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1861 secession movement of West Virginia from Virginia
The 1861 Wheeling Convention was an assembly of Southern Unionist delegates from the northwestern counties of Virginia, aimed at repealing the Ordinance
Wheeling_Convention
City in West Virginia, US
Civil War, it was the host of the Wheeling Conventions which led to the separation of West Virginia from Virginia. Wheeling was the state capital of West
Wheeling,_West_Virginia
Assemblies to establish constitutional law for Virginia
General Assembly. The Conventions of 1861 on the eve of the American Civil War were called in Richmond for secession and in Wheeling for government loyal
Virginia_Conventions
First proposed name for U.S. state split from Virginia
committee of the founding convention as the name for the new state. During the First Constitutional Convention held in Wheeling on December 3, 1861, Harmon
State_of_Kanawha
their own as a result of the Wheeling Convention. Before the admission of West Virginia as a state, the government in Wheeling formally claimed jurisdiction
West Virginia in the American Civil War
West_Virginia_in_the_American_Civil_War
Secession of US state from the nation
attended the May and July 1861 Wheeling Convention sessions) to represent them at the Constitutional Convention in Wheeling. Unionist George W. Summers,
Virginia Secession Convention of 1861
Virginia_Secession_Convention_of_1861
The history of West Virginia stems from the 1861 Wheeling Convention, which was an assembly of northwestern Southern Unionists from northwestern counties
History_of_West_Virginia
Unionist government of Virginia
" Some delegates of the Wheeling conventions began calling for a separate state, which caused friction within the conventions and the Unionist government
Restored Government of Virginia
Restored_Government_of_Virginia
American chef (born 1978)
Highway Kentucky County, Virginia Southwest Territory Trans-Appalachia Wheeling Convention Wilderness Road Academia Appalachian State University Eastern Kentucky
Sean_Brock
Snider (February 14, 1827 – January 9, 1909) was a member of the 1861 Wheeling Conventions, which declared West Virginia a new state as part of the Union. He
Joseph_Snider
Theatre in West Virginia, United States
coalition of local groups, which includes the Wheeling-Ohio County Convention and Visitors Bureau, Wheeling National Heritage Area Corporation, Regional
Capitol Theatre (Wheeling, West Virginia)
Capitol_Theatre_(Wheeling,_West_Virginia)
U.S. state
northwestern Virginia send delegates to a convention to meet in Wheeling on May 13, 1861. When this First Wheeling Convention met, 425 delegates from 25 counties
West_Virginia
1871 United States Supreme Court case
to disintegrate, and the Wheeling Intelligencer newspaper called for a convention of delegates to meet in the city of Wheeling to consider secession from
Virginia v. West Virginia (1871)
Virginia_v._West_Virginia_(1871)
American judge
the Virginia General Assembly as a Whig, then attended the First Wheeling Convention, which led to the area's secession from Virginia and creation of
James_Paull_(judge)
U.S. regional cuisine
Highway Kentucky County, Virginia Southwest Territory Trans-Appalachia Wheeling Convention Wilderness Road Academia Appalachian State University Eastern Kentucky
Appalachian_cuisine
the Virginia Republican ticket in 1860. He also attended the First Wheeling Convention in May 1861. In 1861 the Eunice and McLure entered the service of
John_McLure_(steamer_captain)
the "Father of West Virginia," was elected governor during the Wheeling Convention of 1861. Daniel D.T. Farnsworth was senate president at the time;
List of governors of West Virginia
List_of_governors_of_West_Virginia
American politician (1873–1955)
where his father, John James Davis, had been a delegate to the Wheeling Convention and served in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 1870s. Davis
John_W._Davis
American politician
Hall was elected one of nearby Putnam County's delegates to the Wheeling Convention which led to formation of the new state. Mason County voters on October
John Hall (West Virginia politician)
John_Hall_(West_Virginia_politician)
Virginia has 55 counties. Fifty of them existed at the time of the Wheeling Convention in 1861, during the American Civil War, when those counties seceded
List of counties in West Virginia
