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President George Washington started that. At the end of his speach/oath, he said, "So help me God". He said this because he knew that leading a country is easy and he knew that he could not do not do it successfully without God's help. And ever since then, presidents always end their speach with that. :)
"So help me God" has been added by many of the Presidents.
The words "so help me god" have never been present in the oath of office for Presidents, though they appear in other oaths for other offices they are not present in the presidential oath as set down in the Constitution.
he addded "so god help me "
Yes it does :)
Most people who take this oath give their name after "I" at the beginning of the oath and add "so help me God" at the end.
George Washington added the words "So help me God." to the end of the oath of office that he took when being sworn in as president. The actual wording of the oath is in Article II of the Constitution and does not contain that phrase. Washington added it on his own.
"So help me God"
The first President to say the words "so help me God" as the end of his Presidential oath was President Chester A. Arthur in 1881. Each President since then has used those words.
So help you god was never an actual part OS the oath.George Washington added it at the end of his oath and it has been tradition to do so ever since.
Most if not all courts do not require the words "So help me God" to be spoken by witnesses when taking the oath.
To uphold the the law , so help me God.