Martha McSally may have lost the Arizona senatorial election to Kyrsten Sinema, but both women were taking the oath of office on Thursday. That’s because McSally replaced Jon Kyl, the appointed substitute for John McCain.

Martha McSally Uses Incredible Piece of American History To Swear into Office

Zach Gibson / Getty ImagesSenator Martha McSally participates in a mock swearing in ceremony with Vice President Mike Pence on Capitol Hill. (Zach Gibson / Getty Images)

BY C. DOUGLAS GOLDEN 
JANUARY 5, 2019 AT 6:24AM

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Martha McSally may have lost the Arizona senatorial election to Kyrsten Sinema, but both women were taking the oath of office on Thursday.

That’s because McSally replaced Jon Kyl, the appointed substitute for John McCain. And, even though she may have lost the race, she definitely won the most impressive piece of history on which to take the oath of office.

According to the Arizona Republic, McSally took the oath on a Bible recovered from the USS Arizona, one of the ships sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.