Presidential Bibles

I discovered something interesting in Jon Meacham's book American Gospel. When a President is sworn into office he places his hand on an open Bible. Apparently, many Presidents have chosen to have the Bible opened to a specific scripture passage. Perhaps it would be interesting to reflect upon those Presidential favorites of scripture:

Proverbs 3:17 -- Martin Van Buren 1837
Proverbs 21 -- Andrew Johnson 1865
Isaiah 11:1-3 -- Ulysses S. Grant 1873
Psalm 118:11-13 -- Rutherford B. Hayes 1877
Proverbs 21:1 -- James A. Garfield 1881
Psalm 31:1-3 -- Chester A. Arthur 1771
Psalm 121:1-6 -- Benjamin Harrison 1889
Psalm 91:12-16 -- Grover Cleveland 1893
Chronicles II 1:10 -- William McKinley 1897
Proverbs 16: -- William McKinley 1901
James 1:22-23 -- Theodore Roosevelt 1905
Kings I 3:9-11 -- William Howard Taft 1909
Psalm 119 -- Woodrow Wilson 1913
Psalm 46 -- Woodrow Wilson 1917
Micah 6:8 -- Warren G. Harding 1921
John 1 -- Calvin Coolidge 1925
Proverbs 29:18 -- Herbert Hoover 1929
Corinthinans 1:13 -- Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933, 1937, 1941, 1945
Matthew 5:3-11 & Exodus 20:3-17 -- Harry S. Truman 1949 (used two open Bibles)
Psalm 127:1 & Chronicles II 7:14 -- Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953 (used two open Bibles)
Psalm 33:12 -- Dwight D. Eisenhower 1957
Isaiah 2:4 -- Richard Nixon 1969 and 1973
Proverbs 3:5-6 -- Gerald R. Ford 1974
Micah 6:8 -- Jimmy Carter 1977
Chronicles II 7:14 -- Ronald Reagan 1981 and 1985
Matthew 5 -- George H.W. Bush 1989
Galatians 6:8 -- Bill Clinton 1993
Isaiah 58:12 -- Bill Clinton 1997
Isaiah 40:31 -- George W. Bush 2005