Secession In Georgia and Alexander Stephens's Role

     By 1860, Georgia was greatly divided over the issue of secession.  There were two sides, the secessionists and the co-operationists, who wanted Georgia to stay with the union.  The co-operationists were led by Alexander Stephens and the secessionists by Howell Cobb.  After months of debating and pressure to secede from South Carolina, Georgia finally decided to have a state wide vote.  Georgians would vote for delegates to represent their decision about secession at the "Secession Convention".  Once elected the delegates took a vote and the result was extremely pro-succession.  So therefore, it was decided that Georgia would succeed from the union and join South Carolina.