Roosevelt, Garner sworn in for second terms as U.S. President, Vice President 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 20 1937)


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(Wednesday, January 20, 1937, 12:29 p.m. EST) — President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 55, was inaugurated today for a second term of office on the East Portico of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., with Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes administering oath of office.

For the first time the vice president, John Nance Garner, was sworn-in outdoors on the same platform with the president.

It was also the first inauguration to take place on January 20 as per the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Roosevelt and Garner, Democrats, had handily defeated the Republican ticket of Alf Landon-Frank Knox in the November 1936 general election.


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