Article I, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution requires that each representative in the U.S. House of Representatives must have been a citizen of the United States for the past seven years.
Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution specifies that a senator must have been a citizen of the United States for at least the past nine years.
At least nine years
9 years
The term for an elected senator in the United States is six years.
A senator in the United States is elected for a term of six years.
In order to be elected to the United States Senate, the Senator must be at least 30 years of age, be a resident in the state from which he/she was elected, and have been a citizen for at least nine years.
In the United States, there is no limit to how many terms a Representative or Senator can serve, as long as he or she gets re-elected every 2 years (House of Representatives) or every 6 years (Senate).
A Senator in the United States is elected to a term of six years and then can run again for office. Senators must be at least 30 years old to hold office.
"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." - A Senator must be 30 years of age, - have lived be a citizen of the United States for at least 9 years, and - must be a resident of the state he or she was elected to represent.
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. 30 years old, Nine years in the US, and must be in the state elected.
Six years for a Senator in the United States.
An United States Senator's term is 6 years long with the requirements of 9 years of being in the United States An United States Representative's term is 2 years long with the requirements of 7 years of being in the United States
The main difference between a Senator's term and that of a Representative in the United States Congress is length. Senators are elected to terms of 6 years, and the terms for the House are 2 years.
United States Senators are elected to 6-year terms; there is no limit to how many times they can be elected to office. Representatives, on the other hand, only serve 2-year terms.
One must be at least 30 years old to be elected to the United States Senate.