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Before the 20th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified in 1933, new presidents were sworn in on March 4th, or if that date was a Sunday, the day before or after. The rationale was that by moving the inauguration date to earlier in the year, it would eliminate the period the President was a lame duck. And by having the Congress opening on the January 6th, it could confirm the president’s nominees before he took office. In short, he Twentieth Amendment reorganized the government calendar.