Uh Oh, Bible story: Doubts raised over a Texas inaugural tradition!
George W. Bush called it Sam Houston's bible. Rick Perry swore on its centuries-old sheepskin four times. And on Tuesday, Texas Gov.-elect Greg Abbott is set to preserve one of the oldest inaugural traditions in the U.S. when he lays his hand on the historic tome to take the oath of office.
Caretakers of the brittle, brown 199-year-old holy book long known as the Sam Houston Bible — a would-be link to the former president of an independent Texas cherished by both Republicans and Democrats — have evidence that suggests the book may have never belonged to the state's equivalent of George Washington.
In this Monday, Jan. 12, 2015 photo, Texas Supreme Court archivist Tiffany Shopshire shows the 1816 publishing date at the bottom of a page in the Sam Houston Bible, in Austin, Texas. Amateur historians have long thought that Sam Houston's signature was on the missing half of a page, but new evidence is raising doubts about whether the Bible used to swear-in Texas governors for nearly two centuries ever actually belonged to Houston. (AP Photo/Paul Weber)
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