In the last week of the John Tyler administration, this republic was offered statehood
... that the question of the final boundary was open to negotiation with Mexico 
once ... Polk took the bait, and on October 17, 1845a little over three weeks 
before he... [DOC] [TLE] ANNEXATION | The Handbook of Texas Online| Texas State ... [PAR] Jun 9, 2010 ... Texas withdrew the annexation offer in 1838; President Mirabeau B. Lamar ... 
President John Tyler, concluding that Texas must not become a satellite ... by a 
joint resolution offering Texas statehood on certain conditions, the ... final act in 
this great drama is now performed; the Republic of Texas is no more.