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Oath of office has been administered 73 times to only 46 presidents
Donald Trump became the 47th American president on Monday, but the oath of office itself has been administered 73 times before to the 46 preceding chief executives. According to the Architect of the ...
The Washington Post26d
This is why we have a presidential oath
But in one place the drafters of the Constitution wrote word for word what governance would look like under the newly constituted United States: the president’s oath of office. “I do solemnly ...
The Daily Star25d
How did 'so help me God' become part of presidential oath?
had ended their oath of office with “so help me God.” Actually, there is no compelling evidence that any president added “so help me God” before September 1881, when Chester A. Arthur was sworn in ...
The Hill22d
These notable inaugurations weren’t held at the US Capitol. Here’s why
The inauguration ceremony would move to Washington D.C. for Thomas Jefferson’s 1801 oath of office, according ... a consular post shot President James A. Garfield at a Washington, D.C. railroad ...
Daily Press23d
Presidential history: The time and place of presidential inaugurations
Library of Congress On Friday, President-elect Donald Trump announced he would take the oath of office from inside the ... Stolz is a resident of James City County. This column is based upon ...