John Washington Butler (December 17, 1875 – September 24, 1952) was an American farmer and a member of the

Tennessee House of Representatives The Tennessee House of Representatives is the lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee. Constitutional requirements According to the state constitution of 1870, this body is to consis ...

from 1923 to 1927,Jeanette Keith,
John Washington Butler (1875–1952)
" ''Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture''. representing Macon, Trousdale, and

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counties. He is most noted for introducing the

Butler Act The Butler Act was a 1925 Tennessee law prohibiting public school teachers from denying the book of Genesis account of humankind's origin. The law also prevented the teaching of the evolution of humans from what it referred to as lower orders ...

, which prohibited teaching of

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in public (i.e. state) schools (and which was challenged in the Scopes Trial). He was an admirer of

William Jennings Bryan William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was an American lawyer, orator, and politician. He was a dominant force in the History of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, running three times as the party' ...

.Doug Linder,
John Washington Butler
." Retrieved: 19 February 2013. According to Butler,

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* Baptists from Tennessee Democratic Party members of the Tennessee House of Representatives 1875 births 1952 deaths American Christian creationists Farmers from Tennessee People from Macon County, Tennessee 20th-century members of the Tennessee General Assembly {{Tennessee-politician-stub

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