When Mr.Choate resigned in the winter of 1844-45, Mr.Webster was reelected senator, from Massachusetts.
On the first of March the intrigue, to perfect which Mr.Calhoun had accepted the State Department, culminated, and the resolutions for the annexation of Texas passed both branches of Congress.

Four days later Mr.
Polk's administration, pledged to the support and continuance of the annexation policy, was in power, and Mr.Webster had taken his seat in the Senate for his last term..