The chief justice of the Supreme Court traditionally reads the oath of office to the incoming president, but the vice president has more flexibility.

WASHINGTON — The chief justice of the Supreme Court traditionally administers the oath of office to the incoming ... to early vice presidents like John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr ...

WASHINGTON — The chief justice of the Supreme Court traditionally administers the oath of office to the incoming ... to early vice presidents like John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr ...

John Quincy Adams took his oath in 1825 on a law book ... Lyndon B. Johnson took the oath of office aboard Air Force One after John F. Kennedy’s assassination with a Roman Catholic missal ...

Hundreds of people including local elected officials attended the ceremony in which Merced Superior Court Judge John Kirihara ...

“Do not move seat cards,” instructed a list of etiquette rules placed on each of the approximately 600 folding chairs. The rules also directed those with seats on the stage to refrain from holding up ...

John Adams wrote to Gen ... grappled with allowing former Confederates into federal service at all, that oath of office is still with us, for public servants low and high. I took it when I ...

Presidents can choose another book, for example, John Quincy Adams swore the Oath of Office with his hand on a law book. When Donald Trump took the Oath of Office for the second time to become the ...

Donald Trump raised his right hand while placing his left hand on the Bible Monday afternoon. He then took the oath of office and was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States.