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The Whigs did not want to annex Texas, and Jackson was afraid that if he annexed Texas, then his successor, Martin Van Buren, would not be elected.  Abolitionists were also upset because Texas would be another slave state - its constitution permitted slavery.  

The Whigs did not want to annex Texas, and Jackson was afraid that if he annexed Texas, then his successor, Martin Van Buren, would not be elected.  Abolitionists were also upset because Texas would be another slave state - its constitution permitted slavery.  

Tyler, whom the Whigs disliked despite how became president by winning on the "ticket" with Whig candidate William Harrison, was the first president to attempt to annex Texas.  But Tyler ruined his chances by declaring that slavery would be good for Texas, which the northern states opposed.  When the treaty came to the Senate, it did not initially pass.

Tyler was the first president to attempt to annex Texas.  But Tyler ruined his chances by declaring that slavery would be good for Texas, which the northern states opposed.  When the treaty to add Texas to the United States came to the Senate, it did not initially pass.

==1840s: Social Movements, Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion==

==1840s: Social Movements, Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion==