jan 1, 1844 - Election of 1844

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James K. Pol is elected on a pro-expansion platform
- "Re-occupation" of Oregon, annexation of Texas, acquisition of California
- "Fifty-four Forty or Fight!"
- Mandate for expansion
Defeats Henry Clay, who wavers of the expansion/slavery issue, causing anti-slavery Whigs to defect

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