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No person can be a US senator unless they have reached what age?
A senator has to be at least 30 years of age and a citizen of the United States for 9 years. A senator also can not inhabit the state for which he was chosen.
Who is the U.S senator?
The Senators are people chosen by citizens of the United States to represent the state they are from on the federal level. Two people from each state are chosen by the people of each state making the total number of US Senators 100.
What does the senator represtent?
A US senator represents his state.
Who has more power a state Senator or a US Senator?
A U.S. Senator has more power.
How is a senator chosen?
Usually a senator is chosen every 6 years.
Before Barack Obama was US senator he was senator from what state?
He was the junior senator from Illinois.
How were senators chosen in the original constitution?
Originally the US Constitution stated that senators should be chosen by state legislatures. The 17th Amendment that was passed in 1913 stated that the senators should be chosen through an election within their state.
How are US representatives elected?
Under most circumstances Senators are chosen by popular vote in a State wide election in the State they represent. Occasionally when an incumbent Senator dies or otherwise leaves office the Governor of their State will choose a temporary replacement, depending on the laws in that state the replacement will finish the term of the exiting Senator or will serve until a special election is held. US Representatives are chosen by popular vote in the congressional district they represent. The manner in which they are replaced varies from state to state.
How often is a senator chosen?
Usually a senator is chosen every 6 years.
Whom does a US senator represent?
A US Senator represents all citizens of their respective state.
How long must a candidate for US Senator have been a citizen of the US?
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.
Us senator from confederate state and president?
Andrew Johnson was a US Senator from TN and went on to be US president. Jefferson Davis was Us Senator from Miss. and went on to be Confederate president.
