Election of 1860, Georgia Secession and Alexander Stephens

In 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected president mainly due to the split in the Democratic Party. 

The South reacted to the election with secession led by North Carolina. In 1861, at the Georgia secession convention held in Capital of Milledgeville, secessionists wanted to leave the union immediately, while the cooperationists were not leaning towards seceding. In the end, the delegates voted for secession. 

Alexander Stephens was a cooperationist who helped passed the Compromise of 1850. He was concerned about the secession even though it was inevitable. He was the vice president of the Confederacy.