take the oath
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It’s the first time a central bank official will take the oath of office at the White House in nearly 40 years.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
Warsh is set to be sworn in as the nation’s top central banker at the White House on Friday, the first Fed chair to take the oath there since Alan Greenspan in 1987.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
At 34, he is the city’s youngest mayor in over a century and, as its first Muslim mayor, the first to take the oath of office on a Quran.
From Slate • Jan. 3, 2026
Eastern quarter hour at 34.4 million, falling short of the 40 million viewers who watched Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris take the oath of office in 2021.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2025
Fifty thousand men and women are standing in pouring rain and ankle-deep mud to watch Abraham Lincoln take the oath of office to begin his second term.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
