FYI: We might've had to wait until 4 March

Buh-bye, Bush

The Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified on this day, 23 January 1933.

Forty-three days more would just have been too much.

"Section 1. The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin."