Amendment to the Constitution. 1941 – Franklin Roosevelt is the only President inaugurated for a third term. 1945 – Franklin Roosevelt's fourth and final inauguration is held at the White House due to wartime considerations.

7. Outline of the history of the United States - Wikipedia

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   The Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, January 23, 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the 32nd president of the United States on March 4, 1933 The Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution , December 5, 1933

8. History of civil rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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   By the mid-20th century, preventing blacks from voting had become an essential part of the culture of white supremacy. In June and July 1959, members of the black community in Fayette County, TN formed the Fayette County Civic and Welfare League to spur voting. At the time, there were 16,927 blacks in the county, yet only 17 of them had voted ...

9. Second inauguration of Barack Obama - Wikipedia

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   Since 1937, the four-year term of the president and vice president have ended and begun at noon on January 20, as prescribed by the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Because January 20, 2013, fell on a Sunday, both Obama and Biden were officially sworn in privately, and then again the following day in a public ceremony. [16]