Enter a GIF posted by Reddit user wtfjen earlier ... from the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 to the annexation of Texas less than 45 years later. It ends in 1959 with Congress’ admission of Hawaii ...

Legislators are working to overhaul Texas' annexation law. Here's a look at how annexation works. Learn more about the laws being proposed in Austin and why these legislative changes could ...

Texas statehood was made official on Dec. 28. On Feb. 19, 1846, statehood was made official. In a solemn ceremony, Jones ...

On this day in 1845, six months after the Congress of the Republic of Texas voted for annexation by the United States, Texas was admitted into the Union as the 28th state when President James Polk ...

What's False Any state can, with permission of Congress, divide itself into multiple states, and it is unlikely that Texas' annexation agreement would allow the state to bypass this requirement.

Similar de-annexation requests have started to permeate Central Texas, including areas near Georgetown, Uhland, Taylor, Pflugerville and Lockhart, with more applications increasing each week.

De-annexation petitions have been filed for tens of thousands of acres in Central Texas, the outlet said.

This blog post focuses on the second term of Sam Houston as the Republic of Texas moved towards annexation by the United States. During his second term as president of the Republic of Texas ...

On June 23, 1845, a joint resolution of the Congress of Texas voted in favor of annexation by the United States. Leaders of the republic first voted for annexation in 1836, soon after gaining ...