Yes, it is one of the requirements. If a senator does not live in the state they represent, then they cannot become a senator.
A US senator represents his State, while Representatives represent the people in the States. That is why there are 2 Senators per state, but the number of representatives is based on how many people live in a State.
David Wilmot wasd a Congressman from Pennsylvania.
According to the Constitution, to run for senator you must be at least 30 years old, live in the state you plan to represent, and have been a U.S. citizen for at least nine years before being elected. Representatives must be at least 25 years old, live in the state they represent, and have been a U.S. citizen for at least seven years before being elected.
article 1, section 3 of the constitution says "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 pretty much to sum this up, to be a Senator, you have to be 30 or older, have to have lived in the United states for 9 years, and you have to live in the state you want to run for.
He represented the state of Mississippi as a senator.Jefferson Davis was US Senator from Mississippi before he became the President of the confederate States of America..
yes they should live in the same state they represent
You have to be 30, been a U.S. citizen for 5 years, and live in the state you represent.
A senator represents the entire population of a state
The Senator represents the entire state the Representative is elected in the district they live in.
He was a state senator from Illinois, and then a U.S. senator from that state.
Each U. S. Senator represents his/her whole state.
to represent each state
Charles Sumner was a Massachusetts Senator.
A US senator represents his State, while Representatives represent the people in the States. That is why there are 2 Senators per state, but the number of representatives is based on how many people live in a State.
Joseph McCarthy was a United States Senator representing the state of Wisconsin.
He was a senator from Illinois.
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