And the treasonous Breckenridge did try to get Kentucky to secede, he just failed in his efforts.
“Realizing that neutrality was becoming less and less feasible, six prominent Kentuckians met to find some solution for a state caught in the middle of a conflict.
Governor Magoffin, John C. Breckinridge, and Richard Hawes represented the secessionists’ position,
while Crittenden, Archibald Dixon, and S. S. Nicholas advocated the Northern cause.[18]
The sextet agreed only to continue the doctrine of neutrality, however, and called for the formation of a five-member board to coordinate the Commonwealth’s defense.[19]
The General Assembly created the board on May 24 and vested in it supervision of the state’s military, a power reserved in the Kentucky Constitution for the governor.”
Right, Kentucky was Unionist by at least two to one, but that did not stop Confederates like Breckenridge from declaring secession or the Confederacy from accepting Kentucky as its 13th state.