George Washington sought oaths of loyalty to address ... allowing former Confederates into federal service at all, that oath of office is still with us, for public servants low and high.

Eisenhower, Warren G. Harding, and George H.W. Bush. Washington also set a precedent of kissing the Bible after taking the oath of office. Presidents followed suit, up until 1853, when Franklin ...

The tradition of swearing the oath of office on a Bible stretches back to George Washington, but not all presidents have observed it. By Elizabeth Dias National religion correspondent As Donald J.

A select number of presidents have not sworn on the Bible, which was more common in earlier chapters of American history when specific rules and traditions weren’t as entrenched as they are today.

“Do not move seat cards,” instructed a list of etiquette rules placed on each of the approximately 600 folding chairs. The rules also directed those with seats on the stage to refrain from holding up ...

George Washington was sworn in at New York ... and vice president would end at noon on Jan. 20. For his first oath of office, Trump had his hand on two Bibles, one his own and one used by Abraham ...

WASHINGTON – Instead of looking out over a sea of people when he took his oath of office on Monday ... the Declaration of Independence, General George Washington resigning his military ...

With Trump's presidential inauguration just around the corner, review the history and meaning of Inauguration Day.

On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States. Since Washington took his oath of office, Inauguration Day has continued to be an ...

The only constitutionally mandated event on Inauguration Day is for the president-elect to take the oath of office. But on the first Inauguration Day, in 1789, George Washington did something else.