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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1841 | - 4 Mar 1841—4 Mar 1845: Tyler/(vacant) admin
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| 2 | 1845 | - 4 Mar 1845—4 Mar 1849: Polk/Dallas admin
- 29 Dec 1845—29 Dec 1845: Texas is 28th state admitted to the Union (population 2000)
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| 3 | 1846 | - 25 Apr 1846—2 Feb 1848: Mexican-American War
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| 4 | 1849 | - 4 Mar 1849—9 Jul 1850: Taylor/Fillmore admin
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| 5 | 1850 | - 9 Jul 1850—3 Mar 1853: Fillmore/(vacant) admin
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| 6 | 1853 | - 4 Mar 1853—4 Mar 1857: Pierce/King and (vacant) admin
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| 7 | 1857 | - 1857—1859: Influenza (world wide, one of disease's greatest epidemics)
- 4 Mar 1857—4 Mar 1861: Buchanan/Breckenridge admin
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| 8 | 1860 | - 1860—8 Apr 1865: Civil War
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| 9 | 1861 | - 4 Feb 1861—4 Feb 1861: Confederate States of America formed
- 23 Feb 1861—23 Feb 1861: Texas 7th state to secede from the Union
- 4 Mar 1861—15 Apr 1865: Lincoln/Hamlin and Johnson admin
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1844 - Aft 1860 (17 years)