Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-06-10
THE VOTE IN VIRGINIA ON SECES-
SION

Among the papers of Mr.. ]. Louis Kinzer,
who died in this city somo years ago,
there was recently found a yea and nay
| "blank form" with the vote i'll secret session
of the Virginia convention upon the ques-
tion of the passage of the ordinance of seces-
sion, each members vote being checked of
opposite to bis name in print. TO the bot
! tom of the list is appended II note in the
| handwriting Of the late Col. Geo. w. Brent,
the delegate TO the convention from Alex
| .iudra, setting forth that the said vote was
taken at ] 30 p. m, April II, 1861, the pre-
else time at which it is well known the Sc
cession ordinance passed that body. Up to
| this time the vote has been unknown to the
public. The vote was:
Seas-Wm. M. Amber, VIM. 3. Ashton,
James Barbour, Angus j. Blake, Geo. Blow,
ir., James Boisseau, Peter 3. Boust, Wood
| Bouldin, VIM. W. Boyd, Thos. Branch, Jas.
| c. Bruce Fred. M. Cabell, John A. Camp
bell, Allen T. Caperton, VIM. +. Cicil,
John r. Chambiss, Munius Chapman,
Samuel A. Fl. Cox, John Critcher, Harry
Haskins, J. B. Dorman, John Echols, Mier
w. Fisher, Thos. Is. Flournoy, VIM. w.
Forbes, Napoleon 3. French, Samuel NJ.
Garland, II. l.. Gillispie. Samuel l.. Graham,
Fendall Gregory, jr., VIM. l.. Goggin, John
| Goode, jr., Thomas T. Goode, +. J.. Hale,
Cyrus Hall, l.. S. Hall, Lewis L. Harvie,
James p. Holcomb, James n. Hughes, Ep-
pa Hunton, Lewis D. Isbell, Marmaduke
Johnson, Peter c. Johnston, Robert G.
Kent, Johu J. Kindred, James Lawson,
Water d. Leake, William II. Mcfarland,
| Charles II. Mallory, James B. Mallory, John
+. Mayre, Senator Fleming 3. Miller, Hora-
ito G. Moffett, Robert L. Montague, Ed
| ward T. Morris, jeremiah Morton, William
| J. Neblett, Johnson Orrick, William G..
Parks, William Ballard Preston, George w.
Randolph, George w. Richardson, Timothy
Rives, Robert +. Scott William c. Scott,
John 7. Seawell, James w. Shelley, Charles
II. Slaughter, Valentine w. Southall, John
NJ. Speed. Samuel G. Staples, James M.
Strange, Wm. T. Sutherlin, George p. Tay-
| lor. John It. Thornton, VIM. NJ. Treadway,
Robert II. Turner, Franklin Z. Turner,
John TYLER, Edward Waller, Robert II.
Whitfield, Samuel c. Williams, Henry A.
Wise, Samuel Woods, Benjamin F. Wy
sorn-SS
Nays-Edward NJ. Armstrong, John 3.
Baldwin, George Baylor, George ". Benin,
Caleb Boggs, George w. Brent, William G..
Brown, John S. Burdett James Burcy, Ben
amin w. Byrne, John Carlisle, John A. Car
| ter SQpFTiTu SleiutliS, 1eOuoit Noui az, Aeop''
y. Conrad, James H. Couch, w. l.. 3. Custis,
Marshall M. Dent VIM. II. Duiany, Jubal A.
Early, Colbert c. Fugate, Peyton Gravely,
Algernon S. Gray, Ephraim Is. Hall, Allen
G. Hammond, Alpheus T. Raymond,
James W. Hodge, J. G. Holiday, Chester
D. Hubbard, George W. Hall, John j..
Jackson, John F. Lewis, William Nc
Comas, James c. McGrow, James Mar
shall, Henry NJ. Masters. Samuel McD.
Moore, Hugh II. Nelson, Logan Osburn,
spicer Patrick, Edmond Pendleton,. George
Nice. Porter, Samuel Price, David Pugh,
John D. Sharp, Thomas stlington, Burwell
Spurlock, Alexander III. IT. Stuart, Chap
man J. Stuart, George w. Summers, Camp
bell Tarr, William White, Williams G. Wick
ham, Waitman r. Wiley John Janney,
| (Presidentl l-55.
Excused Benjamin Wilson.
The following members appear not to
have been present, as there is no tally OPP
posite their names in the list from which we
quote:
Alfred Barbour, Robert r. Grant, Addi-
son Hale, John +. kilby, Paul Mcneil
John g. Mari, Thos. Martin, Peter Saund-
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