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U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall administered the Oath of Office more than anyone else: nine times, at every inauguration from 1801 to 1833. However, he administered the Oath to only five different Presidents.
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger B. Taneyadministered the Oath seven times to seven different Presidents:
- Martin Van Buren (1937)
- William Henry Harrison (1841)
- James K. Polk (1845)
- Zachary Taylor (1849)
- Franklin Pierce (1853)
- James Buchanan (1857)
- Abraham Lincoln (1861)
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What percentage of the oaths of office were not administered by chief justice?
10.6%George Washington is the only U.S. President to date whose Inauguration Day swearing-in was administered by someone other than the Chief Justice (in both 1789 and 1793). That's 3.5% of the 57 Inauguration Days to date.For the nine Presidents who assumed office mid-term due to the death or resignation of the preceding President, only four of them had the oath administered by the Chief Justice, either initially or as a follow-up; 55.6% did not.
Which Chief Justice presided over the most US Presidential Inaugurations?
Chief Justice John Marshall, who served in office for 34 years, presided over nine Presidential inaugurations. Marshall's successor, Roger B. Taney, administered the second most Oaths of Office, at six.Due to the death in office of Presidents William Henry Harrison (succeeded by John Tyler) and Zachary Taylor (succeeded by Millard Filmore), there were also nine Presidential Oaths administered during the Taney Court; however, neither Tyler nor Filmore had an inauguration ceremony, and both were sworn in by Circuit Court judge and US Supreme Court Reporter, William Cranch.Marshall's InaugurationsThomas Jefferson................1801Thomas Jefferson................1805James Madison...................1809James Madison...................1813James Monroe.....................1817James Monroe.....................1817John Q. Adams....................1825Andrew Jackson..................1829Andrew Jackson..................1833
Who swore in Justice John Paul Stevens to the US Supreme Court?
Chief Justice Warren Burger administered Justice Stevens' Oaths of Office on December 19, 1975. Supreme Court justices are required to take both a Constitutional Oath and a Judicial Oath before they officially join the Court.
What percentage of the oaths of office were not administered by a Chief Justice?
The majority of the 43 men who became president were sworn in by the chief justice, but at least seven presidents were not. According to Wikipedia, "from 1789 through 2013, the swearing-in has been administered by 15 Chief Justices, one Associate Justice, three federal judges, two New York state judges, and one notary public." In fact, it is customary rather than mandatory for the chief justice to give the oath-- among the presidents not sworn in by the chief justice were George Washington, Calvin Coolidge, and Lyndon Johnson. (Johnson was the only president sworn in by a woman-- Sarah T. Hughes, a district court judge.)
Who swears the president into office?
Usually the Chief Justice, but any person with the legal power to administer oaths may do so. Calvin Coolidge, visiting his parents in Vermont when President Harding died, was sworn in by his father, a local Justice of the Peace. Only seven other times in US history has the oath of office been administered by someone besides the Chief Justice of the US.
What percentage of the oaths of office were not administrated by a chief justice?
The majority of the 43 men who became president were sworn in by the chief justice, but at least seven presidents were not. According to Wikipedia, "from 1789 through 2013, the swearing-in has been administered by 15 Chief Justices, one Associate Justice, three federal judges, two New York state judges, and one notary public." In fact, it is customary rather than mandatory for the chief justice to give the oath-- among the presidents not sworn in by the chief justice were George Washington, Calvin Coolidge, and Lyndon Johnson. (Johnson was the only president sworn in by a woman-- Sarah T. Hughes, a district court judge.)
Who administers the oath of office to the president on inauguration day?
When the incumbent Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., was sworn in after Chief Justice William Rehnquist's death in 2005, Senior Associate Justice John Paul Stevens administered the Constitutional and Judicial Oaths of Office. While there is no rule governing this tradition, swearing in the incoming Chief Justice is considered an honor, and would most likely fall to the Senior Associate Justice or the out-going Chief Justice, unless that person was unavailable to perform the ceremony. A historical review of past Chief Justices' swearing-in ceremony shows no discernible pattern, however. To view a list of who administered the oath of office for each of the seventeen Chief Justices, see Related Links, below.
What year was Chief Justice John Roberts Jr nominated?
Senior Associate Justice John Paul Stevens administered the Constitutional Oath of Office to Chief Justice Roberts on September 29, 2005. Roberts took the Judicial Oath on October 3, 2005, immediately prior to hearing his first oral arguments.Although US Supreme Court justices take two Oaths before they can hear cases, they do not have to take both on the same day. Roberts officially became Chief Justice following his recitation of the Constitutional Oath of Office on September 29.
Where did presidents and vice presidents take the oath?
They take their presidential oaths at Capitol Hill, at their inauguration.
Can a notary public swear in a president?
Theoretically, yes. Notaries have the authority to administer oaths within their state of commission. Since the president is always sworn in at the White House, only a Notary Public of the District of Colombia could swear him in. The presidential oath has only been administered once by a notary, for Chester Arthur, by his father who was a notary public. However, there was some debate as to whether or not a state notary had the authority to swear in a federal official, and so the oath was readministered by the chief justice upon Chester Arthur's return to Washington. So the issue has never been really established, but in theory, since a notary has authority to administer oaths within his or her state for any purpose, the president could be sworn in by a notary.
Who has the duty of swearing in the president?
Any public official such a notary or JP that is authorized to administer oaths could swear in the president in an emergency. By current custom, the chief justice of the US swears in the president under ordinary conditions.
How many swearing-in ceremonies did Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor have?
Two or three, depending on your perspective. The Judicial branch is alone in requiring two separate Oaths of Office before a nominee officially becomes a Justice. The first, the Constitutional Oath, was administered in private in the Justices' conference room; the second, the Judicial Oath (which is different), was administered before friends and family in the Supreme Court's East Conference Room. The second ceremony was televised. Justice Sotomayor will also have a formal investiture on September 8, 2009, at 2:00 pm EST/DST, during a special sitting of the Court.
