When the Constitution was first adopted, the only Federal officeholders elected directly by the vote of the people were "Representative" and "Elector" . Senators were selected by the State legislatures. President and Vice President were elected by the Electors in the Electoral College.
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Former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was elected to the Arizona State legislature in 1969, and served as a State Senator from 1969-1975; she was the Arizona Senate Majority Leader and Senate Republican Leader from 1973-1975.
Yes, it is one of the requirements. If a senator does not live in the state they represent, then they cannot become a senator.
He was elected to congress from Illinois.
Senator Breske was first elected to the state Senate in a special election in 1990.
A state senator can be elected after every six year term.
Illinois was the state where he was elected Senator before he was elected President.Illinois.Barack Obama is one of two US Senators for the US State of Illinois.IllinoisPresident Obama was U.S. Senator of Illinois, Chicago. He began there as a State legislator. He was however not born and raised there.
Resident of the state from which he or she is elected (A+)
President Obama was first elected as a state senator in Illinois in 1996. After serving three terms, he was elected as a U.S. senator in 2004. He then ran for president in 2008 and won, and ran again in 2012 and was re-elected.
by the people of a given state
He was first elected to the Illinois state senate in 1996. He was re-elected twice. He then ran for U.S. senate and was elected in 2004.
If you are asking about when he became president, he was first elected in 2008. He was then re-elected in 2012. If you are asking when he was first elected to office, that was in 1996 when he became an Illinois State Senator.
Thad Cochran is the current senior U.S. Senator from Mississippi. He was first elected to the Senate in 1978. Roger Wicker is the junior U.S. Senator from Mississippi. He was first elected to the Senate in 2007.
Thad Cochran is the current senior U.S. Senator from Mississippi. He was first elected to the Senate in 1978. Roger Wicker is the junior U.S. Senator from Mississippi. He was first elected to the Senate in 2007.
Barack Obama was first elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996. He was re-elected several times. Then, in 2004, he was elected a U.S. Senator. So, he served about twelve years total in the state and the U.S. senate, before being elected president in 2008.
Illinois.