List_of_counties_in_West_Virginia
American politician
Wheeling Convention where he represented Jackson County and served as Speaker of the House of Delegates for the Virginia General Assembly at Wheeling
Daniel_E._Frost
Slave states that did not secede from the Union during the American Civil War
so that this area could remain in the Union. Unionists met at the Wheeling Convention with four hundred delegates from twenty-seven counties. The statewide
Border states (American Civil War)
Border_states_(American_Civil_War)
Bridge in West Virginia, United States
The Wheeling Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the main channel of the Ohio River at Wheeling, West Virginia. It was the largest suspension
Wheeling_Suspension_Bridge
Military unit
Lincoln's call for 75,000 troops. It was formed three days before the Wheeling Convention, which was assembled to decide western Virginia's response if Virginia
1st West Virginia Infantry Regiment
1st_West_Virginia_Infantry_Regiment
American politician (1814–1891)
Virginia convention in Richmond, Virginia in 1861 and opposed secession. He then was elected one of Ohio County's six delegates at the Wheeling Convention of
Chester_D._Hubbard
American oral historian and folklorist (born 1942)
Highway Kentucky County, Virginia Southwest Territory Trans-Appalachia Wheeling Convention Wilderness Road Academia Appalachian State University Eastern Kentucky
Eliot_Wigginton
American politician (1819–1892)
Daniel Duane Tompkins Farnsworth (December 23, 1819 – December 5, 1892) was an American politician in the U.S. state of West Virginia, who served in the
Daniel_D._T._Farnsworth
American politician (1817–1878)
secession convention in 1861, voting no on the controversial resolution. He was a leader in the anti-secession movement, and was prominent in the Wheeling Convention
John_S._Carlile
American politician
met at the Wheeling Convention. Declaring that their elected officials had abandoned their posts, a rump government was established in Wheeling, with Pierpont
Francis_Harrison_Pierpont
American politician
meet at Wheeling on May 13, 1861, before the vote, and Latham became active Taylor County's primary for delegates to the Wheeling Convention. Days after
George_R._Latham
U.S. state
Representatives from 27 of these northwestern counties instead began the Wheeling Convention, which organized a government loyal to the Union and led to the separation
Virginia
American historian
Virginia lawyer, planter, magistrate, teacher and delegate to the First Wheeling Convention (1861) establishing the state of West Virginia. He is celebrated
Alexander_Scott_Withers
County in West Virginia, United States
western counties, however, assembled at Wheeling on 13 May for the first of a two meetings (see Wheeling Convention) called to repeal the Ordinance. The
Barbour_County,_West_Virginia
County in West Virginia, United States
Virginian Southern Unionists collected in the Wheeling Convention after the Virginia Secession Convention of April 1861. Jacob Burley's son, a farmer and
Marshall County, West Virginia
Marshall_County,_West_Virginia
American politician
the First Wheeling Convention; the official delegates being veteran politicians Charles B. Waggoner (who served as one of the Convention's three secretaries
John_M._Phelps
American lawyer and politician
conservative (and a slaveowner), Willey actively participated at the First Wheeling Convention of May, 1861, which ultimately led to West Virginia statehood (although
Waitman_T._Willey
Topics referred to by the same term
convention to decide whether to secede from the United States Wheeling Convention, convention to reject the Virginia |ordinance of secession and establish
Virginia Convention (disambiguation)
Virginia_Convention_(disambiguation)
American politician
Virginia", pg. 270 "Keyser - Radical Congressional Convention". The Wheeling Daily Register. Wheeling, West Virginia. August 31, 1876. p. 1. Retrieved December
Thomas_Carskadon
at the Second Wheeling Convention, delegates from western Virginia formed the Unionist "Restored government of Virginia" in Wheeling opposed to the secessionist
List of American Civil War battles
List_of_American_Civil_War_battles
American judge (1824–1907)
Jackson's father had opposed secession as well as attended the Wheeling Convention in May, 1861 (following Virginia's secession vote), which ultimately
John_Jay_Jackson_Jr.
