Question: Who wrote the south carolina ordinance of secession?

context: The convention had previously agreed to draft a separate statement that would summarize their justification and gave that task to a committee of seven members comprising Christopher G. Memminger (considered the primary author), F. H. Wardlaw, R. W. Barnwell, J. P. Richardson, B. H. Rutledge, J. E. Jenkins, and P. E. Duncan. The document they produced, the Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union, was adopted by the convention on December 24.
question: Who was the primary author of the south carolina ordinance of secession?
short_answers: Christopher G. Memminger
context: The convention had previously agreed to draft a separate statement that would summarize their justification and gave that task to a committee of seven members comprising Christopher G. Memminger (considered the primary author), F. H. Wardlaw, R. W. Barnwell, J. P. Richardson, B. H. Rutledge, J. E. Jenkins, and P. E. Duncan. The document they produced, the Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union, was adopted by the convention on December 24.
question: Who were the members of the committee, other than Christopher G. Memminger, who wrote the south carolina ordinance of secession?
short_answers: J. P. Richardson
R. W. Barnwell
F. H. Wardlaw
J. E. Jenkins
B. H. Rutledge
P. E. Duncan

Answer: An official secession convention met in South Carolina following the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States. On December 20, 1860, the convention issued an ordinance of secession announcing the state's withdrawal from the union. The primary author of the ordinance is considered to have been Christopher G. Memminger. The other members of the committee were J. P. Richardson, R. W. Barnwell, F. H. Wardlaw, J. E. Jenkins, B. H. Rutledge, and P. E. Duncan.