Editing W. T. Cosgrave (section)

===Anglo-Irish Treaty===
Cosgrave supported the [[Anglo-Irish Treaty]], which had been signed on 6 December 1921. At the cabinet meeting in Dublin held to consider the Treaty immediately after it had been signed, Cosgrave surprised de Valera by agreeing with Collins and with [[Arthur Griffith]], de Valera's predecessor as leader of Sinn Féin and the chairman of the delegation which included Collins that had negotiated the Treaty.{{sfn|Jordan|2006|pp=63–64}} It was narrowly supported by the cabinet in a vote of 4 to 3, and was [[Anglo-Irish Treaty Dáil vote|supported by the Dáil]] in a vote of 64 to 57. However, de Valera voted against and resigned as president in January 1922 (which in August 1921 had been upgraded from a prime ministerial President of Dáil Éireann to a full head of state, called President of the Irish Republic). Griffith succeeded de Valera as president. Collins, following the Treaty, formed a [[Provisional Government of Ireland (1922)|Provisional Government]]; this included Cosgrave amongst its membership as Minister for Local Government. From July onward, he also became [[Minister for Finance (Ireland)|Minister for Finance]].