1911 United States Supreme Court case
to disintegrate, and the Wheeling Intelligencer newspaper called for a convention of delegates to meet in the city of Wheeling to consider secession from
Virginia v. West Virginia (1911)
Virginia_v._West_Virginia_(1911)
American judge
Secession Convention of 1861, where he voted against secession twice, and then became one of Monongalia County's delegates at the First Wheeling Convention and
Marmaduke_H._Dent
American politician
attended that "Clarksburg Convention." On May 13–15, J.J. Davis was among seven Harrison County men attending the Wheeling Convention, which established the
John_James_Davis
American lawyer, politician and judge (1823–1896)
Van Winkle to the Second Wheeling Convention. Fellow delegates elected him as the convention's President. That convention established the Restored Government
Arthur_I._Boreman
White Southerners opposed to secession and the American Civil War
South. List of Southern Unionists East Tennessee Convention – Political assembly Wheeling Convention – 1861 secession movement of West Virginia from Virginia
Southern_Unionist
American lawyer
charges of treason for doing so. Later in 1861, Hall attended the Wheeling Convention, which re-organized a state government loyal to the United States—the
Ephraim_B._Hall
1776 document
of Secession before the American Civil War. The delegates to the Wheeling Convention argued that under the Declaration of Rights, any change in the form
Virginia Declaration of Rights
Virginia_Declaration_of_Rights
American politician (1808–1872)
northwestern Virginia. Wood County voters elected him to the second Wheeling Convention, where he played a crucial role in organizing the Restored Government
Peter_G._Van_Winkle
U.S. presidential administration from 1861 to 1865
and those victories had allowed Unionist West Virginia to hold the Wheeling Convention and eventually secede from Virginia. With Lincoln's support, McClellan
Presidency_of_Abraham_Lincoln
Capital and most populous city of West Virginia, US
mines and control transportation in the area.[citation needed] The Wheeling Convention of 1861 declared the Ordinance of Succession, and the Confederate
Charleston,_West_Virginia
Reform synagogue in West Virginia, US
Temple Shalom is a synagogue of Reform Judaism at 23 Bethany Pike, Wheeling, West Virginia, in the United States. The congregation dates from 1849. The
Temple Shalom (Wheeling, West Virginia)
Temple_Shalom_(Wheeling,_West_Virginia)
rendezvous at Staunton, Wheeling and Gordonsville. Governor Letcher and the recently reconvened Virginia Secession Convention considered this request
Virginia in the American Civil War
Virginia_in_the_American_Civil_War
American writer
Highway Kentucky County, Virginia Southwest Territory Trans-Appalachia Wheeling Convention Wilderness Road Academia Appalachian State University Eastern Kentucky
Ronni_Lundy
Attorney general for the U.S. state of Virginia
Republican Elected at the Wheeling Convention and then in a May 1862 election for the Restored Government of Virginia in Wheeling. Thomas Russell Bowden
Virginia_Attorney_General
Sweeney becomes mayor. May: First Wheeling Convention held. June: Second Wheeling Convention held. 1863 June 20 Wheeling becomes capital of the new state
Timeline of Wheeling, West Virginia
Timeline_of_Wheeling,_West_Virginia
magistrate and one of Fairfax County, Virginia's two delegates to the Wheeling Convention in 1861 which created the Restored Government of Virginia and led
Ebenezer_E._Mason
American politician and lawyer from Virginia
during the American Civil War, a man of the same name served in the Wheeling Convention, representing Upshur County, West Virginia, many miles westward.
