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The Lincoln Bible is a Bible that was owned by William Thomas Carroll, a clerk of the U.S. Supreme Court. The bible was the oath book of President Abraham Lincoln at his inauguration in 1861. It was also used by President Barack Obama at his inaugurations in 2009 and 2013, as well as by President Donald Trump at his inaugurations in 2017 and ...
Barack Obama swearing the oath of office of the president of the United States using the Bible of Abraham Lincoln. Allegations that Barack Obama secretly practices Islam, [1] or that he is the antichrist of Christian eschatology, or covertly holds some other esoteric religious position, have been suggested since he campaigned for the U.S. Senate in 2004 and proliferated after his election as ...
As millions watched President Donald Trump’s inauguration at the White House on Monday, Jan. 20, many noticed that he did not place his left hand on a Bible while being sworn in. Now people are ...
But the blame for the flubbed oath fell on Obama's shoulders four years later, when in 2013 he failed to fully enunciate the word states as he said "Office of President of the United States."
[25] [26] At the public inaugural ceremony, Vice President Biden was sworn in using the Biden family Bible, while President Obama was sworn in using two Bibles owned by Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. President Obama became the 17th U.S. president to be re-elected for a second term of office. [19]
The president can be sworn in on any book that he or she chooses. While the majority of U.S. presidents have chosen Bibles, there have been a handful of exceptions over the years.
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