Depending on when you are reading this, the next president otthe U.S. will be on the verge of being elected or will have just been elected. As the pundits and commentators debate where this election fits in U.S. history, the new president will prepare to take office on Jan. 20, 2009. The 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1933, established Jan. 20 as the start date for the presidential term. Before that, Inauguration Day was March 4, a tip of the hat to March 4, 1789, the day the Constitution went into effect. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the last president to be inaugurated in March (1933) and the first president to be inaugurated in January (1937).
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机译：取决于您何时阅读本文，下一任美国总统将即将当选或刚刚当选。随着专家和评论员对这次大选在美国历史上的适合位置进行辩论，新总统将准备于2009年1月20日就职。1933年批准的《美国宪法》第20修正案于1月20日确定为开始日期。总统任期。在此之前，就职日是3月4日，即1789年3月4日，即宪法生效之日。富兰克林·罗斯福（Franklin D. Roosevelt）是最后任总统于3月（1933年）任职，也是第一任总统于1937年1月就职。
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