21,2013, following President Barack Obama's ceremonial swearing-in ceremony. 'We decided that because it was so much fun. Adams was also, according to the committee, the first president to wear long trousers at his inauguration, breaking with the five presidents before him, who all had worn knee breeches. The Bible isn’t a requirement for the Oath of Office, nor is having a Chief Justice administer the oath. On Tuesday, Obama was sworn in with his palm on the same velvet-covered Bible used by Lincoln in 1861, but he had no bible with him at the re-run. He used his inaugural address to vow to begin the work of. More than one million people gathered in the National Mall in a wintry Washington DC, to see Mr Obama take the oath shortly after 1200 (1700 GMT). In 1825, John Quincy Adams was sworn in on a law book, according to the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. Barack Obama has taken the oath of office and been sworn in as America's 44th president - and the country's first African-American leader. Keith Ellison of Minnesota utilized a copy of the Quran for the ceremonial. Bush used his father’s family Bible instead. A newly-elected Muslim Congressman took his oath of office on the Quran instead of the Bible. At Mondays inauguration of his second term, President Barack Obama will raise his right hand and place his left on not one, but two Bibles: One owned by. Members of the New York Masonic temple that cares for the bible carried it to the Capitol, but rain intervened. Bush had made preparations to be the sixth president to do so. The Bible used by George Washington at the first inauguration has been popular with his successors. Biden swore his oath of office on a 5-inch-thick Bible with a Celtic cross on the cover, a holy book that has been in the family since 1893. While the Constitution requires presidents to take an oath of office, there is no rule requiring them to do so with their hands on a religious book, or any book at all. When Joe Biden was sworn in as America’s second Roman Catholic president on Wednesday, his hand rested on more than 100 years of his family’s history. “It has an accretion of ceremonial use that really gives this object an emotional and historical weight at this point,” Mr. The back holds a large blue paper seal on yellow paper, where Mr. It is approximately six by four inches and about an inch and a quarter thick. Eusman said, and it is bound in burgundy velvet with metal trim. Kamala Harris is sworn in as Vice President as her spouse Doug Emhoff holds a bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2021. His wife Claudia, known better as Lady Bird, held the Bible, a job previously managed by the high court’s clerk.ġ3 reasons to follow the inauguration on CNN’s platforms and nowhere elseĬNN’s Kevin Liptak contributed to this report.The book is an 1853 Oxford University Press printing of the King James Bible, Mr. Lyndon Johnson’s 1965 swearing-in marked a change from tradition.
The high court ultimately rejected the lawsuit two years ago, and no such legal challenges are expected this time. Newdow, along with several non-religious groups, argued the words violate the constitutional ban on government “endorsement” of religion. The Constitution lays out the exact language to be used in the oath: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”įour years ago, a California atheist, Michael Newdow, objected and went to federal court to prevent Chief Justice John Roberts from prompting the president-elect to repeat the “so help me God phrase.” Obama took the oath with the same Lincoln Bible in 2009 when he made history as the first African-American president. President Barack Obama took the oath of office Monday, he placed his hand on two Bibles. At Monday’s ceremonial swearing-in at the Capitol, he will use Bibles from Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. World News Obama Uses Two Bibles at Swearing-In Janu3:54 PM When U.S.
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