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,

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Treasurer Stacy Garrity and Auditor General Tim DeFoor begin their second four-year terms, while Attorney General Dave Sunday is sworn in to his first term as Pennsylvania's top law enforcement officer.

When JD Vance took the oath of office, not only did he officially became America's 50th vice president, but he became the first representative from the millennial generation to hold the office. Vance is now the third youngest vice president in the history of the nation.

Chief Justice John Roberts will administer the constitutionally mandated 35-word oath to President-elect Donald Trump.

President Trump has taken the oath of office. The oath was administered by Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Roberts.

Donald Trump has been sworn in as the United States' 47th president.  Chief Justice John Roberts administered Trump's presidential oath on Monday (20 January).  After Trump was sworn in his supporters inside the Capital One Arena,