Chief Justice Roger B. Taney administered the oath of office to Abraham Lincoln using the Bible shown here.

Lincoln Bible

Inaugural Bible used for Lincoln's first inauguration, March 4, 1861. Library of Congress. Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Gift of Mrs. Robert Todd Lincoln, 1928. Online in American Treasures at the Library of Congress.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trt040.html

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