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Vol 8, No 167

June 16, 1845

Monday Evening

Texas Congress accepts US Annexation Proposal

Texas will join Union
AUSTIN (1845)  On this date in 1845, the Congress of the Republic of Texas voted unanamously to accept the proposal for annexation offered by the United States. Seven years before an effort to join the Union was blocked fearing the balance of political power in Washington would too strongly favor the South.

National Desk
Filibuster stops Annexation debate in US Senate
WASHINGTON DC   (1838)    Seven years before Texas is eventually annexed by the United States, an effort to prevent annexation and another southern slave state from joining the Union was led by Senator John Quincy Adams. On this date in 1838, Adams began a three-week long filibuster, preventing debate, and thus killing the bill to annex Texas. Texas eventually withdrew its petition of annexation until the political climate was more favorable.