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January 11, 1861 ~ Friday

11 I spent the afternoon in the Legislature and & the evening at home ^Alabama seceded Yeas 61 Nays 39^

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Seven Southern states secede from Union. (Confederacy includes 15 states and territories by 1862.)

inaugurated as 16th President of 26 states.