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John Washington Butler (December 17, 1875 – September 24, 1952) was an American farmer and a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1923 to 1927, representing Macon, Trousdale, and Sumner counties.
Oct 8, 2017 · Written by Jeanette Keith. < 1 minutes to read. John W. Butler, state representative from Macon, Trousdale, and Sumner Counties (1923-27), wrote the Tennessee Anti-Evolution Act, better known as the Tennessee Monkey Law. The son of a long-settled farming family in Macon County, as a young man Butler taught school briefly.
- Jeanette Keith
The theory of evolution destroyed her faith in God. John Washington Butler, a rugged, thickset, corn and tobacco farmer, listened to the preacher’s sermon and, according to his later account of the story, got to thinking. Butler asked himself whether evolution could turn one his own three boys into an atheist.
Mar 11, 2022 · Evolution Bill Author, Died in 1952 At The Age of 76. John Washington Butler was an American farmer and a Tennessee State Legislator from 1923-1927 . He was the author of Tennessee’s “Anti-Evolution Bill” in 1925.
Sep 24, 2018 · John Washington Butler, a Primitive Baptist and admirer of William Jennings Bryan, was a prosperous farmer, thresher operator, and community leader in Macon County who represented Macon, Trousdale, and Sumner Counties in the Tennessee House of Representatives (1923–27).
In the spring of 1924, John Washington Butler, a representative in the Tennessee legislature, took the occasion of his forty-ninth birthday to write a bill designed to prohibit the teaching of human evolution in the state's public schools.
John Washington Butler was an American farmer and a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1923 to 1927, representing Macon, Trousdale, and Sumner counties. He is most noted for introducing the Butler Act, which prohibited teaching of evolution in public schools.
