Did you know that all US presidents between George Washington in 1793 and FDR in 1933, with the exceptions of:
John Tyler
Millard Fillmore
Andrew Johnson, and
Chester A. Arthur
(who finished out the terms of Presidents who died in office and did not win election to the Presidency in their own right), took the oath of office at least once on 4 March?
This was the original Inauguration Day prescribed in the Constitution.
George Washington was sworn in the first time on 30 April 1789, in New York City, while Presidents since FDR's 2nd Inauguration in 1937 have commenced their terms on 20 January, as per the 20th (Lame Duck) Amendment -- with the single exception of Gerald R. Ford, who never won election to the office.
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