The deposed governor, Claiborne Fox Jackson along with the deposed pro-Confederate members of the legislature met at Neosho, Missouri on October 28, 1861.[3] They passed a law for Missouri to secede from the Union on November 2. But the legislature did not have legal recognition or control of Missouri at the time. The so-calledrump legislature did not have a quorum (minimum number of legislators to officially conduct business).[4] The constitution at the time required a minimum of 67 members of the House and 17 members of the Senate to be legal.[4] At Neosho there were only 39 members of the House and 10 members of the Senate who were present.[4]