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2 unusual facts about oath of office


Oath of office

In an inauguration ceremony a new Spanish Prime Minister takes an oath of office over an open Constitution next to the Holy Bible and before the King of Spain and other dignitaries.

All recruits to the British Army, Royal Air Force must take an oath of allegiance upon joining these armed forces, a process known as "attestation".


Adolph A. Hoehling, Jr.

On August 21, 1923, Hoehling re-administered the oath of office to Calvin Coolidge following the death of Harding in order to resolve possible questions over the legality of a state justice of the peace (Coolidge's father) administering the presidential oath of office.

First inauguration of Ronald Reagan

Chief Justice Warren E. Burger administered the oath of office.

First inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant

Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase administered the Oath of office.

Powell v. McCormack

In January 1967, the 90th Congress convened, Speaker of the House John William McCormack asked Representative Powell to abstain from taking the oath of office.


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Banknotes of the Philippine peso

The obverse side features President Joseph Estrada taking his oath of office on June 30, 1998 in the historic Barasoain Church, the seat of the first democratic republic in Asia shown in the background as well as the scroll of the Malolos Constitution and the seal of the BSP (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas).

Charles F. McLaughlin

He was a member of the Indian Claims Commission from April 5, 1947 until November 14, 1949 when he took the oath of office a day later as a United States district judge for the District of Columbia.

Charles G. Atherton

He took the oath of office on 4 March 1853, and served until he suffered a stroke while attending court and died in Manchester, New Hampshire, 15 November 1853.

Colleen Kollar-Kotelly

She was appointed as a judge to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by President Bill Clinton on March 26, 1997, to a seat vacated by Harold H. Greene; she took her oath of office on May 12, 1997.

On October 3, 1984, Kollar-Kotelly was nominated as an associate judge of the D.C. Superior Court by President Ronald Reagan; she took her oath of office on October 21.

Cornelius D. Scully

The oncoming Allied powers industrial needs of World War II (already gearing up in Europe and Asia by the time Scully took the oath of office), put many of his environmental reforms on hold until his successor Lawrence took office after the war.

Daniel Tarullo

On 3 January 2014, Daniel Tarullo administered the oath of office to Janet Yellen, as Chairman of the Federal Reserve, as she took office, replacing Ben Bernanke, who joined the Brookings Institution, as a distinguished fellow in residence.

Deepak Sandhu

Deepak Sandhu enjoyed the privilege of being administered the oath of office as the first woman Chief Information Commissioner of the Central Information Commission by The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee.

Flying Spaghetti Monster

In January 2014, a member of the Pomfret, New York Town Council wore a colander while taking the oath of office.

Henry Cornelius Burnett

Burnett took his seat in the 37th Congress; sources make no mention of his making good on his threat not to take the oath of office.

Nora W. Tyson

Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush administered the oath of office to Tyson via videolink from Kennebunkport, Maine.

Roel Degamo

Degamo assumed the position of Vice-Governor when Vice-Governor-elect Agustin Perdices assumed the gubernatorial position left by the elected Governor Emilio Macias II who died before taking his oath of office.

Vice President's Room

Six years later, following President James Garfield’s assassination, Vice President Chester Arthur took the presidential oath of office here with two former presidents, Ulysses S. Grant and Rutherford B. Hayes, among those attending the ceremony.

William Malcolm

As head of the militia in and around New York City, Malcolm commanded George Washington's escort when Washington took the oath of office as the first President.