must take the oath of office and recite the specific words. The rest is up to those participating in the ceremony. Who didn’t use a Bible? John Quincy Adams took his oath in 1825 on a law book.

there is also no stipulation that the oath of office end with “so help me God,” though it has become customary.) Throughout history, there have also been several presidents who were not sworn in using ...

Trump took the oath of office on Monday immediately after Vice President JD Vance was sworn in by Associate Supreme Court ...

he wasn't the first president to take the oath of office without touching a religious text. For example, John Quincy Adams claimed to have used a book of law instead of a bible for his 1825 ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump took his oath of office on his inauguration ... The first was in 1825, when John Quincy Adams took his oath “while reading a volume of law,” according to the Joint ...

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 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 ...

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 ...