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Why does ingress day occur only in January?

Donald Trump was elected to the US presidency on November 3, 2024. The presidential swearing-in ceremony is now taking place on January 20. The question is why the US president swears after such a long ‘gap’ of winning elections. What is the reason behind this? What is the reason behind holding the swearing-in ceremony after two and a half months of winning the election? In fact, the tradition was introduced by the 20th Amendment to the US Constitution.

When was the date of January 20 fixed for the oath?

• This did not happen before.
• Before 1937, the US president was sworn in on March 5.
• Earlier, on April 30, 1789, George Washington had taken the oath of office as president of the United States while standing on the balcony of Federal Hall. During this time he was 57 years old.
• George Washington also became president of the United States for the second time. He took the U.S. presidential oath once again for the second time, on the day of 4 March 1793.
• Then James Monroe became president, won the presidential election, and kept his inauguration schedule on March 5, 1821.
• The U.S. Constitution was subsequently amended. After this 20th Amendment, it was decided that from now on January 20, only the ingress for the presidency will be placed.
• Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first U.S. president to be sworn in in 1937 on January 20.

How old is the history of the Bible in swearing?

America is a Christian-majority country. Here is a very old history of the swearing in of the presidency and the Bible. However, there is also a fact that keeping the Bible during swearing is not legally’mendatory’ at all. But the tradition of keeping the Bible is quite old. Just like in India, there has been a tradition of making ‘halua’ in the last round of budget presentation. However, it is not mandatory to follow the tradition because there was such an opportunity in America once in 1904, when Theder Roosevelt did not raise the Bible when he was sworn in on the date of September 1904, 14.

Some Important Facts

What is the timing of the transfer of power to the new president?
The transfer of power does not take place on the day of the swearing-in. The outgoing president and vice president remain in office until January 20 at 11.59 pm, 59 seconds. All administrative powers then pass to the new administration.

What if Sunday comes on January 20?

If the swearing-in of the president in the US comes on Sunday, January 20, it also has a different rule. If Sunday comes, then in such a situation, swearing-in takes place in a private ceremony. Then the public ceremony takes place the next day, January 21. This happened in 2013, when Barack Obama became president for the second time.

Will Trump swear with two Bibles? What is its secret?

Will the elected president of the United States be sworn in on January 20 with two Bibles in hand? This is also a question because the last time Trump took the oath of office was on January 20, 2017, when he put two Bibles together at the oath of office. One of the historical Bibles was that of former President Abraham Lincoln, and the other was that of Trump’s mother, who received it as a gift from her mother.

Lincoln’s Bible in Trump’s hands, how old is this Bible?

The last time Trump took the oath of office, the Bible that Abraham Lincoln held in his hands dates back to 1861, which Abraham Lincoln himself held in his hands during his first swearing-in. So this Bible has historical significance. Notably, the same Bible Barack Obama used during his presidential oath of office before Trump held the Abraham Lincoln Bible in his hands during his last swearing-in.