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Voters overwhelmingly approve annexation
On this day in 1845, the voters of the Republic of Texas approved an
ordinance to accept annexation by a vote of 4,245 to 257. They also
adopted the proposed state constitution by a vote of 4,174 to 312. The
annexation of Texas to the United States had been a topic of political
and diplomatic discussions since the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
Although most Texans had been in favor of annexation and had voted for
it as early as 1836, constitutional scruples, fear of war with Mexico,
and the controversy of adding another slave state to the union prevented
the acceptance of annexation by the United States until 1845.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- ANNEXATION
- REPUBLIC OF TEXAS
- TEXAS NATIONAL REGISTER
- CONVENTION OF 1845
- CONSTITUTION OF 1845
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