John_Love_(congressman)
Multi-purpose arena in Wheeling, West Virginia
WesBanco Arena (originally Wheeling Civic Center) is a multi-purpose arena located in Wheeling, West Virginia. It was built in 1977 at a cost of $7 million
WesBanco_Arena
Building in Wheeling, West Virginia
American Civil War. It housed the Wheeling Convention (1861), as well as the West Virginia Constitutional Convention (1863), which resulted in the separation
West Virginia Independence Hall
West_Virginia_Independence_Hall
American politician (1797–1883)
represented Kanawha County during the Wheeling Conventions, initial West Virginia Constitutional Convention, and first West Virginia House of Delegates
Lewis_Ruffner
American lawyer, politician, and judge
and 1860. In May 1861, Melvin served as a delegate to the First Wheeling Convention. At the start of the American Civil War, Melvin enlisted as a private
Thayer_Melvin
Document issued by seceding US states
of Secession Provisional Constitution of the Confederate States Wheeling Convention - convened in 1861, initially with the aim of repealing Virginia's
Ordinance_of_Secession
United States political party (1860–1861)
loyal to the Union. Constitutional Unionists were influential in the Wheeling Convention, which led to the creation of the Union loyalist state of West Virginia
Constitutional Union Party (United States)
Constitutional_Union_Party_(United_States)
Political assembly
State of Franklin Wheeling Convention, a similar convention held in what is now present day West Virginia in the city of Wheeling Eric Lacy, Vanquished
East_Tennessee_Convention
Topics referred to by the same term
Florida Senate James F. Scott (West Virginia), delegate to the Second Wheeling Convention of 1861 James George Scott (1851–1935), Scottish journalist and colonial
James_Scott
American judge (1815–1902)
and second Wheeling Conventions of May and June 1861, although other professional commitments prevented him from attending the first convention. When Judge
Ralph_Lazier_Berkshire
Military unit
following the Wheeling Convention and their secession from secessionist Virginia, including Elizabeth and Burning Springs in Wirt County, Wheeling for Ohio
11th West Virginia Infantry Regiment
11th_West_Virginia_Infantry_Regiment
1861 Union offensive
Virginians on both sides would fight in the campaign while a Unionist convention in Wheeling would appoint their choice for a Unionist governor for Virginia
Western_Virginia_campaign
American politician (1803–1877)
Waggonner represented Mason County at the Wheeling Convention in May 1861. In the General Assembly Sessions at Wheeling in July 1861, December 1861-February
Daniel_Polsley
City in West Virginia, United States
Secession Convention of 1861, Harrison county had two delegates, John S. Carlile and Benjamin Wilson. Carlile became a leader of the Wheeling Convention which
Clarksburg,_West_Virginia
Second Wheeling Convention from Randolph and Tucker counties James W. Paxton Peter G. Van Winkle, former delegate to the Second Wheeling Convention from
1863 West Virginia gubernatorial election
1863_West_Virginia_gubernatorial_election
political career. John Jay Jackson, Sr. did not attend the second Wheeling convention or support the Pierpont government, but called it "a usurped government
Confederate government of West Virginia
Confederate_government_of_West_Virginia
Provincial political party in Canada
free-wheeling convention. Starting in fourth place, McGuinty's fiscally prudent record and moderate demeanor made him the second choice of a convention polarized
Ontario_Liberal_Party
County in West Virginia, United States
and signed the ordinance. No one from Putnam County attended the Wheeling Convention, which ultimately led to the creation of the state of West Virginia
Putnam_County,_West_Virginia
County in West Virginia, United States
Randolph County, then part of Virginia. In 1861, as a result of the Wheeling Convention, Tucker County joined the rest of West Virginia in breaking away
Tucker_County,_West_Virginia
American politician (1807–1891)
office after his state senate term ended, and he did not support the Wheeling Convention, which ultimately led to the creation of West Virginia. However,
Alexander_Hugh_Holmes_Stuart
Ohio troops into western Virginia, where they guarded the Wheeling Convention. The convention led to the admission of West Virginia as a free state. Tod
Ohio in the American Civil War
Ohio_in_the_American_Civil_War
Historical U.S. state partition proposals
April 17, 1861. Unionist leaders in Wheeling set up a new State government for Virginia under the Wheeling Convention that was recognized by the U.S. Government
List of state partition proposals in the United States
List_of_state_partition_proposals_in_the_United_States
Town in West Virginia, United States
States, some calling the act of secession treasonous. Following the Wheeling Conventions of 1861, a referendum was held in 41 mostly northwestern Virginia
Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
Berkeley_Springs,_West_Virginia
City in West Virginia, US
Western part of Virginia against secession. A few days later in Wheeling, the Wheeling Convention nullified the Virginia ordinance of secession and named Francis
Philippi,_West_Virginia
American clergyman (1814–1862)
wrote articles in the Wheeling Intelligencer against disunion, as well as against slavery. After the Virginia Secession Convention of 1861 approved secession
Gordon_Battelle_(minister)
American politician (1815–1882)
McClellan into western Virginia at May 4, 1861, where they guarded the Wheeling Convention, which eventually led to the admission of West Virginia as a free
William_Dennison_Jr.
