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Its simple Showbiz. Just like the Oscars (tm)
You announce the runners up, then the winner and then do a flurry of congratulations and speeches and ceremonial stuff.
Wrong^^^
actually the reason is that if something were to happen to the president the vice president would be in position to take over. No that's not it. It really doesn't matter whether they're sworn in or not, once they're selected by the electoral college, THEY'RE IN. The VP is sworn in before the Prez because on tradition and want for "importance" of the VP position. The VP is President of the senate, and the VP used to be sworn in in the senate. This was done before the last day that the senate met, with both the incoming and outgoing senators present. This just happened to be before MARCH, which is when the Pres and VP took office in the "Old" days. This has changed to January now. Well, a few decades they decided to do it in conjunction with the Presidential Inaguration and just did it first out of tradition. It has nothing to do with succession, that's already spelled out very clearly.
This tradition began on Jan 20th, 1937 when President Roosevelt was being sworn into office. It was the First time the vice president-elect was inaugurated outdoors on the same platform with the president-elect, and also the first time the oath of the VP elect was given immediately before the oath of the President.
Before then, the vice presidential oath was administered in the Senate.
The reason the VP is sworn in first is to protect the "line of succession." Should the President not be sworn in for some reason, the new Vice President would act as President, because the terms of the outgoing President and Vice President have expired.
According to the Presidential Succession Act of 1792, the Senate president pro tempore was next in line after the vice president to succeed to the presidency, followed by the Speaker of the House.
In 1886, however, Congress changed the order of presidential succession, replacing the president pro tempore and the Speaker with the cabinet officers. Proponents of this change argued that the congressional leaders lacked executive experience, and none had served as president, while six former secretaries of state had later been elected to that office.
The Presidential Succession Act of 1947, signed by President Harry Truman, changed the order again to what it is today. The cabinet members are ordered in the line of succession according to the date their offices were established.
Prior to the ratification of the 25th Amendment in 1967, there was no provision for filling a vacancy in the vice presidency. When a president died in office, the vice president succeeded him, and the vice presidency then remained vacant. The first vice president to take office under the new procedure was Gerald Ford, who was nominated by Nixon on Oct. 12, 1973, and confirmed by Congress the following December 6. (Ford would become President when Nixon resigned in 1974.)
In the US, the Vice President is sworn in first. This only became a tradition in 1937, the Vice President having previously taken an oath of office in the Senate (of which the Vice President is constitutionally the President).
The vice president is always sworn in before the president because during the term if something happens to the president then the vice president is the one who takes over the country and keeps it running.
vice president because if the president is shot he is president
Yes. The Vice-President is sworn in first so he can start the limosine if it's cold.
because if the president dies the vice presidnt will be in line to take over
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First Vice-President who had to take over as President was?
The first vice president to take over office was John Tyler.
In the proper order of succession who will take over in the President dies?
vice president Speaker of the house president pro tempore of the senate various cabinet department heads
Who was the first vice president to take presidency after a death?
John Tyler was the first Vice-President to take over after the death of a sitting President. William Henry Harrison was sworn in as President on March 4, 1841. He became ill with symptoms resembling a bad cold about three weeks later. On April 4, 1841, Harrison died of what is believed today to have been viral pneumonia. Thus, after one month in office as Vice-President, John Tyler assumed the presidency. He officially took the oath of office on April 6, 1841. He served one term in office until March 1845.
Who was the first Vice President of the Unites States?
John Adams was the first US vice-president.
Which was the first vice president?
john Adams was the first vice president in 1789
Is the oath for president and vice president the same?
No, the President's Oath is written in the Constitution. The Vice President's Oath is the same oath that members of Congress take and was not written in the Constitution, but the Constitution does require that the VP be bound by an Oath.
Who was the first vice president ever to take oath of office following the death of an incumbent?
John Tyler was the first person to take office after a president died.
Does the president elect or vise president elect take the oath first?
Vice President-elect Joseph Biden will be sworn in prior to President-elect Obama.
Who gives oath to vice president?
President
Why does the vice president have to take an oath?
He needs to do his job right too, and if the president dies or cannot fulfill his duties then the vice president takes over and needs to be president.
Who administers the oath to the vice president on inauguration day?
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court administers the oath to the President. There is no designated person to swear in the vice-president, however. That is up to the Vice President elect.
First Vice-President who had to take over as President was?
The first vice president to take over office was John Tyler.
Who is sworn in first VP orP?
The Vice-President-Elect takes the Oath of Office ten minutes before the President-Elect.
Why was vp biden president for 5 minutes?
Joe Biden has never been president, not for one second. At the time he was sworn in as Vice President, Dick Cheney ceased to be Vice President, but Bush was still President. Of course that only matters if you take into account the time of oath-taking. The law does not. The time of oath taking is unrelated to the time of accepting office. According to the constitution, at the stroke of 12:00, Obama became president, oath or no oath.
The most popular and appropirate place for the vice president to take his oath was in the?
i guess in mrs. collins' class lol
Who was the first Vice-President to take the oath of office following the death of an incumbent?
I believe the answer would be Tyler. He was the VP under Wm. Henry Harrison, who died a month into his term.
Why do they give the oath of office to the vice president first than the president?
They tell you that it is because the vice president has a longer speech but everyone knows that it is because everyone cares about the president and no one cares about the vice president so they want to give him his fame before it gets taken away by the president.
