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

From historic Bibles to the leading role of the country's chief justice, Inauguration Day has been filled with traditions.

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 ...

John Adams was the first president to take the ... Justice Brett Kavanaugh will administer the oath of office to Vice President-elect JD Vance. Trump tapped Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court in ...

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 ...

When President Donald Trump took the oath of office, he didn't have his hand on the Bible. Does this matter and why do ...

Some presidents did not use a Bible to take the oath of office, including Theodore Roosevelt, who did not use anything when ...

Which president had the longest inaugural address? Which has been sworn in the most? Which ended the ceremony’s top-hat ...