Chief Justice messed up the first time, so they redid it so nobody could say he wasn't a true president.
Yes he did
No, he used the Bible to take his oath of office.
Joe Biden would serve as the President and therefore take the oath of office in the case the Obama did not.
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President Obama swore the oath of office on Abraham Lincoln's Bible.
January 20, 2009
January 20th.
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The oath of office is administered by the chief justice, usually at the inauguration ceremony in Washington DC.
Obama took is oath right after he was elected prez
The oath took place for Obama in Washington D.C.
It was approximately 1205 when he took the oath of office. However he officially became president at noon when George W. Bush's term ended. The verbal oath of office is a formality. noon
President-elect Barack Obama took his oath of office at 12:00 PM (noon) Eastern Standard Time. In relation to Central Time, he took his oath of office at 11:00 AM.