What is Fourth inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt?
[[File:Photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivering his fourth Inaugural Address. - NARA - 199054.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Franklin D. Roosevelt delivering his fourth inaugural address]] The '''fourth inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt''' as the 32nd [[president of the United States]] happened on January 20, 1945. It was the start of the fourth and final term of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] as [[President of the United States|president]] and the only term of [[Harry S. Truman]] as [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]]. A public ceremony happened on the South Portico of the [[White House]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], instead of the [[United States Capitol]]. This was because of [[World War II]]. The inaugural parade and other events were canceled as well. The event was the 40th presidential [[United States presidential inauguration|inauguration.]] This was the one and only time that a president has ever been sworn in to a fourth term in office. After the [[Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution]] was passed in 1951, this meant that no person could be elected more than twice as president. [[Chief Justice of the United States|Chief Justice]] [[Harlan F. Stone]] administered the oath of office to Roosevelt. [[Henry A. Wallace]] administered the vice presidential oath of office to Truman.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.inaugural.senate.gov/40th-inaugural-ceremonies/|title=The 40th Presidential Inauguration: Franklin D. Roosevelt, January 20, 1945|publisher=United States Senate|access-date=November 24, 2021}}</ref> 82 days into his term, Roosevelt died, and Truman became the next president. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{wikisource|Franklin Roosevelt's Fourth Inaugural Address}} * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvRDf0XhmCc Newsreel footage of Roosevelt's 1945 inauguration from C-SPAN (via YouTube)] * [https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/froos4.asp Text of Roosevelt's Fourth Inaugural Address] * [https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/preside