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January 1861
Monday
January 21, 1861
Five Southern Senators withdraw

Five Senators from Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi left the
Senate. They are David Yulee and Stephen Mallory of Florida.
Clement Clay and Benjamin Fitzpatrick of Alabama. The fifth,
Jefferson Davis of Mississippi, gave a particularly moving farewell
speech wishing the northern senators well and expressed that he
felt no hostility towards them.