Civics
Born in 1817, John S. Carlile practiced law and served in the Virginia Senate and US Congress. At the 1861 Richmond Convention, he opposed secession. Although he led efforts to create a new state and wrote "A Declaration of the People of Virginia" calling for a restored government in 1861, he opposed West Virginia statehood and voted against it in 1862 as a US Senator. He died on October 24, 1878.
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