John Tyler: Oath of Office Administered to President John Tyler in the Presence of the Cabinet

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Oath of Office Administered to President John Tyler in the Presence of the Cabinet
April 6, 1841

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District of Columbia
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*The Secretary of the Navy was absent from the city.

I do solemnly swear 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.

APRIL 6, 1841.

JOHN TYLER.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,

City and County of Washington, ss:

I, William Crunch, chief judge of the circuit court of the District of Columbia, certify that the above-named John Tyler personally appeared before me this day, and although he deems himself qualified to perform the duties and exercise the powers and office of President on the death of William Henry Harrison, late President of the United States, without any other oath than that which he has taken as Vice-President, yet as doubts may arise, and for greater caution, took and subscribed the foregoing oath before me.

W. CRANCH.

APRIL 6, 1841.

Citation: John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters, The American Presidency Project [online]. Santa Barbara, CA. Available from World Wide Web: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=67343.

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