USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Anson Jones (January 20, 1798 – January 9, 1858) was an American doctor, businessperson and politician. He was the fourth and last President of the Republic of Texas. He was sometimes called the “Architect of Annexation".

Detailed explanation-2: -Anson Jones is known as the “Architect of Annexation.” But his actual contribution to Texas statehood is more complex than the nickname indicates. There was heated opposition within the United States to annexation: Texas was at war with Mexico.

Detailed explanation-3: -Polk signed the annexation bill into law and formally recognized Texas as the 28th state of the Union. In a ceremony in Austin on February 19, 1846, Texas President Anson Jones ordered the Lone Star Flag lowered for the last time, proclaiming “the Republic of Texas is no more.”

Detailed explanation-4: -Anson Jones was the last president of the Texas republic (1844–46). He was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts in 1798. He studied medicine and after an itinerant business and medical career, went to Texas in 1833 and became a doctor.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sam Houston, commander of the Texas army during the fight for independence from Mexico and the first president of the Republic of Texas, was a strong advocate of annexation. In 1845, the political climate proved more favorable to the request for statehood.