Overview of Senate Qualifications Clause (ArtI.S3.C3.1)
Article I, Section 3, Clause 3:
"The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote."
“The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote.”
Requirements to be a U.S. senator
- At least 30 years of age.
- Citizen for at least nine years.
- Inhabitant of the state from which he or she is elected.
If Senate Votes a tie
The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.
“The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote.”
Requirements to be a U.S. senator
- At least 30 years of age.
- Citizen for at least 9 years.
- Inhabitant of the state from which he or she is elected.
Senators Pay
The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States
No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
While the Senate Qualifications Clause expressly requires inhabitancy at the time of the election, Congress has interpreted the Clause to require that Senators meet age and citizenship qualifications only at the time they take the oath of office.
Senate qualification requirements were more strenuous than those for the House, which required only that Members be twenty-five years of age and a citizen for at least seven years.
Pursuant to Article I, Section 5, the Senate determines whether Senators-elect meet the required qualifications to be seated in the Senate.
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