Two sleeps or 72 hours until Monday, January 20, 2025, and the second inauguration of President Donald J. Trump. Trump is the only president who has run two unprecedented campaigns, and there will no doubt be even more unprecedented moments during this inauguration. Trump is only the second president to serve for non-consecutive terms, the first being Grover Cleveland in 1892, 132 years ago. Trump is only the second Republican president in 20 years to win the electoral college vote and the national popular vote, the first being George W. Bush in 2004.
Inauguration day used to be held on March 4, which allowed time for vote counting and for travel to Washington, D.C. As the nation moved from horses, to horse-and-buggy, to railroad, to automobile and air travel, voting kept up with the speed of the times. In 1933, the 20th Amendment was ratified, changing the…
