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Proposal of the 20th amendment
Congress proposed The Amendment on this day. This amendment said that the President and Vice Presidents terms would end on the 20th of January. The terms of senators and representative at noon on the 3rd day of January. -
first state to ratify
Virginia was the first state to ratify and shortly after other states followed. -
36 state to ratify
Missourie was the 36th state to ratify, and that was the last state needed of three-fourths of the 48 states to approve the amendment. -
Assassination Attempt
About 23 days after the amendment was ratified, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was targeted to be assassinated by Giuseppe Zangara but was unsuccessful. -
Before Roosevelt takes office
They want to make all the changes to the Amendment to keep a mess from hanppening again in the future. The amendment shortend the lame duck period by two mounths. -
All states ratified the Amendment
Florida was the last state of the 48 states to ratify the amendment on this day all states had ratified the amendment. -
Changes made
The final changes of section 1 and 2 took place on this day. -
Time of taking effect
The lame duck amendment went into effect on this day. This is the time perioud when the President is voted out and is waiting for the new President to enter. -
First Post 20th Amendment Congress
The First post of the 20th Amendment Congress was seated on the 3rd day of Jamuary. The congress has to be seated 17 days before the president and vice president inauguration in case the new Congress has to resolve an election. -
Roosevelt's Inauguaration
The 20th Amendment was first put into use during the 1937 presidentual election. The first president to use this Amendment was President Roosevelt.
