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Originally Posted by Apache
The Republic of Texas existed from March 2, 1836, to February 19, 1846. It was then admitted into the United States as the 28th state.
Apache
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Note: that was 15 years before we left the Union.
The U.S. state of Texas declared its secession from the United States of America on February 2, 1861, and joined the Confederate States on March 2, 1861, after it replaced its governor, Sam Houston, when he refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy.