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Polk would triumph in November by calling for “the reannexation of Texas and the reoccupation of Oregon,” slipping past Henry Clay by a mere 39,000 votes out of nearly 2.6 million cast.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

In France, on the other hand, there was a loud popular demand for the reannexation of Belgium to France, of which it had formed a part from 1794 to 1814.

From The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) by Brodrick, George C. (George Charles)

That resolution does not recommend immediate notice, but recommends "the reannexation of Texas" and the "reoccupation of Oregon" at the "earliest practicable period."

From The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government by Davis, Jefferson

The annexation treaty was held back in the American Senate until the Democratic Convention of 1844 had declared Texan annexation rejected for the reannexation of Texas.

From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Emerson, Edwin

In this letter he came out boldly for the "reannexation of Texas and the reoccupation of Oregon,"—all Oregon.

From Expansion and Conflict by Dodd, William E.