Yes-congressmen take an oath of office before they begin work.
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Yea, elected politicians have to take an oath of office,even if they do not hold government post.
First he has to be legally elected as President or else become president by succession. Second he must be "sworn in" by taking the oath of office before a person who is legally qualified to administer oaths.
January The electoral college is elected in November and the President is elected in December, but the President is sworn with the oath on January 20th!
Members of Congress have a public swearing-in ceremony at the start of each new Congress. The current oath (2014) was written in the 1860s.
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Both the Oath of Office and the requirement that the President take care that the laws be faithfully executed are specified in the US Constitution.