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John T. Raulston served as the presiding judge at the Scopes trial. At the time, he was a circuit court judge for the area that Dayton was in. As a conservative Christian and a lay minister, Raulston seemed to believe that it was his calling by God to serve over this trial.

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Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion