Twentieth Amendment

GPTKB entity

Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf amendment to the United States Constitution
gptkbp:adoptedBy January 23, 1933
gptkbp:affects gptkb:President_of_the_United_States
Members of Congress
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Twenty-first_Amendment
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Twentieth Amendment
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Lame_Duck_Amendment
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Nineteenth_Amendment
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
March 2, 1932
gptkbp:providesFor succession procedures if President-elect dies before taking office
gptkbp:purpose to reduce the time between the election and the beginning of presidential, vice presidential, and congressional terms
gptkbp:ratifiedBy gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:replacedBy March 4 as inauguration date
gptkbp:section 6
gptkbp:setsCongressStartDate January 3
gptkbp:setsInaugurationDate January 20 for President and Vice President
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:Lame_Duck_Amendment
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Twentieth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4