What was the outcome of the secession convention vote in Louisiana? Pro-secessionist candidates won the majority. Pro-cooperationist candidates won the majority. O Pro-Unionist candidates won the majority. Pro-abolitionist candidates won the majority.
On January 26, 1861, the Secession Convention voted 113 to 17 to adopt the Ordinance of Secession. Judge James G. Taliaferro of Catahoula Parish was the most outspoken opponent.
