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.

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.

For decades, Americans have gathered at the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. to watch the inauguration of the incoming president, with some noteworthy exceptions.

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.

Newly elected commissioners Perry Will and Mike Samson were sworn into office by Judge ... when we make this oath.” Former State Sen. Will announced his decision to leave the Colorado legislature in a bid for a spot on the Garfield County Board of ...

I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

President-elect Donald Trump's will be sworn in under the Capitol Rotunda, rather than outside. But he's not the only president inaugurated in an unusual location.

But in one place the drafters of the Constitution wrote word for word what governance would look like under the newly constituted United States: the president’s oath of office. “I do solemnly ...

A combination of harsh weather and delay in individual states choosing electors pushed the inauguration to April 30, 1789. At 2 p.m., Washington recited the constitutionally mandated oath on the balcony of Federal Hall in New York City, the fledgling nation’s temporary capitol.

PRESIDENTIAL 2: We promised more details from the National Constitution Center about the American presidents. Millard Fillmore, 13th president, refused an honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law from Oxford, saying, “No man should accept a degree that he cannot read.”

Reagan took the oath of office inside the Capitol rotunda. His inaugural parade was canceled. James Monroe’s second inauguration in 1821 was also held inside the Capitol due to a snowstorm.

January 20 is Inauguration Day when he will take the oath of office on the steps of the US Capitol in Washington ... and was consecrated on December 27, 1816. Since James Madison, every president has attended services here. There will be tea at the White ...