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Who determines whether or not a US Senator or Representative is properly elected?
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The U.S. Constitution allows the state legislatures to determine how senators are replaced. Usually this only happens until the next state wide election. Some states require a special election to fill vacancies.
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What determines your state representative and your state senator?
These people are elected by the voters in their districts.
Was JFK governor of Massachusetts?
No. He was a Representative and then a Senator before being elected President.
How many times can a senator or representative be re-elected?
There is no limit.
Is a Senator elected for a term of sixyearsand a representative for two years?
no
Can a senator or representative be appointed to the office of the president?
Presidents are not appointed- they are elected. A senator or representative can run for president , but if elected president , he must resign any previous office before he takes office as president.
Was Gerald Ford a senator?
No, he was a Representative for 25 years but never a Senator. As Vice-President, he was President of the Senate but never an elected Senator.
How old do you have to be to be elected?
To be President you must be 35. To be a Senator you must be 30. To be a Representative you must be 25.
Was any president of the US both a representative and a senator?
A total of 9 US Presidents were both former US Representatives as well as former Senators. Three were elected Vice Presidents who succeeded to the Presidency, but only one (LBJ) was also elected President. Another (Andrew Johnson, became a Senator afterbeing President.James Garfield (20th President) was simultaneously a US representative, Senator-elect, and President-elect, having being appointed to a vacant US Senate seat in Ohio that he never occupied.Representatives/Senators who became PresidentAndrew Jackson - 7th President (representative and later senator from Tennessee)William H. Harrison - 9th President (representative and senator from Ohio)John Tyler * 10th President (representative and senator from Virginia who was elected Vice President and served 47 months after succeeding William Henry Harrison)Franklin Pierce - 14th President (representative and senator from New Hampshire)James Buchanan - 15th President (representative and senator from Pennsylvania)Andrew Johnson * 17th President (representative from Tennessee, elected to Senate after leaving the White House)John F. Kennedy - 35th President (representative and senator from Massachusetts)Lyndon B Johnson - 36th President (representative and senator from Texas)Richard Nixon - 37th President (representative and senator from California)
Which president also served as a senator and representative from the state of Tennessee?
Andrew Johnson served as a senator and representative from the state of Tennessee. He was later elected as the 17th President of the United States after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
What is the difference between a senator's term of office and that of a representative?
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.
How many times may a Congressman re-elected?
There are no legal restrictions on the number of times a congressman can be re-elected.
Which member of a congress represent a whole state?
The Senator represents the entire state the Representative is elected in the district they live in.
