Henry Clay, the Whig candidate for President, taking into account changing public sentiment, blew hot and cold, losing the state of New York and the election of 1844 by giving a qualified approval of annexation.
辉格党总统候选人亨利·克莱考虑到民意的变化,忽冷忽热,以有条件地批准兼并而失去了纽约州和1844年的选举。