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Did you know that Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first President to be inaugurated on January 20th? 
FDR was the last POTUS to take the oath of office on March 4, 1933.  After the passage of the 20th Amendment, FDR became the first President to be sworn in on the new day of January 20 for his second inauguration in 1937. 



Th 20th amendment was passed in order to shorten the transition time between administrations.  President Roosevelt watching the Inaugural Parade from a replica of Andrew Jackson’s “Hermitage” in front of the White House. January 20, 1937.

-from the FDR Library
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Did you know that Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first President to be inaugurated on January 20th?

FDR was the last POTUS to take the oath of office on March 4, 1933.  After the passage of the 20th Amendment, FDR became the first President to be sworn in on the new day of January 20 for his second inauguration in 1937. 


Th 20th amendment was passed in order to shorten the transition time between administrations.  
President Roosevelt watching the Inaugural Parade from a replica of Andrew Jackson’s “Hermitage” in front of the White House. January 20, 1937.

-from the FDR Library

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