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When Arkansas voted to secede from the United States (after initially voting to stay), the final tally was 69-1 for secession. Do we know how/why that final delegate managed to resist what must have been incredible pressure to vote Yes, especially after other delegates had switched their votes?

by /u/Obligatory-Reference in /r/AskHistorians

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