Tennessee State Legislator. He was the author of Tennessee's “Anti-Evolution Bill” in 1925. During the 1925 session of the State House of Representatives, while representing three counties northeast of Nashville Tennessee along the Kentucky border, he introduced and secured passage of the anti-evolution teaching law. It was under this law that John Thomas Scopes was tried in Rhea County, Tennessee for violating this law. Scopes was defended by several lawyers, one being Clarence Darrow from Chicago, Illinois. William Jennings Bryan assisted the prosecution. Scopes was found guilty by a jury and fined $100.00 by Judge John Tate Raulston.
Tennessee State Legislator. He was the author of Tennessee's “Anti-Evolution Bill” in 1925. During the 1925 session of the State House of Representatives, while representing three counties northeast of Nashville Tennessee along the Kentucky border, he introduced and secured passage of the anti-evolution teaching law. It was under this law that John Thomas Scopes was tried in Rhea County, Tennessee for violating this law. Scopes was defended by several lawyers, one being Clarence Darrow from Chicago, Illinois. William Jennings Bryan assisted the prosecution. Scopes was found guilty by a jury and fined $100.00 by Judge John Tate Raulston.
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