John F. Kennedy, the first Roman Catholic to be elected president, was the first to take the oath of office using a Douay version of The Bible. After Kennedy's assassination on Nov. 22, 1963, Lyndon B. Johnson took the oath of office using a Catholic missal on Air Force One.
Lyndon B. Johnson was the only president sworn into office on an airplane.
He and Vice President Garner were the last President and Vice President to sworn in on March 4 (1933) and the first to be sworn in on January 20 (1937). Franklin D. Roosevelt was also the only U.S. President to be inaugurated four times.
Not only was Obama elected President in a largely christian country, he is a practising christian himself. Why would he even think of using something other than the bible?
Lyndon B Johnson Two hours and eight minutes after President Kennedy was assassinated in a motorcade at Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas, Johnson was sworn in as President on Air Force One in Dallas at Love Field Airport on November 22, 1963. He was sworn in by Federal Judge Sarah T. Hughes, a family friend, making him the first President sworn in by a woman. He is also the only President to have been sworn in on Texas soil. Johnson did not swear on a Bible, as there were none on Air Force One; a Roman Catholic missal was found in Kennedy's desk and was used for the swearing-in ceremony
Lyndon B Johnson was sworn in on Air Force One in Dallas at Love Field Airport on November 22, 1963. He was sworn in by Federal Judge Sarah T. Hughes, a family friend, making him the first President sworn in by a woman. He is also the only President to have been sworn in on Texas soil. Johnson did not swear on a Bible, as there were none on Air Force One; a Roman Catholic missal was found in Kennedy's desk and was used for the swearing-in ceremony.
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Roman Catholic AnswerOf course not! There is only one Bible, commonly referred to as the Holy Bible.
Theodore Roosevelt did not use a Bible when taking the oath in 1901. John Quincy Adams swore on a book of law. Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in on a Roman Catholic missal on Air Force One.
He was only until he was sworn in officially. He is now the 44th President of the US.
Only on TV. You need to be invited to attend the ceremony.