1844 Republic of Texas presidential election

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1844 Republic of Texas presidential election

← 1841 September 2, 1844
 
Nominee Anson Jones Edward Burleson
Party
Nonpartisan
Nonpartisan
Popular vote 7,037 5,661
Percentage 55.2% 44.4%

President before election

Sam Houston

Nonpartisan

Elected President

Anson Jones

Nonpartisan

The 1844 Republic of Texas presidential election was the fourth and last presidential election. It was held on September 2, 1844. The contest was held between Anson Jones and Edward Burleson, the vice president of the Republic of Texas. Jones defeated Burleson by a margin of 1,376 votes to become the fourth and final President of Texas.

On February 26, 1845, five months after the election, the Republic of Texas was

annexed by the United States
and was admitted as the 28th state on December 29 of that year.

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