One Bible belonged to the late civil rights icon and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, who helped inspire her career path. Harris’s faith has come under scrutiny, with some social media users making similar allegations that Harris previously refused to use a Bible to be sworn in. Newly elected Georgia Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff, who is also Jewish and who swears in Wednesday, plans to use Hebrew scripture belonging to Rabbi Jacob Rothschild, an ally of the Rev. Many – like George W. Bush and Jimmy Carter – used a family Bible. Jan. 21, 2021 newspaper front page featuring the inauguration of the 2021 Presidential Inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the U.S. Capitol. Growing up with a Christian father and a Hindu mother, Harris attended services at both a Black Baptist church and a Hindu temple. President Nixon used the same Bibles in the 1969 and 1973 inauguration, which were family Bibles opened to Isaiah 2:4. For example, Washington's Bible became a popular choice for his successors with former presidents Warren G. Harding, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Jimmy Carter, and George H.W. He follows in a tradition of many other presidents who used family-owned scriptures to take their oaths, including Ronald Reagan and Franklin D. Roosevelt, according to the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, opted for the Bhagavad Gita in 2013 after becoming the first Hindu elected to Congress. At the request of Vice President Kamala Harris, the bible belonging to … RELATED: Kamala Harris sworn in as vice president in historic moment for America. Inauguration Day 2021: Biden calls on Americans to overcome division in inaugural speech, LA native Amanda Gorman makes history as youngest known inaugural poet, Kamala Harris sworn in as vice president in historic moment for America, Inauguration Day 2021: Lady Gaga, J. Others took their oaths on closed Bibles, like John F. Kennedy, the first Catholic president, who in 1961 used his family’s century-old tome with a large cross on the front, similar to Biden’s. 1. On January 20, 2021, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were sworn into office in an inauguration ceremony that looked unlike any other in American history. Washington’s Bible was later used for the oaths by Warren G. Harding, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Joe Biden is sworn in as U.S. President during his inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. Harris used two Bibles to be sworn in on Jan. 20, USA TODAY reported. Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about. Bill Clinton, for example, chose Isaiah 58:12 — which urges the devout to be a "repairer of the breach" — for his second inauguration after a first term marked by political schisms with conservatives. Harris identifies as a Baptist and she used a Bible to be sworn in as a U.S. senator in 2017, USA TODAY reported. (Alex Wong/Getty Images), RELATED: Inauguration Day 2021: Biden calls on Americans to overcome division in inaugural speech. The Indianapolis Star Jan. 21, 2021 newspaper front page featuring the inauguration of the 2021 Presidential Inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the U.S. Capitol. Jefferson’s Quran made a return in 2019 at the oath for Michigan Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib, one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress. Vice-President elect Kamala Harris will be sworn in using multiple Bibles, each of which has personal significance. The George Washington Inaugural Bible is the bible that was sworn upon by George Washington when he took office as the first President of the United States on April 30, 1789. (Cr, RELATED: LA native Amanda Gorman makes history as youngest known inaugural poet. Sitting alongside her, I was introduced to the teachings of that Bible," Harris wrote in a Bustle article in 2019. 1 of 10 Kamala Harris is sworn in as vice president by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor as her husband Doug Emhoff holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration … Watch President Joe Biden’s swearing-in on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. Some have employed multiple Bibles during their ceremonies: Both Barack Obama and Donald Trump chose to use, along with others, the copy that Abraham Lincoln was sworn in on in 1861. The Bible has been in the Biden family since the 1890s. Presidents Warren G. Harding, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Jimmy Carter and George H.W. ©2021 FOX Television Stations. 