The Constitution does allow a president the choice of swearing or affirming the oath of office, but only one president—Franklin Pierce—chose to affirm his oath It is unclear exactly why Pierce chose to affirm the oath Some historians note that Pierce's religious beliefs may have have deemed swearing the oath unethicalBy special act of Congress, he was allowed to take his oath of the office of the Vice President on in Cuba, where he had gone because of his poor health He died 25 days later From 17 through 09, the swearingin has been administered by 15 Chief Justices, one Associate Justice, three federal judges, two New York state judges, and one notary publicOath of office of the President of the United States President Ronald Reagan being administered the oath World Heritage Encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive collection ever assembled
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