While the First Lady held both Bibles beside her husband, Trump raised his right hand to take the oath of office while his ...

(NEXSTAR) – 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 ...

HYDE PARK, N.Y., Feb. 27, 1933 (UP) - Franklin Delano Roosevelt will take the oath of office on the old tattered Dutch Bible that has been in the possession of his family since 1670, he revealed ...

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. Theodore Roosevelt — who was sworn in at the Buffalo ...

Presidents have traditionally sworn the oath on a Bible (Washington kissed the Bible at his inaugural) and have ended with “So help me God,” though the Constitution requires none of these ...

President Trump took the oath of office, administered by Chief Justice John Roberts, without his hand on his Bible. However, the Constitution doesn’t specify that a Bible must be used—simply ...