Why Texas might never have joined the United States were it not for the 1844 presidential election
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4 min readMar 30, 2022
The difference was 5,106 votes in New York
It seems obvious today that Texas was always destined to be part of the United States, doesn’t it? And yet, were it not for 5,106 votes in New York during the 1844 election, Texas might never have joined the Union. So if you ever wonder whether presidential…
