| The information below is courtesy of the Architect of the Capitol. It has been compiled by the Office of the Curator from contemporary accounts and other sources in the files of the Architect of the Capitol.
Each president recites the following oath, in accordance with Article II, Section I of the U.S. Constitution: "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." |
| DATE | PRESIDENT | LOCATION | OATH ADMINISTERED BY |
| April 30, 1789 | George Washington | Balcony of Federal Hall, New York City | Robert Livingston, Chancellor of State of New York |
| March 4, 1793 | George Washington | Senate Chamber, Congress Hall, Philadelphia | William Cushing, Associate Justice of Supreme Court |
| March 4, 1797 | John Adams | House of Representatives Chamber, Congress Hall, Philadelphia | Oliver Ellsworth, Chief Justice |
| March 4, 1801 | Thomas Jefferson | Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol | John Marshall, Chief Justice |
| March 4, 1805 | Thomas Jefferson | Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol | John Marshall, Chief Justice |
| March 4, 1809 | James Madison | House Chamber, U.S. Capitol | John Marshall, Chief Justice |
| March 4, 1813 | James Madison | House Chamber, U.S. Capitol | John Marshall, Chief Justice |
| March 4, 1817 | James Monroe | In front of Old Brick Capitol (1st & A Sts., N.E.); now site of the Supreme Court Building | John Marshall, Chief Justice |
| March 5, 1821 | James Monroe | House Chamber, U.S. Capitol | John Marshall, Chief Justice |
| March 4, 1825 | John Q. Adams | House Chamber, U.S. Capitol | John Marshall, Chief Justice |
| March 4, 1829 | Andrew Jackson | East Portico, U.S. Capitol | John Marshall, Chief Justice |
| March 4, 1833 | Andrew Jackson | House Chamber, U.S. Capitol | John Marshall, Chief Justice |
| March 4, 1837 | Martin Van Buren | East Portico, U.S. Capitol | Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice |
| March 4, 1841 | William H. Harrison | East Portico, U.S. Capitol | Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice |
| April 6, 1841 | John Tyler | Brown's Hotel, 6th St. & Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. | William Cranch, Chief Judge of U.S. Circuit Court |
| March 4, 1845 | James K. Polk | East Portico, U.S. Capitol | Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice |
| March 5, 1849 | Zachary Taylor | East Portico, U.S. Capitol | Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice |
| July 10, 1850 | Millard Fillmore | House Chamber, U.S. Capitol | William Cranch, Chief Judge of U.S. Circuit Court |
| March 4, 1853 | Franklin Pierce | East Portico, U.S. Capitol | Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice |
| March 4, 1857 | James Buchanan | East Portico, U.S. Capitol | Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice |
| March 4, 1861 | Abraham Lincoln | East Portico, U.S. Capitol | Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice |
| March 4, 1865 | Abraham Lincoln | East Portico, U.S. Capitol | Salmon P. Chase, Chief Justice |
| April 15, 1865 | Andrew Johnson | Kirkwood Hotel, 12th St. & Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. | Salmon P. Chase, Chief Justice |
| March 4, 1869 | Ulysses S. Grant | East Portico, U.S. Capitol | Salmon P. Chase, Chief Justice |
| March 4, 1873 | Ulysses S. Grant | East Portico, U.S. Capitol | Salmon P. Chase, Chief Justice |
| March 3, 1877 | Rutherford B. Hayes | Privately in Red Room, White House | Morrison R. Waite, Chief Justice |
| March 5, 1877 | Rutherford B. Hayes | Publicly on East Portico, U.S. Capitol | Morrison R. Waite, Chief Justice |
| March 4, 1881 | James A. Garfield | East Portico, U.S. Capitol | Morrison R. Waite, Chief Justice |
| September 20, 1881 | Chester A. Arthur | Privately at his residence, 123 Lexington Avenue, New York City | John R. Brady, Justice of the New York State Supreme Court |
| September 22, 1881 | Chester A. Arthur | Publicly in the Office of the Vice President, U.S. Capitol | Morrison R. Waite, Chief Justice |
| March 4, 1885 | Grover Cleveland | East Portico, U.S. Capitol | Morrison R. Waite, Chief Justice |
| March 4, 1889 | Benjamin Harrison | East Portico, U.S. Capitol | Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice |
| March 4, 1893 | Grover Cleveland | East Portico, U.S. Capitol | Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice |
