Tyler–Texas annexation treaty (failed 1844 treaty)

E822084

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.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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)