9 Days While not required by the Constitution, the Bible has been used at nearly every single presidential inauguration since Abraham Lincoln. That includes Biden, who used the same family Bible he has used twice when swearing in as vice president and seven times as senator from Delaware. A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. That is false. One is the family Bible of civil rights icon Rosa Parks, a large heavy clothbound book, published in 1900. That includes Biden, who used the same family Bible he has used twice when swearing in as vice president and seven times as senator from Delaware. U.S. President Joe Biden hugs his wife Dr. Jill Biden after being sworn in as president, as their children Hunter Biden and Ashley Biden look on during Biden's inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. You can subscribe to our print edition, ad-free app or electronic newspaper replica here. President Joe Biden was sworn in shortly thereafter by Chief Justice John Roberts, as seen in CNBC’s YouTube livestream.. The Forum (Fargo, N.D.) Jan. 21, 2021 newspaper front page featuring the inauguration of the 2021 Presidential Inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the U.S. Capitol. Lo, Garth Brooks headline Biden-Harris ceremony. quipped Colbert, who like Biden is a practicing Catholic. Theodore Roosevelt took his 1901 oath without one after the death of William McKinley, while John Quincy Adams used a law book in 1825, according to his own account. Chicago Sun-Times Jan. 21, 2021 newspaper front page featuring the inauguration of the 2021 Presidential Inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the U.S. Capitol. The second Bible belonged to family friend Regina Shelton, whom Harris called a “second mother” to her and her sister. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is sworn in during the 2021 Presidential Inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the U.S. Capitol. That includes Biden, who used the same family Bible he has used twice when swearing in as vice president and seven times as senator from Delaware. She used two Bibles on Inauguration Day. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will take oath of office on a Bible belonging to Thurgood Marshall during inaugural ceremony at the U.S. Capitol. Bush. USA TODAY Jan. 21, 2021 newspaper front page featuring the inauguration of the 2021 Presidential Inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the U.S. Capitol. But the choice of Bible – or whatever book a president may choose – is a chance to personalize the swearing-in ceremony. The Tennessean (Nashville, Tenn.) Jan. 21, 2021 newspaper front page featuring the inauguration of the 2021 Presidential Inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the U.S. Capitol. While U.S. lawmakers have typically used Bibles for their oaths, some have chosen alternatives that reflect their religious diversity. The Bible Biden used at his inauguration, an 1893 Douay-Rheims edition that is a family heirloom, is not evidence of the president’s alleged connection to the Illuminati or the Freemasons. President Barack Obama used Bibles that belonged to Martin Luther King Jr. and President Abraham Lincoln. Tampa Bay Times Jan. 21, 2021 newspaper front page featuring the inauguration of the 2021 Presidential Inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the U.S. Capitol. The Bibles -- and, in Sen. Jon Ossoff's case, Hebrew Scripture -- that President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and more used for their swearings-in … The claim that Vice President Kamala Harris placed her hand on a purse or a wallet instead of a Bible during her swearing-in is FALSE, based on our research. The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Wash.) Jan. 21, 2021 newspaper front page featuring the inauguration of the 2021 Presidential Inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the U.S. Capitol. Detroit Free Press Jan. 21, 2021 newspaper front page featuring the inauguration of the 2021 Presidential Inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the U.S. Capitol. When he took his oath of office—which was administered by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.—he used the 127-year-old, five-inch-thick Biden Family Bible. Statesman Journal (Salem, Ore. ) Jan. 21, 2021 newspaper front page featuring the inauguration of the 2021 Presidential Inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the U.S. Capitol. It was the same Bible his late son Beau Biden used when he was sworn in … Four years later, President Eisenhower chose the Bible used by George Washington in the first presidential inauguration in 1789, opened to 2 Chronicles 7:14, as well his own personal "West Point Bible," opened to Psalm 33:12. (Photo: Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY). Newsday (Melville, N.Y.) Jan. 21, 2021 newspaper front page featuring the inauguration of the 2021 Presidential Inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the U.S. Capitol. He used the same Bible when he was sworn in twice as vice president and seven times as a senator from Delaware, The Associated Press reported. USA TODAY. News Inauguration Kamala Harris Family Bible As the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris gets underway on Wednesday, Harris will be sworn in … When President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in as the nation's 46th president on Jan. 20, he will do so on a Bible of great significance. The post has been shared more than 400 times.