Members of the Virginia Convention of 1861

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The Secession Convention

This chart attempts to document the members of the Virginia Convention of 1861 -- The Secession Convention.

Please note that members marked with an astericks (*) orginally voted no, but changed their vote to yes.

** - Despite voting no on the question of secession, later served in the Confederate army.

~ - Expelled from the convention, later active in the loyal convention at Wheeling.

There were 148 members of the Virginia Convention of 1861.

Name Dates Representing 4/4/61 Vote 4/17/61 Vote
Ambler, William Marshall 1813-1896 Louisa Co. Yes Yes
Armstrong, Edward M. c.1816-? Hampshire Co. No Yes*
Aston, William B. c.1818-? Russell Co. No Yes
Baldwin, John Brown 1820-1873 Augusta Co. -- Yes*
Barbour, Alfred M. 1829-1865 Jefferson Co. No Yes
Barbour, James 1823-1895 Culpeper Co. Yes Yes
Baylor, George 1804-? Augusta Co. No Yes
Berlin, George W. 1823-? Upshur Co. No. Yes
Blakey, Angus Rucker 1816-1896 Madison Co. Yes Yes
Blow, George, Jr. 1813-1894 Norfolk City No Yes
Boggess, Caleb 1822-1889 Lewis Co. No. No.
Boisseau, James 1822-1872 Dinwiddie Co. Yes Yes
Borst, Peter B. ?-? Page Co. Yes Yes
Bouldin, Wood 1811-1876 Charlotte Co. Yes Yes
Boyd, William Watson c.1815-1866 Botetourt Co. No Yes
Branch, Thomas 1802-1888 Petersburg City Yes Yes
Brent, George William 1821-1872 Alexandria Co. No No**
Brooke, James Vass Fauquier Co.
Brown, William Guy 1800-1884 Preston Co. No No~
Bruce, James Coles 1806-1865 Halifax Co. No. Yes
Burdett, John Sinsell 1818-? Taylor Co. No No~
Burley, James c.1800-1870 Marshall Co. No No~
Byrne, Benjamin Wilson 1820-1903 Braxton Co. No Yes*
Cabell, Frederick Mortimer 1802-1873 Nelson Co. -- Yes
Campbell, John Arthur 1823-1886 Washington Co. No. Yes
Caperton, Allen Taylor 1810-1876 Monroe Co. No Yes
Carlile, John Snyder 1817-1878 Harrison Co. No. No~
Carter, John Armistead 1808-? Loudoun Co. No. No
Cecil, William P. 1820-1899 Tazewell Co. Yes Yes
Chambliss, John Randolph 1809-? Greensville Co. -- Yes
Chapman, Manilus 1805-? Giles Co. Yes Yes
Clemens, Sherrard 1820-1881 Ohio Co. No No
Coffman, Samuel Agustus 1824-? Rockingham Co. No Yes
Conn, Raphel Morgan ?-1887 Shenandoah Co. Yes Yes
Conrad, C. B. 1812-? Gilmer Co. No Yes*
Conrad, Robert Young 1805-1875 Frederick Co. No. Yes*
Couch, James Henry 1821-1899 Mason Co. No No
Cox, James H. ?-1877 Chesterfield Co. -- Yes
Cox, Richard H. ?-? King and Queen Yes Yes
Critcher, John 1820-1901 Westmoreland Co. No Yes
Custis, William H. B. 1814-1889 Accomack Co. No. No
Dent, Marshall Mortimer 1828-? Monongalia Co. No No~
Deskins, Harvey ?-? Floyd Co. -- --
Dorman, James Baldwin 1825-1893 Rockbridge Co. No Yes
Dulany, William H. ?-? Fairfax Co. -- No**
Early, Jubal Anderson 1813-1894 Franklin Co. No. Yes*
Echols, John 1823-1896 Monroe Co. No Yes
Fisher, Miers W. ?-1873 Northampton Co. Yes Yes
Flournoy, Thomas Stanhope 1811-1883 Halifax Co. No Yes
Forbes, William W. 1818-? Buckingham Co. -- Yes
French, Napoleon B. 1820-1898 Mercer Co. No. Yes
Fugate, Colbert C. ?-? Scott Co. No. Yes*
Garland, Samuel Meredith 1802-1880 Amherst Co. Yes Yes
Gillespie, Henry L. 1817-? Raleigh Co. No Yes
Goggin, William Leftwich 1807-1870 Bedford Co. Yes Yes
Goode, John, Jr. 1829-1909 Bedford Co. Yes Yes
Goode, Thomas Francis 1825-1905 Mecklenburg Co. -- Yes
Graham, Samuel Livingston 1816-1896 Tazewell Co. Yes Yes
Grant, Robert E. 1825-1888 Washington Co. -- Yes
Gravely, Peyton ?-? Henry Co. No. Yes*
Gray, Algernon Sidney 1814-1878 Rockingham Co. No Yes*
Gregory, Fendall, Jr. c.1825-? King William Co. -- Yes
Hale, Fielden L. 1814-1894 Carroll Co. Yes Yes
Hall, Addison 1797-1871 Lancaster Co. No Yes
Hall, Cyrus c. 1826-1908 Ritchie Co. No Yes
Hall, Ephraim Benoni 1822-1898 Marion Co. No. No~
Hall, Leonard Stout 1824-1875 Wetzel Co. Yes Yes
Hammond, Allen C. ?-? Berkeley Co. No Yes*
Harvie, Lewis E. 1809-1887 Amelia Co. Yes Yes
Haymond, Alpheus F. 1823-1893 Marion Co. No Yes
