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225th Anniversary of the First Congress: We’ll be posting documents and stories highlighting the establishment of the new government under the Constitution through March 2016.
On April 25, 1789, the House committee appointed to consider the time,...
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225th Anniversary of the First Congress: We’ll be posting documents and stories highlighting the establishment of the new government under the Constitution through March 2016.

On April 25, 1789, the House committee appointed to consider the time, place, and manner of the President’s oath reported to the House after conferring with a similar Senate committee. The committee reported that George Washington did not have a preference to the date, time, and manner of his oath of office. They noted that the earliest Congress could make preparations for the ceremony would be Thursday, April 30. They also suggested that the ceremony take place in the House chamber as it was larger than the Senate chamber, and that a reception in the Senate chamber should follow the oath ceremony. Finally, they recommended that the oath be administered by the Chancellor of the State of New York. 

The House ordered the report read twice, and was agreed to on the same day. 

House Report on the Time, Place, and Manner in which, and of the Person by Whom, the Oath Prescribed by the Constitution Shall be Administered to the President of the United States, 4/25/1789, Records of the U.S. House of Representatives

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