Lyndon Johnson took the oath as soon as it was realized that President Kennedy was killed in Dallas in 1963.
Lyndon Johnson
President Kennedy had been assassinated.
Lyndon Baines Johnson was the first US President to take the oath of office while his wife, Lady Bird Johnson, held the bible. This took place in 1965.
1963, immediately following the death of President Kennedy.
No, the President's Oath is written in the Constitution. The Vice President's Oath is the same oath that members of Congress take and was not written in the Constitution, but the Constitution does require that the VP be bound by an Oath.
James MonroeThe first president to take the oath was George Washington.
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President Kennedy had been assassinated and a transfer of power was necessary.
All US presidents take the oath of office, starting with the first president, George Washington.
The first time, 1963, he took it in the presidential airplane while it was sitting on the ground at Dallas airport. The second time,1965, he took it outside the capitol in Washington.
Oath of Office
The U.S. Constitution says that the president must take the presidential oath and be sworn in; usually, it is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who administers the oath. If a president is re-elected, he still has to take the oath of office a second time.