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>https://twitter.com/JohnWHuber/status/1267807061791969284

while only one President refrained from using a Bible at all (Theodore Roosevelt in 1901).

https://www.thoughtco.com/things-you-should-know-about-inauguration-day-4018901

In 1825, John Quincy Adams was sworn in on a law book, according to the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. 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.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/18/us/politics/lincoln-bible-trump-oath.html

When Donald J. Trump takes the oath of office on Friday, he will do so with his hand on two Bibles: his own, and one used by Abraham Lincoln in 1861. Only one other president has used that Bible for the oath: Mr. Trump’s predecessor.

Thomas Barrack Jr., the chairman of Mr. Trump’s inaugural committee, said in a statement earlier this week that the president-elect “is humbled to place his hand on Bibles that hold special meaning both to his family and to our country.”

Mr. Trump’s personal Bible was given to him by his mother in 1955, two days before his ninth birthday, according to a statement from the inaugural committee. He had just completed the Sunday Church Primary School at the First Presbyterian Church in Queens, where he grew up.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/18/us/politics/lincoln-bible-trump-oath.html