| March 4, 1897 | William McKinley | In front of the Original Senate Wing, U.S. Capitol | Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice |
| March 4, 1901 | William McKinley | East Portico, U.S. Capitol | Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice |
| September 14, 1901 | Theodore Roosevelt | Ansley Wilcox residence, Buffalo, New York | John R. Hazel, U.S. District Judge for Western District of New York |
| March 4, 1905 | Theodore Roosevelt | East Portico, U.S. Capitol | Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice |
| March 4, 1909 | William H. Taft | Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol | Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice |
| March 4, 1913 | Woodrow Wilson | East Portico, U.S. Capitol | Edward D. White, Chief Justice |
| March 4, 1917 | Woodrow Wilson | Privately in President's Room, U.S. Capitol | Edward D. White, Chief Justice |
| March 5, 1917 | Woodrow Wilson | Publicly on East Portico, U.S. Capitol | Edward D. White, Chief Justice |
| March 4, 1921 | Warren G. Harding | East Portico, U.S. Capitol | Edward D. White, Chief Justice |
| August 3, 1923 | Calvin Coolidge | His father's residence, Plymouth, Vermont | John C. Coolidge, his father, a Notary Public |
| March 4, 1925 | Calvin Coolidge | East Portico, U.S. Capitol | William H. Taft, Chief Justice |
| March 4, 1929 | Herbert C. Hoover | East Portico, U.S. Capitol | William H. Taft, Chief Justice |
| March 4, 1933 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | East Portico, U.S. Capitol | Charles E. Hughes, Chief Justice |
| January 20, 1937 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | East Portico, U.S. Capitol | Charles E. Hughes, Chief Justice |
| January 20, 1941 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | East Portico, U.S. Capitol | Charles E. Hughes, Chief Justice |
| January 20, 1945 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | South Portico, White House | Harlan F. Stone, Chief Justice |
| April 12, 1945 | Harry S. Truman | Cabinet Room, White House | Harlan F. Stone, Chief Justice |
| January 20, 1949 | Harry S. Truman | East Portico, U.S. Capitol | Frederick Vinson, Chief Justice |
| January 20, 1953 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | East Portico, U.S. Capitol | Frederick Vinson, Chief Justice |
| January 20, 1957 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Privately in East Room, White House | Earl Warren, Chief Justice |
| January 21, 1957 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Publicly on East Portico, U.S. Capitol | Earl Warren, Chief Justice |
| January 20, 1961 | John F. Kennedy | East Portico, U.S. Capitol | Earl Warren, Chief Justice |
| November 22, 1963 | Lyndon B. Johnson | Conference room aboard Air Force One at Love Field, Dallas, Texas | Sarah T. Hughes, U.S. District Judge, Northern District of Texas |
| January 20, 1965 | Lyndon B. Johnson | East Portico, U.S. Capitol | Earl Warren, Chief Justice |
| January 20, 1969 | Richard M. Nixon | East Portico, U.S. Capitol | Earl Warren, Chief Justice |
| January 20, 1973 | Richard M. Nixon | East Portico, U.S. Capitol | Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice |
| August 9, 1974 | Gerald R. Ford | East Room, White House | Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice |
| January 20, 1977 | James E. Carter | East Portico, U.S. Capitol | Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice |
| January 20, 1981 | Ronald W. Reagan | West Front, U.S. Capitol | Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice |
| January 20, 1985 | Ronald W. Reagan | Privately in North Entrance Hall, White House | Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice |
| January 21, 1985 | Ronald W. Reagan | Publicly in Rotunda, U.S. Capitol | Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice |
| January 20, 1989 | George H. W. Bush | West Front, U.S. Capitol | William Rehnquist, Chief Justice |
| January 20, 1993 | William J. Clinton | West Front, U.S. Capitol | William Rehnquist, Chief Justice |
| January 20, 1997 | William J. Clinton | West Front, U.S. Capitol | William Rehnquist, Chief Justice |
| January 20, 2001 | George W. Bush | West Front, U.S. Capitol | William Rehnquist, Chief Justice |