The first state legislature of West Virginia convened in Wheeling from June 20, 1863, to December 11, 1863, after the adoption of the West Virginia Constitution
1st_West_Virginia_legislature
County in West Virginia, United States
County on April 8, 1861. Jackson County sent several delegates to the Wheeling Convention, but Roane County sent none. Daniel E. Frost of Ravenswood, editor
Jackson_County,_West_Virginia
American politician (1795–1875)
attended the first Wheeling Convention in May 1861. Zinn served as the Convention's chairman beginning on May 13. The Secession Convention expelled Brown
William_B._Zinn
American politician
24, 1843 – December 5, 1921) was an American Republican politician from Wheeling, West Virginia who served as a United States representative. The son of
William_Pallister_Hubbard
Virginia farmer and court reporter
expected, for many in Taylor County favored Union, and after the Wheeling Convention, longtime Pruntytown resident Harmon Sinsel became their delegate
George_W._Hansbrough
Battle in the American Civil War
Second Wheeling Convention. On June 19, they approved a plan to establish an alternative loyal state government that would be located in Wheeling. Virginians
Battle of White Sulphur Springs
Battle_of_White_Sulphur_Springs
Military unit
alternative government was headquartered in Wheeling, and the meetings became known as the Wheeling Convention. In 1863, this group of counties, plus some
2nd West Virginia Cavalry Regiment
2nd_West_Virginia_Cavalry_Regiment
American politician
Congressman) and James Clark McGrew on June 29, 1861, because of the Wheeling Convention that May (in which many men from Preston County but not they, participated)
Robert_E._Cowan
City in West Virginia, US
became Tyler County's representative to the Wheeling Convention and the West Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1862–1863. Fellow delegates elected him
Sistersville,_West_Virginia
Town in West Virginia, United States
citizens had Confederate sympathies and so sent no delegate to the Wheeling Convention. Nonetheless, the area became part of the new State of West Virginia
Ansted,_West_Virginia
American Medal of Honor recipient (1825–1904)
16, 2011. Retrieved June 25, 2017. "First Session of the Second Wheeling Convention". West Virginia Division of Culture and History. Retrieved January
William Henry Powell (soldier)
William_Henry_Powell_(soldier)
1863 battle of the American Civil War
Second Wheeling Convention. On June 19, they approved a plan to establish an alternative loyal state government that would be located in Wheeling. Although
Battle_of_Droop_Mountain
American politician (1817–1881)
property. Hawxhurst was one of Fairfax County's two delegates at the Wheeling Convention of 1861 (alongside his neighbor, Maine-born Ebenezer E. Mason (1829–1910))
John_Hawxhurst
American judge (1818–1900)
State Democratic Convention at Staunton that nominated Henry A. Wise for Governor, Brown was a delegate to the Wheeling Convention in 1861 that prevented
James_H._Brown_(judge)
American politician
County, only to return to Wheeling as Virginians were asked to vote on secession, as recommended by the Virginia Secession Convention of 1861. His published
Granville_D._Hall
Overview of and topical guide to West Virginia
Southern United States. West Virginia became a state following the Wheeling Conventions of 1861, in which 50 northwestern counties of Virginia decided to
Outline_of_West_Virginia
American lawyer & politician (1800–1884)
month to the Wheeling Convention, which wanted to remain part of the Union. On June 29, 1861, pro-secession delegates at the Virginia Convention voted to
William_G._Brown_Sr.
History of U.S. state
From May to August 1861, a series of Unionist conventions met in Wheeling; the Second Wheeling Convention constituted itself as a legislative body called
History_of_Virginia
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