[DOC] [TLE] The Presidential Oath of Office - Our White House | Looking In ... [PAR] Historical information about the presidential oath of office, including the text of the 
oath, ... The inauguration of the new country's first president provided the perfect 
... The oath is in fact the only part of our elaborate inaugural ceremonies and ... of 
his successors. he took the oath of office in the open overlooking a crowd, he... [DOC] [TLE] Inauguration Facts - Infoplease [PAR] Thomas Jefferson was the only president to walk to and from his inaugural. He 
was also the first to be inaugurated at the Capitol. ... Franklin Pierce was the first 
president to affirm rather than swear the oath of office (1853). ... of their 
predecessors, and none was in Washington, D.C., when the oath of office was 
administered. [DOC] [TLE] List of United States Presidential firsts - Wikipedia [PAR] This list lists achievements and distinctions of various Presidents of the United 
States. ... First President to add "So help me God" to the Oath of Office. First (and, 
to date, only) sitting President to command a standing field army ... First President 
to die on Independence Day (along with his Vice President & successor Thomas
... [DOC] [TLE] Oath of office of the President of the United States - Wikipedia [PAR] The Oath of office of the President of the United States is the oath or affirmation 
that the ... George Washington was sworn into office during his first inauguration, 
on April ... Franklin Pierce was the only president known to use the word "affirm" 
rather ... Lincoln finished his oath with "So help me God," and he kissed the bible. [DOC] [TLE] US Presidential Inaugurations - Classroomhelp.com [PAR] Feb 22, 2016 ... First President to take the oath of office and deliver the Inaugural address ... 
Quincy Adams did not attend his successor's Inaugural Ceremony. ... Justice 
John Marshall administered the oath office; he presided over .... Grover 
Cleveland is the only President to have served two non-consecutive terms, first in
... [DOC] [TLE] Obama Isn't the First President to Retake Oath -- or Forgo Bible [PAR] Jan 23, 2009 ... President Obama's awkward swearing-in ceremony and subsequent do-over of 
the oath of office drew a great deal of attention, ... Nor is he the first president to 
take the oath without a Bible, as occurred during his ... The oath itself, however, is 
the only oath whose exact terms are specified in the Constitution. [DOC] [TLE] Abraham Lincoln's First Inauguration - Abraham Lincoln Online [PAR] He wrote of this duty as "the most critical and hazardous event with which I ... Not 
only was Lincoln's life endangered by Southern secessionists, but Scott ... There 
the outgoing vice president, John Breckinridge, spoke briefly and his successor, 
... the doctrine of slavery, administer the oath of office to the first President elected
... [DOC] [TLE] inaugural history - CBS News [PAR] o Only former President to administer the oath of office: Chief Justice William 
Howard Taft ... o Youngest president at inauguration: Theodore Roosevelt was 
42 when he ... o First president inaugurated in Washington, DC: Thomas 
Jefferson, 1801. ... o All but four presidents attended the swearing in of their 
successor: John... [DOC] [TLE] Gerald R. Ford | whitehouse.gov [PAR] When Gerald R. Ford took the oath of office on August 9, 1974, he declared, "I 
assume ... He had been the first Vice President chosen under the terms of the ... 
to both Israel and Egypt, the Ford Administration helped persuade the two 
countries... [DOC] [TLE] INAUGURATIONS PAST AND PRESENT - NYTimes.com [PAR] Jan 15, 1985 ... From the very first inauguration, that of George Washington on April 30 ... 
Washington was the only President inaugurated in New York City, the national 
capital in 1789. He took the oath of office on a balcony at Federal Hall on Wall 
Street. ... few Presidents who did not attend the oath-taking of his successor. [DOC] [TLE] John Adams facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] But he also knew that Washington

Question: He was the first & only president to administer the oath of office to a successor
Answer: William Howard Taft