For many years, Inauguration Day was held on March 4. However, the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1933, moved the date to January 20 to reduce the "lame-duck" period between ...

The country remained adrift during that economic crisis. In 1933, the 20th Amendment reduced the lame duck period, moving up the date of the inauguration of president and vice president from March 4 ...

However, the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1933, moved the date to January 20 to reduce the "lame-duck" period between presidents. The day typically includes the swearing-in ...

the long “lame duck” administrations became less politically tolerable. In 1923 Sen. George Norris of Nebraska authored a resolution that would become the foundation for the 20th Amendment.