Members of the Virginia Convention of 1861

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

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