4 March 1793 A.D. George Washington Inaugurated for 2nd Time
4 March 1793 A.D. George Washington Inaugurated for 2 nd Time Editors. “ 1793 – George Washington was inaugurated as President for the second time. ” This Day in U.S. Military History. N.d. https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/03/04/march-4/ . Accessed 3 Mar 2015. 1793 – George Washington was inaugurated as President for the second time. His 2nd inauguration was the shortest with just 133 words. Since George Washington’s second term, Inauguration Day had been March 4 of the year following the election. That custom meant that defeated presidents and congressmen served four months after the election. In 1933, the so -called Lame Duck Amendment to the U.S. Constitution moved the inauguration of newly elected presidents and congressmen closer to Election Day. The 20th Amendment required the terms of the president and vice -president to begin at noon on January 20, while congressional terms begin on January 3.