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June 29

Two consecutive presidents with Sunday inaugurations

Theoretically, a person serving as president of the United States from 2097 until 2105 could be followed by one serving from 2105 until 2113, with both presidents having Sunday, January 20 inaugurations in 2097 and 2109 respectively. But how likely is this hypothetical future scenario actually going to happen?

The 12-year gap is short enough for the above to be able to happen. This gap occurs because 2100 is not a leap year.

By the way, there has never been a 12-year gap between Sunday inaugurations in history. There was a 40-year gap (between 1877 and 1917) followed by another 40-year gap (between 1917 and 1957), which occurred due to 1900 not being a leap year and the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution having changed the date of inauguration from March 4 to January 20, respectively, but the 40-year gap is even longer than the typical 28-year gap. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 20:06, 29 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It could even be the same person on both occasions, like Grover Cleveland had a hiatus between his two terms. --Lambiam 22:20, 29 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Lambiam: To be precise, if that were to be the case, then that would mean that Person 1 serves from 2097 until 2101, then Person 2 from 2101 until 2109 (or 2105, followed by Person 3 serving from 2105 until 2109), and finally Person 1 again from 2109 until 2113. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 16:38, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]