USTIN - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia administered the oath of office Thursday to Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson, the first black person to preside over the nine-member Texas ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ohio — Incoming Jefferson County Commissioner Eric Timmons was sworn in Thursday on the steps of the Jefferson County Courthouse. Timmons said he's excited to get acclimated to ...

Jan. 2—WATERTOWN — The 59th sheriff of Jefferson County is ready to build on the strong foundation created by his predecessors and announced his first initiative immediately after swearing his ...

Judge Naomi Showers Doyle took the oath of office for her second term as Jefferson County Justice of the Peace, Precinct One, Place One on Jan. 1. Judge Doyle, who won reelection with 73.11% of ...

It wasn't until Thomas Jefferson's inauguration that the swearing in ceremony was moved to Washington, D.C. Jefferson took the oath of office inside the U.S. Capitol in 1801.

So Jefferson created his own gospel by taking a sharp instrument, ... each newly elected senator received a facsimile Jefferson Bible on the day that legislator took the oath of office.