Wheeling Convention
County Name Comments
Barbour N. H. Taft Virginia Assembly
Barbour John H. Shuttleworth delegate
Barbour Spencer Dayton delegate
Brooke Joseph Gist Virginia Senator
Brooke H. W. Crothers Virginia Assembly
Brooke John D. Nicholls delegate
Brooke Campbell Tarr delegate
Cabell Albert Laidley Virginia Assembly
Monongalia Leroy Kramer Virginia Assembly
Monongalia Joseph Snider Virginia Assembly
Monongalia Ralph L. Berkshire delegate
Monongalia William Price delegate
Monongalia James Evans delegate
Monongalia D. B. Dorsey delegate
Ohio Thomas H. Logan Virginia Assembly
Ohio Andrew Wilson Virginia Assembly
Ohio Daniel Lamb delegate
Ohio James W. Paxton delegate
Ohio George Harrison delegate
Ohio Chester D. Hubbard delegate
Second Wheeling Convention -- Chart of delegates
The delegates to the Second Wheeling Convention of 1861 from counties in western and northern Virginia . [ 7 ]
The 1861 Wheeling Convention was an assembly of Virginia Southern Unionist delegates from the northwestern counties of Virginia, aimed at repealing the Ordinance of Secession, which had been approved by referendum, subject to a vote. The first of its two meetings was held before the vote, and some were keen to preempt ratification. But most preferred to elect delegates for a second meeting, should the vote go against them. When it did, the assembly formed its own Restored government of Virginia, recognized by the Federal government, and empowered to authorize the creation of a new state of West Virginia.