Article II, Section 1, Clause 8
Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:—"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
The Federalist and Federalist essays
- quoted bySuggestedCassius 10, ¶ 1
further provides, That the president shall, previous to his entering upon the duties of his office, take the following oath or affirmation : I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the United States. Thus we see that instead of the president's being vested with all the powers of a monarch, as has been asserted, that he is under the immediate controul of the…
Cites "Section i, of article II" (OCR "i" for "1") and reproduces the President's oath from this clause verbatim.
- quoted bySuggestedA Native of Virginia, Article II, ¶ 14
Before he enters on the execution of his office, he ſhall take the following oath or affirmation: I do ſolemnly ſwear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of Preſiden of the United States, and will, to the beſt of my ability, preſerve, protect,…
The paragraph prints Article II, Section 1, Clause 8 of the Constitution as signed; the quoted words are the same as the clause's (apart from capitals and the long s), though the pamphlet's punctuation differs in places.
Anti-Federalist essays
- cited bySuggestedAgrippa 18, ¶ 21
Yet the framers of this new constitution did not even think it necessary that the president should believe that there is a God, although they require an oath of him.
The paragraph names the oath required of the president, which is prescribed in Article II, Section 1, clause 8.
Other writings
- quoted bySuggestedMassachusetts convention, January 23, 1788, ¶ 22
…of the office, shall each “solemnly swear or affirm, that he will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend, the Constitution of the United States.”
The passage quotes the oath of the President in quotation marks; the oath in the clause reads "my Ability" where the passage has "his ability".
Debates in Congress
- cited bySuggestedSenate, May 31, 1866, ¶ 21
As to the President of the United States, his oath is specified in the Constitution; and as the Vice President, in the event of the resignation or death of the President, is to exercise the same office, the only doubt I have ever had…
The paragraph names the President's oath as specified in the Constitution, which is Article II, Section 1, Clause 8.
On Article II as a whole
- cited bySuggestedMassachusetts convention, January 28, 1788, ¶ 1
- cited bySuggestedNew York convention, July 4, 1788, ¶ 1
On Article II, Section 1 as a whole
- cited bySuggestedHouse, April 13, 1965, ¶ 327
- cited bySuggestedSenate, June 12, 1911, ¶ 106
- cited bySuggestedSenate, March 15, 1962 (3), ¶ 250
- cited bySuggestedSenate, March 19, 1962, ¶ 428
- cited bySuggestedSenate, March 22, 1962, ¶ 13
- cited bySuggestedSenate, March 22, 1962, ¶ 38
- cited bySuggestedSenate, March 22, 1962, ¶ 77
- cited bySuggestedSenate, March 22, 1962, ¶ 305
- cited bySuggestedSenate, March 22, 1962, ¶ 352
- cited bySuggestedSenate, March 22, 1962, ¶ 354
- cited bySuggestedSenate, March 23, 1962, ¶ 263
- cited bySuggestedSenate, March 23, 1962 (2), ¶ 200
- cited bySuggestedSenate, March 23, 1962 (2), ¶ 201
- cited bySuggestedSenate, March 23, 1962 (4), ¶ 13
- cited bySuggestedSenate, March 23, 1962 (4), ¶ 22
- cited bySuggestedSenate, March 23, 1962 (4), ¶ 25
- cited bySuggestedSenate, March 24, 1962 (2), ¶ 451
- cited bySuggestedSenate, March 27, 1962 (3), ¶ 111
- cited bySuggestedSenate, February 19, 1965 (3), ¶ 50
- cited bySuggestedSenate, February 19, 1965 (3), ¶ 51
- cited bySuggestedSenate, February 19, 1965 (3), ¶ 133
- cited bySuggestedSenate, February 19, 1965 (5), ¶ 164
- cited bySuggestedSenate, February 19, 1965 (5), ¶ 647
- cited bySuggestedNorth Carolina convention, July 26, 1788, ¶ 81
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