New York City
On April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, took his oath of office as the first President of the United States.
Washington took the oath for his first term in the balcony of Federal Hall in New York City which was the capitol was in those days. The street address is 26 Wall Street New York, NY 10005 should you care to make a visit.
No, the president is not the Oath Of Office.
Federal Hall in New York City
To take the first oath of office in New York City.
That would be a matter of personal choice made by the president-elect. The bible that George Washington used to take the oath of office of president of the U.S. is owned by St. John's Lodge No. 1 in New York City. The last president who was a Freemason was Gerald Ford.
The inaugural oath of office. Before the President-Elect takes the oath, he is not the President. After he takes the oath, he is President.
Theodore Roosevelt took the oath of office as President in Buffalo, NY on 14 September 1901. He was age 42, the youngest American to become President. It was as the result of the assassination of President William McKinley.
The President promises to protect the natural (and governed) rights of the people when he takes the oath of office.
All US presidents take the oath of office, starting with the first president, George Washington.
President Obama swore the oath of office on Abraham Lincoln's Bible.