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The issue dealing with the length of time between the Presidential election and the inauguration was first realized when Abraham Lincoln had to wait four months until he could deal with the succession issue.
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Congress proposed the 20th Amendment on this day. The amendment said that the President's and Vice President's terms would end at noon on the 20th day of January instead of on March 4th. It also said that the Senators' and Representatives' terms would end at noon on January 3rd.
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Virginia was the first state to ratify the 20th Amendment. After they ratified it many more states started to as well.
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The 20th Amendment was ratified on the 23rd day of January. Missouri was the 36th state to ratify the amendment with satisfied the three-fourths requirment of the 48 states to ratify before the amendment was put into effect.
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On this day the 20th Amendment is officially ratified by the Secretary of State.
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Franklin Roosevelt was the first president that this amendment applied to. Twenty-three days after the amendment had been ratified he was assassinated.
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Florida was the last of the 48 states to ratify the amendment. On this day all states had ratified the amendment.
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On this day sections one and two of the amendment were finally put into effect.
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The first post 20th Amendment Congress was seated on the 3rd day of January. Congress always is seated 17 days before the president's and vice president's inauguration just in case the new Congress has to resolve an election.
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The 20th Amendment was finally put into use during the 1937 Presidential Election. President Roosevelt was the first president to use this amendment.
