Tyler–Texas annexation treaty (failed 1844 treaty)

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The Tyler–Texas annexation treaty was an 1844 proposed agreement between the United States and the Republic of Texas to annex Texas, which failed in the U.S. Senate and prompted alternative paths to annexation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf failed treaty
proposed international treaty
alsoKnownAs Tyler–Texas treaty of annexation
context Manifest Destiny era
expansion of slavery in the United States
countryInvolved Republic of Texas
United States
failedToReach two-thirds majority in the United States Senate
followedBy Texas annexation by joint resolution of the U.S. Congress
hadConsequence heightened sectional tensions over slavery
political controversy in the 1844 U.S. presidential election
influenced use of joint resolution for Texas annexation
language English
legalForm bilateral treaty
locationSigned Washington, D.C.
mentionedIn debates of the United States Senate in 1844
negotiatedBy Texas envoy Isaac Van Zandt
linked to: Isaac Van Zandt

Texas envoy James Pinckney Henderson
United States Secretary of State John C. Calhoun
linked to: John C. Calhoun
opposedBy Northern Whigs
linked to: Cotton Whigs

anti-slavery senators
proposedBy John Tyler administration
President John Tyler
linked to: John Tyler
purpose annexation of Texas to the United States
reasonForOpposition concerns about expansion of slave territory
concerns about war with Mexico
constitutional concerns over annexation by treaty
rejectedBy United States Senate
rejectionDate June 8, 1844
relatedTo Annexation of Texas
Joint Resolution for Annexing Texas to the United States
linked to: Annexation of Texas

Presidency of James K. Polk
Presidency of John Tyler
requiredThreshold two-thirds majority of the United States Senate
resultedIn search for alternative means to annex Texas
signatory Republic of Texas
United States of America
signedIn 1844
signedOn April 12, 1844
status rejected by the United States Senate
subject annexation of the Republic of Texas as a U.S. territory
supportedBy Southern expansionists
pro-slavery Democrats
timePeriod 19th century
Antebellum period in the United States
topic U.S. territorial expansion
U.S.–Texas diplomatic relations
slavery and sectional conflict in the United States
voteResult rejected 35–16 in the United States Senate

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Annexation of Texas precededBy Tyler–Texas annexation treaty (failed 1844 treaty)
Tyler–Texas annexation treaty alsoKnownAs Tyler–Texas treaty of annexation
linked to: Tyler–Texas annexation treaty (failed 1844 treaty)
Presidency of John Tyler notableTreaty Treaty for the annexation of Texas (1844, rejected by Senate)
linked to: Tyler–Texas annexation treaty (failed 1844 treaty)