Reply #2: Well aren't you smart!

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

"Two hours after President Kennedy was shot two cars in front of him in a Dealey Plaza motorcade, Johnson was sworn in as President on Air Force One in Dallas at Love Field Airport on November 22, 1963. He was sworn in by Federal Judge Sarah T. Hughes, a very close friend of his family, making him the first President sworn in by a woman. He is also the only President to have been sworn in on Texas soil. Johnson was not sworn on a Bible, as none could be found aboard Air Force One. A Roman Catholic missal was discovered in Kennedy's desk, and this book was used during the swearing-in ceremony.<15>"

I was writing from memory based on William Manchester's book about that day, and I think he thought it was a bible. Most of the internet references google spits out call it a bible.

But Wikipedia knows all!

Thanks for the clarification. I edited the OP to bring it in line.

But Sarah T. Hughes thought it was a Catholic Bible, and her reacion is the point. So the meat of the tale remains.