During Roosevelt's presidency the 20th and 21st amendments were added to the Constitution. The 20th amendment was added to the U.S Constitution in 1933 and relates to dates. It addressed when the terms for members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President would start. The amendment stated that the term(s) for members of Congress would begin on January third while the President and Vice Presidents terms would start on January twentieth. Prior to the twentieth amendment there was no set dates for newly elected officials to take office, this often resulted in a lame duck period. A lame duck period is the time between the day of an election and the day someone takes office. Most of the time the loser(s) of an election had no incentive
