"Without determining now the manner in which this result should be effected, it is the deliberate sense of this Convention that the state of Texas should separately secede," delegate John H. Wharton, in seconding the motion for secession in Austin. The convention ratified the motion on February 1, 1861, by a vote of 166 to 8. Gov. Sam Houston was opposed, and he was subsequently removed from office and replaced by Lt. Gov. Edward Clark, a secession supporter.