Some presidents did not use a Bible to take the oath of office, including Theodore Roosevelt, who did not use anything when ...

Most Americans support the inclusion of the Bible in the swearing-in ceremony at presidential inaugurations, according to a ...

President Donald Trump, when taking his most recent oath of office, did not appear to place his left hand on either of the Bibles brought to the swearing-in ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda on Monday.

Photos of the swearing-in ceremony showing Trump with his right hand raised and his left hand at his side — as opposed to atop the stack of bibles first lady Melania Trump held while standing ...

must take the oath of office and recite the specific words. The rest is up to those participating in the ceremony. Who didn’t use a Bible? John Quincy Adams took his oath in 1825 on a law book.

When Donald Trump was sworn in on January 20 as the 47th president of the United States, social media users noted that he ...

Donald Trump appeared to forget to place his hand on a stack of Bibles held by his wife Melania Trump as he was sworn into office on Monday. Trump held up his right hand and repeated the oath of ...

During his 2017 inauguration, Trump placed his hand on a family Bible stacked atop Lincoln's while taking the oath. While reciting the presidential oath of office is mandated by the Constitution ...

Legally speaking, it doesn't matter whether the U.S. president placed his hand on a bible. And he wouldn't be the first not to.

Eisenhower, Warren G. Harding, and George H.W. Bush. Washington also set a precedent of kissing the Bible after taking the oath of office. Presidents followed suit, up until 1853, when Franklin ...