Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson was sworn in on Air Foce one just hours after President Kennedy was assassinated on November 22nd 1963.
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No, the president is not the Oath Of Office.
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The first and only president to be sworn in by a woman was the 36th president, Lyndon B. Johnson. The task of swearing in a president is usually done by the Chief Justice of the United States. However, following President John F. Kennedy's assassination in Dallas in 1963, there was an immediate need for a federal judge to administer the oath of office to Vice President Johnson who was also in Dallas. Federal Judge Sarah T. Hughes of the Northern District of Texas was called upon to administer the oath. This was done aboard Air Force One while it was parked on the ramp at Dallas Love Field.
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.
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.