nine years minimum
The House of Representatives being the lower chamber, the Senate is the US higher legislative chamber and contains 100 members. Two senators represent each state for six-year terms. The requirements to be a senator include:
1.age should be at least 30 years old.
2.at the time of election to the Senate you should be a U.S. citizen for at least nine years .
3.to represent in the Senate a resident of the state one is elected .
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.
You are reading that backwards, this clause says who cannot be elected Senator. It says:Clause 3. 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.Thus a person cannot be a Senator if they are not, when elected, an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
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.
In order to serve in the House of Representatives, a person must have been a citizen for 7 years.
The Constitution states: 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. Peter M. Vujin, Esq.
"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.
an elected senate is a senator that has been elected, only for two years and then he or she can run again for senator
Members of Congress have been elected to represent their constituents, or people living in the district that has elected them.
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.
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.
A US Senator must have been a citizen of the US as a natural-born citizen in order to become eligible for that office. In other words, people who are not born in the US cannot become senator.
A senator can serve in the United States Senate for six years. The Senator must have been a citizen of the US for at least seven years.