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Sam Houston agreed to open annexation negotiations with the Tyler administration in 1843. By the summer of 1843 Sam Houston's Texas administration had returned to negotiations with the Mexican government to consider a rapprochement that would permit Texas self-governance, possibly as a state of Mexico, with Great Britain acting as mediator.
Houston played a key role in the annexation of Texas by the United States in 1845 and, in 1846, was elected to represent Texas in the United States Senate. He joined the Democratic Party and supported President James K. Polk 's prosecution of the Mexican–American War .
From slave to statesman : the legacy of Joshua Houston, servant to Sam Houston. Denton, Texas: University of North Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-929398-47-1. Roberts, Madge Thornall (1993). Star of Destiny: The Private Life of Sam and Margaret Houston. Denton, Texas: University of North Texas Libraries
On February 26, 1845, six days before Polk took office, the U.S. Congress approved the annexation. The Texas legislature approved annexation in July 1845 and constructed a state constitution. In October, Texas residents approved the annexation and the new constitution, and Texas was officially inducted into the United States on December 29 ...
The importance of the Battle of San Jacinto and Houston's role was never lost with the citizens of Texas. Bridges: Outgunned, outmanned - hopes of Texas laid with Sam Houston and a key battle Skip ...
Whereas Lamar had openly boasted of plans to turn Texas into one of the continent's great powers, following the expedition Texans turned to Lamar's predecessor, the Texas Revolution war hero Sam Houston who was the leading political figure advocating annexation to the United States. In 1845, Texas was admitted to the Union.
Former President Andrew Jackson publicly announced his support for immediate Texas annexation in May 1844. [68] Jackson had facilitated Tyler's Texas negotiations in February 1844 by reassuring Sam Houston, the President of Texas, that the U.S. Senate ratification was likely. [69]
Sam Houston (1793–1863) October 22, 1836 – December 10, 1838: 1836: Commander-in-chief of the Texian Army: Mirabeau B. Lamar: 2 Mirabeau B. Lamar 1798–1859: December 10, 1838 – December 13, 1841: 1838: 1st vice president of the Republic of Texas David G. Burnet: 3 Sam Houston (1793–1863) December 13, 1841 – December 9, 1844: 1841 ...