Amendment 20

20th Amendment

By joshertz

  • Most Disastrous Lame Duck Period

    Most Disastrous Lame Duck Period
    The most disastrous lame duck period in US history was the 1860–1861 transition from the administration of James Buchanan to that of Abraham Lincoln.

  • End of Most Disastrous Lame Duck Period

    End of Most Disastrous Lame Duck Period
    By this time of the lame duck period, seven states seceded and conflicted between secessionist and federal forces.

  • Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln
    Abraham Lincoln had to wait 4 months before he and the incoming congresses could deal with the secession of Southern states and the Great Depression respectively.

  • Proposed

    Congress proposed the 20th Amendment.

  • Ratification

    Ratification
    The 20th Amendment was ratified.

  • Roosevelt

    23 days after this amendment was ratified, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was the target of an unsuccessful assassination attempt by Giuseppe Zangara.

  • Meeting of the 73rd Congress

    Meeting of the 73rd Congress
    The first meeting of the 73rd Congess and the inauguration of President Roosevelt and Vice President John Nance Garner still took place this day.

  • Sections 1 and 2

    Sections 1 and 2
    Because of Section 5, Sections 1 and 2 did not take effect until now.

  • First Congressional Terms

    The first Congressional terms to begin under Section 1 were those of the 74th Congress.

  • First Terms

    First terms of President and Vice President to begin under Section 1 were those of President Roosevelf and Vice President Garner