In the last week of the John Tyler administration, this republic was offered statehood
When President John Tyler reopened negotiations on annexation,... [DOC] [TLE] This week in history: Texas is admitted to the Union | Deseret News [PAR] Jan 2, 2015 ... Texas had been an independent republic since 1836, though various ... 30 days 
into his administration in 1841, his Vice President John Tyler ... Just as most 
Southerners wanted Texas annexed, Northerners wanted statehood for ... Van 
Buren who had rejected Houston's initial offer of annexation in 1837).