In late January, a rumor began to spread that Federal troops were on their way to reinforce the arsenal in Little Rock. The Arkansas Senate approved the House bill for a secession convention. The Arkansas House of Representatives approved legislation proposing a convention for secession. Later in November, Captain James Totten and sixty-five federal soldiers garrisoned the federal arsenal in Little Rock (Pulaski County). These states were South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. This view was considered somewhat radical by many Arkansans, though seven other Southern states would approve measures for secession by early February. In Rector’s first speech before the Arkansas legislature, the governor flouted Abraham Lincoln’s election as president and called for the dissolution of the Union. Henry Massie Rector was elected as the sixth governor of Arkansas, defeating the candidate of the political dynasty known as “ The Family,” Richard H.
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