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What US president didn't swear the inauguration oath on a bible?

What's the official US motto?

Facism is not a school of thought, it is a racial slur.

What US president didn't swear the inauguration oath on a bible?

All Presidents save one have sworn the oath on the Bible. One President, Franklin Pierce, affirmed the oath. History doesn’t tell us why he affirmed rather than swore. He was a very religious man. He didn’t have any scruples against swearing an oath. But his inauguration also was one of the most tragic inaugurations in American history. When Pierce’s family came by train to Washington for his inauguration, the train wrecked and his son was killed in the wreck. His wife was injured. She was still deeply in mourning when he was inaugurated. She did not attend the ceremony or any of the functions surrounding the inauguration and in fact, died of a broken heart not long thereafter. So Pierce may have simply affirmed it because of the deep mourning that he was experiencing.

"In God We Trust" ... adopted in 1956.

Interestingly enough, that's the year of my birth.

Ha ha, you're old.

Not in turtle years!

Hundred and fifty, dude!

The oath says that I solemnly swear or affirm. All Presidents save one have sworn the oath on the Bible. One President, Franklin Pierce, affirmed the oath. History doesn’t tell us why he affirmed rather than swore. He was a very religious man. He didn’t have any scruples against swearing an oath. But his inauguration also was one of the most tragic inaugurations in American history. When Pierce’s family came by train to Washington for his inauguration, the train wrecked and his son was killed in the wreck. His wife was injured. She was still deeply in mourning when he was inaugurated. She did not attend the ceremony or any of the functions surrounding the inauguration and in fact, died of a broken heart not long thereafter. So Pierce may have simply affirmed it because of the deep mourning that he was experiencing.

One President we know did not use a Bible at the swearing in ceremony at the Capitol. That was John Quincy Adams in 1825. Adams in his diary notes that he swore the oath on a book of laws. Again, why did he do that? John Quincy Adams was a deeply religious person, but my interpretation is that he did so because as he points out in his diary, he was swearing the oath to uphold the Constitution and laws of the United States, so he took the oath on a book of laws.

Facism is not a school of thought, it is a racial slur.

It's all historically irrelevant anyway, the US and other nations I sees the US *TODAY* as being a Christian nation.

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Facism is not a school of thought, it is a racial slur.

You should probably read your own source, Taskiss ...

Pierce didn't swear the Oath, Adams didn't use a Bible, and there aren't really any records of what a lot of President's used or failed to use.

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Facism is not a school of thought, it is a racial slur.

Take it for what it's worth, your mileage may vary, etc., etc., etc. Either it's wrong and the gov is perpetuation the myth that the US is a Christian nation (thus making my point for me) or the US is a Christian nation, thus making my point for me.

The faith of an individual president is NOT at issue. We are not a monarchy. A number of elected officials in congress have sworn their oaths on other books or no book.

Facism is not a school of thought, it is a racial slur.

I disagree. The faith of our elected office also should not only be noted, and should be taken into account when considering them for office.

Taskiss:

I'm not interested in your false dilemma, because your source doesn't say what you're claiming it says; indeed, since it doesn't say what you've said it says, includes two Presidents who didn't use a Bible ...

The faith of an individual president is NOT at issue.

3: The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.

8: Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:--“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.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qur%27an_oath_controversy_of_the_110th_United_States_Congress

The entity itself has a structure--in this case a constitution, that defines it, not because a large number of elected officials happen to fall into on particular demographic.

Facism is not a school of thought, it is a racial slur.