To become a Senator, one must have resided in the United States for the past nine years.
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You must be 30 years old and have to be a citizen for 9 years in order to be a senator.
A senator can serve in the United States Senate for six years. The Senator must have been a citizen of the US for at least seven years.
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A senator must have been a citizen for at least nine years and live in the state that elects him to the Senate.
According to the US Constitution, a person must be a citizen of the United States for at least nine years before being eligible to serve as a US Senator.
From Article I, Section 3, of the US Constitution: 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. So a candidate for Senator must have been a citizen for 9 years.
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In order to serve in the House of Representatives, a person must have been a citizen for 7 years.
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To be a U.S. senator you must be 30 years old, and have been a US citizen for nine years prior to election.