He is called the blank-elect where blank is the name of the position to which he has just been elected. Examples: president-elect, congressman-elect, etc.
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The assistant president will be sworn into office.
The oath taken at the inaugural ceremony binds an elected official to support the Constitution of the United States. Sometimes the members of Congress are sworn in as a group. The President and Vice President are always sworn in individually.
Rutherford B. Hayes was secretly sworn in a day (March 3) before his official inauguration. He was secretly sworn in because of the tension surrounding his election. He was sworn in the Red Room of the White House.
None of the individuals who were elected as President died before taking office. William Henry Harrison was sworn in and died 31 days later.
Herbert Hoover was elected President in 1928. He was sworn in on March 4, 1929. Charles Curtis was sworn in as Vice President on March 4, 1929.