Manic Monday - Office

Mo gave us the word OFFICE for Manic Monday. A word that is particularly appropriate for the soon-to-be Inauguration of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama.

The swearing-in of the President of the United States occurs upon the commencement of a new term of a President of the United States. The United States Constitution mandates that the President make the following oath or affirmation before he or she can "enter on the Execution" of the office of the presidency:

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) 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.

Presidential Oaths of Office

The information below is courtesy of the Architect of the Capitol. It has been compiled by the Office of the Curator from contemporary accounts and other sources in the files of the Architect of the Capitol.

DATE	PRESIDENT	LOCATION	OATH ADMINISTERED BY
April 30, 1789	George Washington	Balcony of Federal Hall, New York City	Robert Livingston, Chancellor of State of New York
March 4, 1793	George Washington	Senate Chamber, Congress Hall, Philadelphia	William Cushing, Associate Justice of Supreme Court
March 4, 1797	John Adams	House of Representatives Chamber, Congress Hall, Philadelphia	Oliver Ellsworth, Chief Justice
March 4, 1801	Thomas Jefferson	Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol	John Marshall, Chief Justice
March 4, 1805	Thomas Jefferson	Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol	John Marshall, Chief Justice
March 4, 1809	James Madison	House Chamber, U.S. Capitol	John Marshall, Chief Justice
March 4, 1813	James Madison	House Chamber, U.S. Capitol	John Marshall, Chief Justice
March 4, 1817	James Monroe	In front of Old Brick Capitol (1st & A Sts., N.E.); now site of the Supreme Court Building	John Marshall, Chief Justice
March 5, 1821	James Monroe	House Chamber, U.S. Capitol	John Marshall, Chief Justice
March 4, 1825	John Q. Adams	House Chamber, U.S. Capitol	John Marshall, Chief Justice
March 4, 1829	Andrew Jackson	East Portico, U.S. Capitol	John Marshall, Chief Justice
March 4, 1833	Andrew Jackson	House Chamber, U.S. Capitol	John Marshall, Chief Justice
March 4, 1837	Martin Van Buren	East Portico, U.S. Capitol	Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice
March 4, 1841	William H. Harrison	East Portico, U.S. Capitol	Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice
April 6, 1841	John Tyler	Brown's Hotel, 6th St. & Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C.	William Cranch, Chief Judge of U.S. Circuit Court
March 4, 1845	James K. Polk	East Portico, U.S. Capitol	Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice
March 5, 1849	Zachary Taylor	East Portico, U.S. Capitol	Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice
July 10, 1850	Millard Fillmore	House Chamber, U.S. Capitol	William Cranch, Chief Judge of U.S. Circuit Court
March 4, 1853	Franklin Pierce	East Portico, U.S. Capitol	Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice
March 4, 1857	James Buchanan	East Portico, U.S. Capitol	Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice
March 4, 1861	Abraham Lincoln	East Portico, U.S. Capitol	Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice
March 4, 1865	Abraham Lincoln	East Portico, U.S. Capitol	Salmon P. Chase, Chief Justice
April 15, 1865	Andrew Johnson	Kirkwood Hotel, 12th St. & Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C.	Salmon P. Chase, Chief Justice
March 4, 1869	Ulysses S. Grant	East Portico, U.S. Capitol	Salmon P. Chase, Chief Justice
March 4, 1873	Ulysses S. Grant	East Portico, U.S. Capitol	Salmon P. Chase, Chief Justice
March 3, 1877	Rutherford B. Hayes	Privately in Red Room, White House	Morrison R. Waite, Chief Justice
March 5, 1877	Rutherford B. Hayes	Publicly on East Portico, U.S. Capitol	Morrison R. Waite, Chief Justice
March 4, 1881	James A. Garfield	East Portico, U.S. Capitol	Morrison R. Waite, Chief Justice
September 20, 1881	Chester A. Arthur	Privately at his residence, 123 Lexington Avenue, New York City	John R. Brady, Justice of the New York State Supreme Court
September 22, 1881	Chester A. Arthur	Publicly in the Office of the Vice President, U.S. Capitol	Morrison R. Waite, Chief Justice
March 4, 1885	Grover Cleveland	East Portico, U.S. Capitol	Morrison R. Waite, Chief Justice
March 4, 1889	Benjamin Harrison	East Portico, U.S. Capitol	Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice
March 4, 1893	Grover Cleveland	East Portico, U.S. Capitol	Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice
March 4, 1897	William McKinley	In front of the Original Senate Wing, U.S. Capitol	Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice
March 4, 1901	William McKinley	East Portico, U.S. Capitol	Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice
September 14, 1901	Theodore Roosevelt	Ansley Wilcox residence, Buffalo, New York	John R. Hazel, U.S. District Judge for Western District of New York
March 4, 1905	Theodore Roosevelt	East Portico, U.S. Capitol	Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice
March 4, 1909	William H. Taft	Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol	Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice
March 4, 1913	Woodrow Wilson	East Portico, U.S. Capitol	Edward D. White, Chief Justice
March 4, 1917	Woodrow Wilson	Privately in President's Room, U.S. Capitol	Edward D. White, Chief Justice
March 5, 1917	Woodrow Wilson	Publicly on East Portico, U.S. Capitol	Edward D. White, Chief Justice
March 4, 1921	Warren G. Harding	East Portico, U.S. Capitol	Edward D. White, Chief Justice
August 3, 1923	Calvin Coolidge	His father's residence, Plymouth, Vermont	John C. Coolidge, his father, a Notary Public
March 4, 1925	Calvin Coolidge	East Portico, U.S. Capitol	William H. Taft, Chief Justice
March 4, 1929	Herbert C. Hoover	East Portico, U.S. Capitol	William H. Taft, Chief Justice
March 4, 1933	Franklin D. Roosevelt	East Portico, U.S. Capitol	Charles E. Hughes, Chief Justice
January 20, 1937	Franklin D. Roosevelt	East Portico, U.S. Capitol	Charles E. Hughes, Chief Justice
January 20, 1941	Franklin D. Roosevelt	East Portico, U.S. Capitol	Charles E. Hughes, Chief Justice
January 20, 1945	Franklin D. Roosevelt	South Portico, White House	Harlan F. Stone, Chief Justice
April 12, 1945	Harry S. Truman	Cabinet Room, White House	Harlan F. Stone, Chief Justice
January 20, 1949	Harry S. Truman	East Portico, U.S. Capitol	Frederick Vinson, Chief Justice
January 20, 1953	Dwight D. Eisenhower	East Portico, U.S. Capitol	Frederick Vinson, Chief Justice
January 20, 1957	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Privately in East Room, White House	Earl Warren, Chief Justice
January 21, 1957	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Publicly on East Portico, U.S. Capitol	Earl Warren, Chief Justice
January 20, 1961	John F. Kennedy	East Portico, U.S. Capitol	Earl Warren, Chief Justice
November 22, 1963	Lyndon B. Johnson	Conference room aboard Air Force One at Love Field, Dallas, Texas	Sarah T. Hughes, U.S. District Judge, Northern District of Texas
January 20, 1965	Lyndon B. Johnson	East Portico, U.S. Capitol	Earl Warren, Chief Justice
January 20, 1969	Richard M. Nixon	East Portico, U.S. Capitol	Earl Warren, Chief Justice
January 20, 1973	Richard M. Nixon	East Portico, U.S. Capitol	Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice
August 9, 1974	Gerald R. Ford	East Room, White House	Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice
January 20, 1977	James E. Carter	East Portico, U.S. Capitol	Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice
January 20, 1981	Ronald W. Reagan	West Front, U.S. Capitol	Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice
January 20, 1985	Ronald W. Reagan	Privately in North Entrance Hall, White House	Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice
January 21, 1985	Ronald W. Reagan	Publicly in Rotunda, U.S. Capitol	Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice
January 20, 1989	George H. W. Bush	West Front, U.S. Capitol	William Rehnquist, Chief Justice
January 20, 1993	William J. Clinton	West Front, U.S. Capitol	William Rehnquist, Chief Justice
January 20, 1997	William J. Clinton	West Front, U.S. Capitol	William Rehnquist, Chief Justice
January 20, 2001	George W. Bush	West Front, U.S. Capitol	William Rehnquist, Chief Justice

