Virginia Secession Convention of 1861

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event political event
gptkbp:category	1861 in Virginia History of Richmond, Virginia Secession conventions of the American Civil War
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate	December 6, 1861
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Restored_Government_of_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Virginia Secession Convention of 1861
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Richmond,_Virginia
gptkbp:notableDelegate	gptkb:John_S._Barbour_Jr. gptkb:George_Wythe_Randolph gptkb:Jubal_Early gptkb:John_Tyler gptkb:Henry_A._Wise gptkb:Waitman_T._Willey John Brown Baldwin
gptkbp:precededBy	Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850
gptkbp:president	gptkb:John_Janney
gptkbp:purpose	to decide whether Virginia should secede from the United States
gptkbp:ratifiedBy	May 23, 1861
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:American_Civil_War gptkb:Confederate_States_of_America Union
gptkbp:result	gptkb:Ordinance_of_Secession Virginia joined the Confederate States of America
gptkbp:startDate	February 13, 1861
gptkbp:voteDate	April 17, 1861
gptkbp:votedOn	gptkb:Ordinance_of_Secession
gptkbp:votingSystem	88 in favor, 55 against
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Wheeling_Convention gptkb:Pre-statehood_history_of_West_Virginia
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7