I realized that I should have included this with my earlier posts about the vote for secession in the Shenandoah Valley. This is a record of the vote from Virginia’s Secession Convention. Keep in mind that these votes were made on April 4 and April 17 respectively. The public vote on secession did not come until later in May 1861. This information comes from the Members of the Virginia Convention of 1861 which is part of the Virginia Civil War Home Page. An asterisk (*) indicates that the vote of that particular delegate on April 17 was originally against secession, but, for whatever reason, the delegate opted to change the vote to yes. As an interesting side-feature, I have included the approximate age of the delegate at the time of the vote. Of the sixteen delegates with ages known, the average age appears to have been 45.
Name | Approx. age | Representing | 4/4/61 Vote | 4/17/61 Vote |
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Baldwin, John Brown | 41 | Augusta Co. | — | Yes* |
Barbour, Alfred M. | 32 | Jefferson Co. | No | Yes |
Baylor, George | 57 | Augusta Co. | No | Yes |
Borst, Peter B. | 35 | Page Co. | Yes | Yes |
Coffman, Samuel Augustus | 37 | Rockingham Co. | No | Yes |
Conn, Raphel Morgan | 55 | Shenandoah Co. | Yes | Yes |
Conrad, Robert Young | 56 | Frederick Co. | No | Yes* |
Dorman, James Baldwin | 36 | Rockbridge Co. | No | Yes |
Gray, Algernon Sidney | 47 | Rockingham Co. | No | Yes* |
Hammond, Allen C. | ? | Berkeley Co. | No | Yes* |
Lewis, John Francis | 43 | Rockingham Co. | No | No |
Moore, Samuel McDowell | 65 | Rockbridge Co. | No | Yes |
Nelson, Hugh Mortimer | 50 | Clarke Co. | No | Yes* |
Osburn, Logan | 49 | Jefferson Co. | No | Yes* |
Pendleton, Edmund | 45 | Berkeley Co. | No | No |
Stuart, Alexander Hugh Holmes | 54 | Augusta Co. | No | Yes* |
Turner, Robert H. | 28 | Warren Co. | Yes | Yes |
Williams, Samuel Croudson | 49 | Shenandoah Co. | Yes | Yes |
Posted on April 16, 2008 by Robert Moore
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