On February 23, 1861, President-Elect Abraham Lincoln quietly slipped into Washington, D.C. to prepare for his inauguration on March 4. Accompanying him was U.S. Marshal Ward Hill Lamon (D/DC), a friend and former law partner.
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The 20th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1933, moved Presidential Inauguration Day from March 4 to January 20.
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