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John Tate Raulston (September 22, – July 11, ) was an American state judge in Rhea County, Tennessee, who received national publicity for presiding.!
John T. Raulston
American judge (1868–1956)
John Tate Raulston (September 22, 1868 – July 11, 1956) was an American statejudge in Rhea County, Tennessee, who received national publicity for presiding over the 1925 Scopes trial, a famous creationism–evolution debate.
Early life and education
Raulston, who was a member of a prominent Republican family, was born on a small farm in Marion County, Tennessee. He attended U.S. Grant University, later known as Tennessee Wesleyan College, and was admitted to the bar in 1896.
Bryan and Raulston were the prosecuting attorney and presiding judge, respectively, in the famed Scopes "Monkey" Trial.
He served in the Tennessee state legislature and was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1908 against John A. Moon. He was elected judge of the Eighteenth Tennessee District in 1918.[1]
Scopes Trial
Raulston commenced the proceedings by obtaining the grand jury indictment of John T.
Scopes, a 24-year-old schoolteacher.[1] Raulston accelerated the convening of the grand jury and "... all but inst