Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Twentieth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf amendment to the United States Constitution
gptkbp:address presidential succession
congressional sessions
gptkbp:adoptedBy January 23, 1933
gptkbp:affects gptkb:President_of_the_United_States
Members of Congress
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Twenty-first_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Lame_Duck_Amendment
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Nineteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
March 2, 1932
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 original inauguration date of March 4
gptkbp:section 6
gptkbp:setsCongressStartDate January 3
gptkbp:setsInaugurationDate January 20 (President and Vice President)
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:Twentieth_Amendment
gptkbp:textBegins Section 1. The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January...
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:politics
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3