# Harris is sworn in as the 49th vice president of the United States

Date: 2021

## The fact

On 20 January 2021 [Kamala Harris](/people/kamala-harris) was sworn in as vice president, the first woman, first Black American, and first Asian American to hold the office.

## Context

Biden was president. Neighbouring ARP tie-break is March.

ARP 5 March 2021 is a child instrument. 20 January 2025 is the end of the term.

The Vice President of the United States presides over the Senate, casts tie-breaking votes, and carries delegated [White House](/organizations/white-house) portfolios. She does not write House bills, CBP operational orders, or Federal Reserve rate decisions. A vice president is not co-author of every presidential statute.

## Evidence and sources

The White House carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently.

## Significance

The path is [democratic resilience](/drivers/democratic-resilience) and [social cohesion](/drivers/social-cohesion): a completed historic rotation into the vice presidency is a dated representation-and-succession instrument.

## What is established and what is not

Established: 20 January 2021 oath, independently reported.

Not established: that every later Biden order was hers, or a unique later turnout coefficient from the Mall.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

Congress counted. She took the oath. Biden headed the executive.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Harris is sworn in as the 49th vice president of the United States, not a later speech about Harris is sworn in as the 49th vice president of the United States.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. Harris is sworn in as the 49th vice president of the United States on 2021-01-20 is not a licence to treat every later The White House communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Harris is sworn in as the 49th vice president of the United States into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to Voters elected the ticket. Congress counted. She took the oath. Biden headed the executive. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

## People

- Kamala Harris: https://factrail.ai/people/kamala-harris

## Drivers

- Democratic Resilience: https://factrail.ai/drivers/democratic-resilience
- Social Cohesion: https://factrail.ai/drivers/social-cohesion

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-inauguration-harris-idUSKBN29P0N1
- https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/us-harris-vp-2021