The Tyler Texas junto -- Upshur and the secret treaty -- Calhoun, the treaty, and the not-so-secret executive session of the senate -- Pendency of the issue : the election of 1844 -- A plan to outflank the senate -- Joint resolutions in congress : constitutional issues -- Maneuvering a joint resolution to success -- Texas becomes a state of the union.
Summary
In this book, the eminent Harvard historian Frederick Merk focuses on the intricate maneuverings of President Tyler and his colleagues to reverse the policies of three previous Administrations and, without reference to public opinion, move toward the annexation of Texas.