Some presidents did not use a Bible to take the oath of office, including Theodore Roosevelt, who did not use anything when he was sworn into office in 1901, and John Quincy Adams, who chose a legal ...
President Trump didn't place his hand on a Bible when he took his oath of office on Jan. 20, 2025. He’s not the first ...
From historic Bibles to the leading role of the country's chief justice, Inauguration Day has been filled with traditions.
Ahead of Donald Trump's second inauguration, take a look back at the transition of presidential power throughout U.S. history ...
The only constitutionally mandated event on Inauguration Day is for the president-elect to take the oath of office. But on ...
A combination of harsh weather and delay in individual states choosing electors pushed the inauguration to April 30, 1789. At ...
According to the U.S. Department of State, in 1789 George Washington began the tradition of taking the oath with a hand on ...
President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20 will mark the 60th presidential swearing-in ceremony in United ...
There’s a unique family backstory behind the holy book that the President-elect will use for his second inauguration on ...
An oil painting of George Washington taking the oath of office as the first president of the United States on April 30, 1789, in New York City Image: Ramon de Elorriaga/Encyclopedia Britannica via ...