Eisenhower, Warren G. Harding, and George H.W. Bush. Washington also set a precedent of kissing the Bible after taking the oath of office. Presidents followed suit, up until 1853, when Franklin ...

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 ...

At his first inauguration, George Washington used the altar ... requires simply that the president take the oath before assuming the office. It does not require a Bible, or any religious text.

On Jan. 20, Trump will again take the presidential oath of office, ending with “so help me God.” When he does so, let it remind us of George Washington — but not as the founder of a ...

Using the Bible during the oath of office has become a respected ... House Historical Association, President George Washington was the first to take an oath on April 30, 1789, with his hand ...

and that is saying the Oath of Office. Taking the Oath with your hand on a book According to the U.S. Department of State, in 1789 George Washington began the tradition of taking the oath with a ...

The United States will get its 47th President on January 20th when Donald Trump takes the oath of office. The ceremony will ...

President Donald Trump took his oath of office on his inauguration, becoming the 47th president of the United States. However, some on social media have wondered if Trump failed to correctly take ...

President Donald Trump appeared to forget this key tradition while taking the oath of office on Monday ... in on a Bible goes back to President George Washington’s inauguration in 1789.