President Harrison favored annexation, but President Cleveland did not.
President Harrison favored annexation, but President Cleveland did not.
Because Hawaii's annexation was not supported by the people of Hawaii.
William McKinley was president during the annexation of Hawaii.
president Cleveland
The Hawaiian Patriotic league opposed the annexation of Hawaii. President William McKinley proposed and favored the annexation of Hawaii.
President James Polk
There is no annexation treaty of Texas, but James Polk was President when Texas was annexed by joint resolution of Congress.
The US Congress and President McKinley.
The annexation of Hawaii was delayed due to political opposition and differing views on imperialism during the presidency of Grover Cleveland, who was against annexation and sought to restore the overthrown Hawaiian monarchy. After Cleveland, William McKinley, who favored expansion and annexation, became president in 1897. His administration pushed for annexation amid growing strategic and economic interests in the Pacific, particularly following the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, which heightened the perceived need for a naval base at Pearl Harbor. Consequently, the annexation was formally completed in 1898.
President Cleveland was convinced (correctly) that annexation was not the will of the people of Hawaii and that the Monarchy should be restored.
McKinley's predecessor, Grover Cleaveland, refused to sign the treaty of annexation.