OATH OF OFFICE ADMINISTERED TO PRESIDENT JOHN TYLER IN THE PRESENCE OF
THE CABINET.[A]

[From the Daily National Intelligencer, April 7, 1841.]

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.

JOHN TYLER
APRIL 6, 1841.

[Footnote A: The Secretary of the Navy was absent from the city.]


DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,
_City and County of Washington, ss_:

I, William Cranch, 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.