# Why did Gov. McGreevey's succesor take the oath a day early? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 15, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-gov-mcgreeveys-succesor-take-the-oath-a-day-early/274878 "2004-11-15T16:55:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hadrian0117](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Hadrian0117](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hadrian0117)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-gov-mcgreeveys-succesor-take-the-oath-a-day-early/274878/1 "2004-11-15T16:55:10Z")
Governor McGreevey resigned effective 11:59 AM **Monday** so why did state Senate President Richard Codey take the [oath](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=519&e=1&u=/ap/20041115/ap_on_re_us/new_jersey_governor_11) on **Sunday** the day _before_ he became Acting Governor? ---
**Author:** ![jgroub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b77776/32.png) [@jgroub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jgroub)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-gov-mcgreeveys-succesor-take-the-oath-a-day-early/274878/2 "2004-11-15T17:47:17Z")
> [@Hadrian0117](#): > > Governor McGreevey resigned effective 11:59 AM **Monday** so why did state Senate President Richard Codey take the [oath](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=519&e=1&u=/ap/20041115/ap_on_re_us/new_jersey_governor_11) on **Sunday** the day _before_ he became Acting Governor? The ceremony was done privately; the news says it was because he didn’t think it was appropriate to have a full-blown ceremony, considering the circumstances of Gov. McGreevey’s departure. Doing it a day early jumps the gun very effectively and removes the story from the media. As opposed to contestants on reality shows, I think he’s sort of an anti-fame-whore. I think the scuttlebutt is that this guy does not want to continue being governor after his 14 months are up.