The second inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt as

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was held on Wednesday, January 20, 1937, at the East Portico of the

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This was the 38th presidential inauguration and marked the commencement of the second term of

Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving U.S. president, and the only one to have served ...

as president and

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. It was the first inauguration to take place on January 20 per the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This was also the first time the vice president took the

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on the inaugural platform rather than in the Senate Chamber. The length of Roosevelt's term as president, and Garner's as vice president had already been shortened by days. It rained all morning and during the inauguration; the crowds hastily dispersed once the inauguration was over.''The Forgotten Memoir of John Knox: A Year in the Life of a Supreme Court Clerk in FDR's Washington'' pages 165-167, by John Frush Knox, edited and published by Dennis J. Hutchinson and David J. Garrow, 2004.

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Video of FDR's second inauguration from British Pathe (via YouTube)Text of Roosevelt's Second Inaugural AddressAudio of Roosevelt's Second Inaugural Address (via YouTube)
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