![]() ![]() "It's hard to imagine – I mean, Franklin Roosevelt really did not know in January and February and March whether the government could collapse before he even had a chance to put his own programs into use," Goodwin said. And then, within the matter of weeks after that, seven states secede from the Union."ĭuring the Great Depression, as Franklin Delano Roosevelt waited to take the reins from lame duck Herbert Hoover, the country itself was on life support. "I can't even imagine what it was like during the period of time between Buchanan and Lincoln," said Goodwin. ![]() After Abraham Lincoln's election in November 1860, he had to wait four months (back then the Inauguration wasn't until March) before President James Buchanan vacated the premises. Goodwin said, "Originally, the purpose of the waiting period was to give time for the new president to get from wherever they were to Washington, D.C., and that purpose seems to be less necessary today given modern transportation."īut 2020 isn't the first tumultuous transition. ![]() ![]() To many people, the 78 days between November 3 and January 20 are feeling like 78 years … which raises the question, why is this period so long? ![]()
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