John F. Kennedy
Texas, n.d.
JFK Assassination: Judge Sarah T Hughes Signed Statement "I loved him very much"
TMS

A typed statement signed by Sarah T. Hughes, District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, concerning the swearing-in of Lyndon B. Johnson following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. 3pp, measuring 8.5" x 14", Texas, n.d. Signed "Sarah T. Hughes" and entitled "The President Is Sworn In." With flattened folds. The three pages have been stapled together. Very fine, boldly signed.

In part:
"…I had just reached home from the Trade Mart, where a large and enthusiastic crowd had gathered to see and hear President John F. Kennedy. We waited in vain, for he had been assassinated as he was leaving the downtown area of Dallas. Numbed and hardly realized what had happened, I drove home…In the face of the tragedy that had befallen us, all else seemed of little consequence. I phoned the court to tell the clerk where I was. Her response was that Barefoot Sanders, U.S. attorney, wanted to speak to me. Immediately I heard his familiar voice, 'The Vice-President wants you to swear him in as President. Can you do it? How soon can you get to the airport?' Of course I could, and I could be there in ten minutes…There was no time to find the oath administered to a president, but the essentials of every oath are the same…I could do it without a formal oath…I was trying to explain that I did not have the presidential oath but could give it anyway when someone handed me a copy...By that time a Bible that was on the plane had been thrust into my hands…I thought someone said it was a Catholic Bible. I do not know, but I would like to think it was, and that President Kennedy had been reading it on this, his last trip. The Vice-President said Mrs. Kennedy wanted to be present for the ceremony, and in a few minutes she appeared. Her face showed her grief, but she was composed and calm. She, too, exemplified the courage this country needs to carry on. The Vice-President leaned toward her and told her I was a U.S. judge appointed by her husband. My acknowledgment was, 'I loved him very much.'…"

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8.5" x 14"