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ordinance of secession george h. j. g. williams w. crawford '' et al. '' engrosser : put 19 , & nbsp ; 1861 -- 208 yeas 89 to nays ; signed on january & nbsp ; 21 , the & nbsp ; 1861 , by 293 delegates ; enacted vote january & nbsp ; 22 , & nbsp ; 1861 on january & nbsp ; 293 delegates to the georgia secession convention of 1861 engrossed library copy : university of georgia libraries , hargrett 230px c. january 20 , 1861 facsimile 293 delegates to the georgia secession convention at the statehouse of in milledgeville , georgia january 21 , 1861 the 1861 ordinance of secession signed by to the union . announce georgia 's formal intent to secede from ordinance of secession milledgeville , georgia 1861.png list of signers of the georgia ordinance of secession

list of signers of the georgia ordinance of secession

georgia 's ordinance of secession was adopted at the georgia secession convention of 1861 .
it was put to the vote on january 19 , 1861 ; concluding at 2:00 p.m. -lrb- `` the vote was 208 in favor of immediate secession with 89 opposed '' -rrb- .
prior to signing the ordinance , eugenius a. nisbet tabled a motion suggesting that the ordinance should be signed by all of the convention 's delegates , irrespective of their vote -- as a pledge of support and to signal a unified purpose .
nisbet 's motion passed , and at 12 o'clock m. , convention president , george w. crawford , announced that the hour had arrived for signing the ordinance of secession .
crawford signed the ordinance ; becoming its first signatory , and then he instructed secretary lamar to `` call the delegates forward , by county , to sign the ordinance . ''
some delegates withheld signing ; with six delegates insisting that a protest be incorporated into the ordinance .
the list below shows the delegate 's name , -lrb- `` as it was recorded on the convention 's roster '' -rrb- , the county which they represent , whether they had signed the ordinance or not , and how they had voted when the ordinance passed .
