Secession votes before and after Lincoln's call for 75,000 troops to invade the South

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December 1860-February 1861
.................Secession.....Union

Alabama...........35,693.........28,181......Dec 24, 1860
Arkansas...........17,927.........23,626......Feb 18, 1861
Florida................6,000..........4,000......Dec 22, 1860 (estimate-see note)
Georgia.............44,152.........41,632......Jan 2, 1861
Louisiana..........20,214.........18,451......Jan 7, 1861
Mississippi.........16,800.........12,218......Dec 20, 1860
N. Carolina.......21,775..........37,375.....Feb 28, 1861 (see note)
S. Carolina........10,118...............253.....Dec 6, 1860 (see note)
Tennessee.........24,749.........88,803......Feb 9, 1861
Texas................46,153..........14,747......Feb 23, 1861 (referendum)
Virginia............45,161.........100,536......Feb 4, 1861 ("reference vote"-see note)

Total..........288,742.....369,822
......................43.8%........56.2%


December 1860-February 1861
.................Secession.....Union

N. Carolina.......21,775..........37,375.....Feb 28, 1861
Tennessee.........24,749.........88,803......Feb 9, 1861
Virginia............45,161.........100,536......Feb 4, 1861

Total............91,685......226,714
.......................28.8%........71.2%


May-June 1861
.................Secession.....Union

N. Carolina.........4,992..................0......May 13, 1861 (see note)
Tennessee........104,913.........47,238......June 8, 1861 (referendum)
Virginia............132,201.........37,451......May 23, 1861 (referendum)

Total...........242,106......84,689
.......................74.1%........25.9%

"Union"- conditional, unconditional, cooperationist, etc

Alabama
http://books.google.com/books?id=IvyB6nqTUBcC&pg=PA125&dq="35,693" "28,181" alabama&hl=en&sa=X&ei=n1VkUf76C5CK9QTb4oDYAQ&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q="35,693" "28,181" alabama&f=false

Arkansas
http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=6304

Florida
"Estimates of co-operationist strength range from 36 to 43 per cent"
http://books.google.com/books?id=uDUjPolsuRAC&pg=PA369&dq=florida secession 36 43&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qExkUbeEAoii8QT15ICYCA&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=florida secession 36 43&f=false

Georgia
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1085

Louisiana
http://books.google.com/books?id=S7Qk9nIwk14C&pg=PA497&dq=Louisiana "20,214" "18,451"&hl=en&sa=X&ei=2zBjUfXDBJD89gSJg4G4Bg&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Louisiana "20,214" "18,451"&f=false

Mississippi
http://books.google.com/books?id=S7Qk9nIwk14C&pg=PA496&dq="16,800" "12,218" mississippi&hl=en&sa=X&ei=mzFjUc6iGIOm8AThu4CICw&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q="16,800" "12,218" mississippi&f=false

North Carolina
Partial return for February 28 election (about 65%).-Carolina Observer (Fayetteville, NC), March 4 & 11, 1861. Partial return for May 13 election (five counties). No Union candidates. -Standard (Raleigh, NC), May 22, 1861.

South Carolina
Partial return for December 6 election (about 40%). -Charleston Courier, December 8 & 10-12, 1860.

Tennessee
http://books.google.com/books?id=2NEGAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA43&dq=Tennessee "24,749" "88,803"&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RTJjUcPBO4iC9gSv04GgBw&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Tennessee "24,749" "88,803"&f=false

Texas
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=4554

Virginia
The reference vote reflected union and secession sentiment in the state.
http://books.google.com/books?id=RIIKAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA256&dq="45,161" "100,536"&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6_llUdKXEo-08ASMzICQAQ&ved=0CEAQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q="45,161" "100,536"&f=false[/quote]
 
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