(Interestingly, there is also no stipulation that the oath of office end with “so help me God,” though ... Kennedy’s assassination — he placed his hand on a Catholic missal (a book containing text ...

But it emphasizes that while the Constitution and other laws define the words of the oath of office, no specific book or document actually is required to take it. It even suggests that “swearing ...

President Theodore Roosevelt also did not use a Bible when he swore his oath of office in 1901, the JCCIC says. In fact, Roosevelt didn’t swear over any book at all.

Donald Trump became the 47th American president on Monday, but the oath of office itself has been administered 73 times before to the 46 preceding chief executives. According to the Architect of the ...

A select number of presidents have not sworn on the Bible, which was more common in earlier chapters of American history when specific rules and traditions weren’t as entrenched as they are today.

Readers of the Baron de Montesquieu’s “The Spirit of Laws” — they cited no book but the Bible more ... into federal service at all, that oath of office is still with us, for public ...

While many American politicians choose to take their Oath of Office with a hand placed on ... John Quincy Adams chose to place his hand on a book of constitutional law, believing it better ...