<P> Texas divisionism is a mainly historical movement that advocates the division of the U.S. state of Texas into as many as five states, as statutorily permitted by a provision included in the resolution admitting the former Republic of Texas into the Union in 1845 . </P> <P> Texas divisionists argue that the division of their state could be desirable because, as the second - largest and second most - populous state in the U.S., Texas is too large to be governed efficiently as one political unit, or that in several states Texans would gain more power at the federal level, particularly in the U.S. Senate to which each state elects two Senators and by extension in the Electoral College in which each state gets two electoral votes for their Senators in addition to an electoral vote for each Representative . However, division may be wastefully duplicative, requiring a new state government . </P>

Texas may divide into as many as five states under the terms of