remember, he had one four years ago when the chief justice flubbed the oath. this time he used notes so there was no mistake. thin 1932 it was voted to be mod from march to january when herbert hoover did nothing to address the great depression. having to wait more than five months for the election for fdr to take control. mr. obama will take the oath of office four times, jon. there was an interesting story about the vice-president s swearing-in as well. a little commerce intruding? reporter: that was held early this morning to accommodate justice sonia sotomayor s plans for a book signing in new york. the constitution stipulates the old president s term ends a second before noon on january 20th, but there s no such time set out for the vice-president. mr. biden really wantedwanted justice so toe mior t sonia o