The Constitution states that Congress has the ... traveled across the Atlantic in 1789 from King George III to President George Washington and was permanently reposed in the presidency.

A select number of presidents have not sworn on the Bible, which was more common in earlier chapters of American history when specific rules and traditions weren’t as entrenched as they are today.

The Constitution is remarkably nonspecific ... might change overnight as battle lines shifted. George Washington sought oaths of loyalty to address this problem. He wrote to John Hancock ...

George Washington was sworn in at New York ... but subsequent ones were held on March 4, as set by the U.S. Constitution, to allow time for the votes to be counted and newly elected politicians ...