The third
inauguration of
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (; ; January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As the ...
as
president of the United States
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was held on Monday, January 20, 1941, at the East Portico of the
United States Capitol
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in
Washington, D.C.
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This was the 39th inauguration and marked the commencement of the third, and eventually final full term of Franklin D. Roosevelt as president and the only term of
Henry A. Wallace as
vice president
A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on ...
. This was the first and only time a president has been inaugurated for a third term; after the
Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-second Amendment (Amendment XXII) to the United States Constitution limits the number of times a person is eligible for election to the office of President of the United States to two, and sets additional eligibility conditions for ...
was ratified in 1951, no person can be elected president more than twice.
Chief Justice Charles Hughes administered the
presidential oath of office to Roosevelt for the third and final time, who placed his hand upon the same family Bible used for his 1933 and 1937 inaugurations, open to I Corinthians 13, as he recited the oath. The outgoing vice president,
John Nance Garner, administered the
vice presidential oath to Wallace.
See also
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Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt For the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, see:
* Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, first and second terms (1933–1937 and 1937–1941), as U.S. president
* Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, third and fourth terms (1941–1945 and January†...
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First inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt
The first inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt as the 32nd president of the United States was held on Saturday, March 4, 1933, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 37th inauguration, and marked the c ...
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Second inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Fourth inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt
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1940 United States presidential election
The 1940 United States presidential election was the 39th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 5, 1940. Incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican businessman Wendell Willkie to be r ...
References
External links
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