Hoge, James W. 1830-1882 Putnam Co. No No**
Holcombe, James Philemon 1820-1873 Albemarle Co. Yes Yes
Holladay, James Gustavus 1819-? Norfolk Co. -- No
Hubbard, Chester Doman 1814-1891 Ohio Co. No. No~
Hughes, John N. 1831-1861 Randolph Co. No Yes
Hull, George W. ?-1862 Highland Co. -- No**
Hunton, Eppa 1822-1908 Prince William Co. Yes Yes
Isbell, Lewis Daniel ?-1889 Appomattox Co. Yes Yes
Jackson, John Jay 1800-1872 Wood Co. No No~
Janney, John 1798-1872 Loudoun Co. No Yes*
Johnson, Marmaduke 1825-1871 Richmond City No Yes
Johnston, Peter Carr 1793-1877 Scott Co. No Yes
Kent, Robert Craig 1828-1905 Wythe Co. Yes Yes
Kilby, John Richardson 1819-1878 Nansemond Co. No Yes
Kindred, John Julius 1824-1887 Southampton Co. Yes Yes
Lawson, James 1811-<1890 Logan Co. No No**
Leake, Walter Daniel 1813-1873 Goochland Co. Yes Yes
Lewis, John Francis 1818-1895 Rockingham Co. No No
MacFarland, William Hamilton 1799-11872 Richmond City No Yes
Mallory, Charles King 1820-1875 Elizabeth City Co. -- Yes
Maslin, Thomas 1808-1878 Hardy Co. No --
Masters, Henry H. 1815-1892 Pendleton Co. No No
McComas, William 1795-1865 Cabell Co. No No
McGrew, James Clark 1813-1910 Preston Co. No No~
McNeel, Paul 1803-1872 Pocahontas Co. No Yes
Miller, Fleming Bowyer 1793-1874 Botetourt Co. -- Yes
Moffett, Horatio Gates 1807-1892 Rappahannock Co. No Yes
Montague, Robert Latane 1819-1880 Middlesex Co. Yes Yes
Moore, Samuel McDowell 1796-1875 Rockbridge Co. No Yes*
Morris, Edmund Taylor 1821-1864 Caroline Co. Yes Yes
Morton, Jeremiah 1799-1878 Orange Co. Yes Yes
Neblett, William J. 1822->1890 Lunenburg Co. Yes Yes
Nelson, Hugh Mortimer 1811-1862 Clarke Co. No Yes*
Orrick, Johnson 1833-? Morgan Co. No. Yes
Osburn, Logan ?-? Jefferson Co. No Yes*
Parks, William C. ?-? Grayson Co. No Yes
Patrick, Spicer 1791-1884 Kanawha Co. No No~
Pendleton, Edmund 1816-1880 Berkeley Co. No No
Porter, George McCandless 1835-1864 Hancock Co. No No~
Preston, William Ballard 1805-1862 Montgomery Co. No. Yes
Price, Samuel 1805-1884 Greenbrier Co. No Yes*
Pugh, David 1807-1899 Hampshire Co. No Yes*
Randolph, George Wythe 1818-1867 Richmond City Yes Yes
Richardson, George William 1820-? Hanover Co. Yes Yes
Rives, Timothy 1807-1865 Prince George Co. No Yes
Saunders, Peter, Sr. 1823-1906 Franklin Co. -- --
Scott, Robert Eden 1808-1863 Fauquier Co. No Yes
Scott, William Campbell 1809-1865 Powhatan Co. Yes Yes
Seawell, John Tyler 1808-1874 Gloucester Co. Yes Yes
Sharp, John D. 1824-? Lee Co. No Yes*
Sheffey, James White 1813-1876 Smyth Co. Yes Yes
Sitlington, Thomas ?-? Bath Co. No No
Slaughter, Charles Rice 1819-1862 Campbell Co. No Yes
Southall, Valentine Wood 1790-1861 Albemarle Co. No Yes
Speed, John M. 1815-1866 Campbell Co. Yes Yes
Spurlock, Burwell 1790-1879 Wayne Co. No No
Staples, Samuel G. 1821-1895 Patrick Co. No Yes
Strange, James Magruder 1818-? Fluvanna Co. Yes Yes
Stuart, Alexander Hugh Holmes 1807-1891 Augusta Co. No Yes*
Stuart, Chapman Johnson 1820-1888 Doddridge Co. No No~
Summers, George William 1804-1868 Kanawha Co. No No
Sutherlin, William T. 1822-1893 Pittsylvania Co. No Yes
Tarr, Campbell 1819-1879 Brooke Co. No No~
Tayloe, George Plater 1804-1897 Roanoke Co. No Yes
Thornton, John Thruston 1829-1862 Prince Edward Co. -- Yes
Tredway, William Marshall 1807-1891 Pittsylvania Co. No Yes
Turner, Franklin P. c.1827-? Jackson Co. Yes Yes
Turner, Robert H. c.1833-1900 Warren Co. Yes Yes
Tyler, John, President 1790-1862 Charles City Co. Yes Yes
Waller, Edward ?-? Stafford Co. No Yes
White, William c.1825-? Norfolk Co. -- No**
Whitfield, Robert Henry 1814-1868 Isle of Wight Co. No Yes
Wickham, Williams Carter 1820-1888 Henrico Co. No Yes
Willey, Waitman Thomas 1811-1900 Monongalia Co. No No~
Williams, Samuel Croudson 1812-1862 Shenandoah Co. Yes Yes
Wilson, Benjamin 1825-1901 Harrison Co. No Abstain
Wise, Henry Alexander 1806-1876 Princess Anne Co. Yes Yes
Woods, Samuel 1822-1897 Barbour Co. Yes Yes
Wysor, Benjamin F. ?-1863 Pulaski Co. Yes Yes