The swearing-in traditionally takes place at noon on Inauguration Day at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., with the Chief Justice of the United States administering the oath. From the presidency of Martin Van Buren through Jimmy Carter, the ceremony took place on the Capitol's East Portico. Since the 1981 inauguration of Ronald Reagan, the ceremony has been held at the Capitol's West Front. The inauguration of William Howard Taft in 1909 and Reagan in 1985 were moved indoors at the Capitol due to cold weather. Until 1937, Inauguration Day was March 4. Since then, Inauguration Day has occurred on January 20 (the 1933 ratification of the Twentieth Amendment changed the start date of the term).

AOL News:

Obama Rides Rails to Capital Amid Cheers

By JENNIFER LOVEN and NANCY BENAC

AP

posted: 1 HOUR 5 MINUTES AGO

ABOARD THE INAUGURAL EXPRESS (Jan. 17) - Tracking Abraham Lincoln's historic path to Washington, President-elect Barack Obama launched a four-day inaugural celebration Saturday before thousands of chilled but cheering onlookers from Philadelphia to the nation's capital. He promised to bring the country "a new Declaration of Independence" — free from small thinking, prejudice and bigotry.

Obama invoked a grand heritage of American giants as he appealed "not to our easy instincts but to our better angels," an echo of Lincoln's first inaugural address. He took note of the enormous challenges that lie ahead and promised to act with "fierce urgency," a phrase often used by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.


Happy Birthday Martin Luther King, Jr.

It has become a reality, Martin!

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