Oath of office of the President of the United States

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The Oath of office of the President of the United States is the constitutionally mandated pledge the president-elect must recite before assuming the powers and duties of the presidency.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal constitutional law concept ⓘ
legal procedure ⓘ
oath of office ⓘ
administeredBy Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
other authorized official in extraordinary circumstances ⓘ
appliesTo every person elected president ⓘ
every person succeeding to the presidency ⓘ
appliesToOffice President of the United States ⓘ
ceremonialAspect publicly symbolizes transfer or continuation of presidential power ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article II, Section 1, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
effectiveMoment upon completion of the oath ⓘ
firstTakenAt Federal Hall, New York City ⓘ
firstTakenBy George Washington ⓘ
firstTakenOn April 30, 1789 ⓘ
governsOfficeholder President of the United States as chief executive ⓘ
President of the United States as commander-in-chief ⓘ
President of the United States as head of state ⓘ
includesOption swear or affirm ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalEffect binds the president to uphold the Constitution ⓘ
legalStatus constitutionally mandated ⓘ
mentionsDuty defend the Constitution of the United States ⓘ
faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States ⓘ
preserve the Constitution of the United States ⓘ
protect the Constitution of the United States ⓘ
mentionsStandard to the best of my Ability ⓘ
oftenAccompaniedBy use of a Bible or other sacred text ⓘ
oftenFollowedBy inaugural address ⓘ
preconditionFor exercise of presidential authority ⓘ
purpose to qualify the president-elect to assume the powers and duties of the presidency ⓘ
recitedBy incumbent vice president when succeeding to the presidency ⓘ
president-elect of the United States ⓘ
relatedTo United States presidential line of succession ⓘ
oath of office of members of the United States Congress ⓘ
oath of office of the Vice President of the United States ⓘ
presidential inauguration ⓘ
succession to the presidency ⓘ
requiredBy Constitution of the United States ⓘ
requiredFor assumption of presidential duties ⓘ
assumption of presidential powers ⓘ
text I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. ⓘ
typicalDate January 20 ⓘ
typicalLocation United States Capitol ⓘ
typicalSetting presidential inauguration ceremony ⓘ
typicalTime noon Eastern Time ⓘ
wordingFixedBy United States Constitution ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Presidency of the United States → constitutionalOath → Oath of office of the President of the United States ⓘ
2005 U.S. presidential inauguration of George W. Bush → oathType → Oath of office of the president of the United States ⓘ
linked to: Oath of office of the President of the United States
first inauguration of George Washington → oathOfOffice → Oath of office of the President of the United States ⓘ
United States presidential inauguration → oathName → Oath of office of the President of the United States ⓘ