in 1844
It did not annex Texas.
The vote in congress to annex Texas
The republic of Texas
Sam Houston was the president that agreed to annex the state of Texas. he was actually the President of the Lone Star Republic.
At midnight
United States.
President John Tyler annexed Texas in 1845
president Jackson and the north.
Sam Houston
After Texas gaining their independence from Mexico. Texas asked the US to annex them thus entering the union as a slave state.
Jackson finds out that Texas has there independence and he wants to annex it. He is hesitant to annex it because antislavery groups in the U.S. oppose the expansion of slavery.
The vote in congress to annex Texas