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Who was the first president to be inaugurated on January 20?

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Ceremonial Parade Along Pennsylvania Avenue At The Inauguration Of President Jimmy Carter
Retry Correct Incorrect Although it’s an established tradition for presidents-elect to be inaugurated on January 20 nowadays, Inauguration Days used to take place on March 4 because that was as quickly as votes could be logistically counted. However, the History Channel explained that technological advances allowed for a January inauguration by 1933; it wasn’t until Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s second term began in 1937 that January 20 became the accepted date for this.
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Who was the first president to be inaugurated on January 20?

  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Andrew Jackson
  • George Washington
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