---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 21"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "21"
heading: "Oath of Senators"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/21"
units:
  - "Chapter 2 — Organization of Congress"
---

# §21. Oath of Senators


The oath of office shall be administered by the President of the Senate to each Senator who shall be elected, previous to his taking his seat.


## Source credit

(R.S. § 28.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

R.S. § 28 derived from act June 1, 1789, ch. 1, § 2, 1 Stat. 23.