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 Capitol,

Kevin Butterfield is director of the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress. The Constitution is remarkably nonspecific on most things, and deliberately so. John Marshall famously wrote that the document marks the “ great outlines ” and designates the “important objects” only. It is a Constitution, not a legal code.

The inauguration ceremony would move to Washington D.C. for Thomas Jefferson’s 1801 oath of office, according to the National ... passed over for a consular post shot President James A. Garfield at a Washington, D.C. railroad station.

A combination of harsh weather and delay in individual states choosing electors pushed the inauguration to April 30, 1789. At 2 p.m., Washington recited the constitutionally mandated oath on the balcony of Federal Hall in New York City, the fledgling nation’s temporary capitol.

Donald J. Trump made history on Jan. 20 when he became the first convicted felon to take the presidential oath of office. Speaking from the Capitol in Washington—the same building that was infamously attacked by a howling mob of his supporters on Jan.

It was important in Cold War America to prove that it was a Christian nation, so a new story was added to the American creation myth: Through the nation's history, all presidents invoked God as part of their oath.

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 ...

A federal judge on Monday walked back his order barring Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and seven other members of the right-wing extremist group from entering Washington, D.C., without the

Lago. For weeks now, the United States has been operating under the misassumption that Donald J. Trump was elected president on Nov. 5 because 77 million dewy eyed Americans voted for him. Oh, ye of little faith.

It was a full day of celebration in Harrisburg honoring the inaugurations of Treasurer Stacy Garrity, Auditor General Timothy DeFoor, and Attorney General David Sunday.

Veterans are fond of saying that they took an oath of service to the Constitution and the nation and that their oath never expires. Navy veteran Eli Colvin was one

As a result of Sunday’s victory, plus Auditor General Tim DeFoor and Treasurer Stacy Garrity winning reelection, Republicans now occupy Pennsylvania’s three statewide row offices.