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 ++-                 | Representation | No Representation. ++- East Tennessee   |     14,061     |      32,962 Middle Tennessee |     58,198     |       8,298 West Tennessee   |     28,912     |       6,104 Camps            |      6,340     | ++-   Total         |    107,511     |      47,364 ++-

Immediately after the election, Gov. Harris issued a proclamation announcing Tennessee's withdrawal from the Union. This was followed by the proclamation of Jefferson Davis, officially declaring that Tennessee had become a member of the Confederacy. On the first of August the State adopted the permanent Confederate Constitution by vote of 83,133 for, 30,357 against.

Nothing now remained to complete Tennessee's absorption into the Confederacy but the election of representatives to the Confederate Congress. In October, the Legislature selected Langdon C. Haynes and Gustavus Henry as Confederate Senators. Haynes was a distinguished Democrat of East Tennessee, while Henry was a Whig. Representatives to the Lower House were chosen by a vote of the people. Here again the Whigs and Democrats were equally represented.