Oath of office of the President of the United States with the president-elect repeating those phrases, until the oath was completed. By convention, incoming presidents raise their right hand and place the left on a Bible or other book while taking the oath of office. In 1789, George Washington took the oath of office with an altar Bible borrowed from the St. John's Lodge No. 1, Ancient York Masons lodge in New York, and he kissed the Bible afterward. Subsequent presidents up to and including Harry Truman, followed suit. Dwight Eisenhower broke that tradition in 1953 when he said a prayer instead of kissing the Bible. Theodore Roosevelt did not
Counselor to the President Counselor to the President Counselor to the President is a title used by high-ranking political advisors to the President of the United States and senior members of the Executive Office of the President. The current office-holders are Kellyanne Conway and Johnny DeStefano. It should not be confused with the office of White House Counsel, who is the chief legal advisor to the President and the White House, which is also an appointed position, not a nominated and then Senate-confirmed one – unlike the Attorney General or Solicitor General. The position was created during the administration of Richard Nixon, where it