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| President, Inauguration Year | Bible & Passage | Quote |
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Rutherford B. Hayes 1877 |
Privately, no Bible; publicly, Psalm 118:11-13 |
"They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I will destroy them." complete passage |
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James A. Garfield 1881 |
Proverbs 21:1 | "The king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!" |
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Chester A. Arthur 1881 |
Privately, no Bible; Psalm 31:1-3 | "In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness." complete passage |
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Grover Cleveland 1885 |
Psalm 112:4-10, opened at random |
"Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous." complete passage |
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Benjamin Harrison 1889 |
Psalm 121:1-6 | "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help." complete passage |
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Grover Cleveland 1893 |
Psalm 91:12-16 | "They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone." complete passage |
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William McKinley 1897 |
II Chron. 1:10; Bible given to him by Methodist church congregation | "Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?" |
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William McKinley 1901 |
Proverbs 16 | "The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord." complete passage |
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Theodore Roosevelt 1901 |
No bible | No quote |
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