In 1789, George Washington took the oath of office with ... Kyrsten Sinema, at the time a Democratic senator from Arizona, was sworn in to Congress using a copy of the Constitution in 2019.

Traditionally, the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court has administered the oath, and George Washington began the habit ...

Washington won the presidency by unanimous electoral vote in both 1788 and in 1792. Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed office under ...