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Calvin Coolidge's father administered the oath of office in their family's parlor in the middle of the night after they learned the president had died. Calvin Coolidge's father was a public servant and a notary public. Later Calvin Coolidge was sworn in again by Justice Adolph A Hoehling Jr. in Washington. D.C. since it was questionable whether his father had the legal ability to swear him in. So Calvin went from being vice president to president overnight.
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∙ 7y agoCalvin Coolidge was sworn in by his father after Harding died suddenly. Coolidge happened to be visiting his father when Harding died and his father was a county official who could administer oaths.
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∙ 13y agoCalvin Coolidge is the man. By chance he was visiting his father when President Harding died , so his father who was a JP and could administer legal oaths swore him in.
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∙ 13y agoThere have been 2 son's of two presidents who have held the office. The most recent is George W. Bush and the first was John Quincy Adams whose father was John Adams.
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∙ 7y agoJohn Calvin Coolidge, Sr. was a notary public. When President Warren Harding died in office, Calvin Coolidge the son was sworn into the office of the Presidency by his father.
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∙ 15y agoCalvin Coolidge on 3 August 1923.
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Is the oath for president and vice president the same?
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.
Why did Coolidge take the oath of office in vermont?
Vice President Calvin Coolidge was visiting family in Vermont when President Warren Harding died. The oath of office was administered to the new President by his father who was a Vermont notary public and justice of the peace.
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James MonroeThe first president to take the oath was George Washington.
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what time pacific will Obama take his oath
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Oath of Office
Why did President Obama have to be sworn?
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On which Bible does the newsly elected president plan to take his oath of office?
President Obama swore the oath of office on Abraham Lincoln's Bible.
