# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-washington-butler
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:23:11.473Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-washington-butler"
name: "John Washington Butler"
slug: "john-washington-butler"
description: "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. He was an admirer of William Jennings Bryan."
tagline: "American politician (1875–1952)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Washington_Butler_in_1925.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1875-12-17"
deathDate: "1952-09-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.62
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.539381333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "John Washington Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "جون واشنطن باتلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Washington_Butler"
    title: "John Washington Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Washington_Butler"
    title: "John Washington Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Washington_Butler"
    title: "John Washington Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Washington_Butler"
    title: "John Washington Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Washington_Butler"
    title: "John Washington Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2745707"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump