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The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
Reilly originally joined the state legislature when he was appointed to the Kansas House of Representatives in 1964, to fill a seat left vacant by the resignation of Robert Behee. He spent less than a year in the Kansas House, successfully running for the Kansas State Senate in the 1964 elections. He served for one term in the 7th district ...
State Image Senator Took office Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref Georgia: David H. Gambrell (D) February 1, 1971: No Appointed; replaced Richard Russell Jr. (D) Chair of the Democratic Party of Georgia Director of the NLADA U.S. Army Reserve: 1929 [9] Vermont: Robert Stafford (R) September 16, 1971: No Appointed; replaced Winston ...
Behind this is former service as a senator (only giving the senator seniority within his or her new incoming class), service as vice president, a House member, a cabinet secretary, or a governor of a state. The final factor includes the population of senator's state. [1] [2] [3] In this congress, the most senior junior senator was J. William ...
Since Kansas became a U.S. state in 1861, [1] it has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years, and members of the House to two-year terms. Before becoming a state, the Kansas Territory elected a non-voting delegate at-large to ...
From the 50 state legislatures in the United States, the following superlatives emerge: Largest legislature: New Hampshire General Court (424 members) Smallest legislature: Nebraska Legislature (49 members) Largest upper house: Minnesota Senate (67 senators) Smallest upper house: Alaska Senate (20 senators)
This is a list of U.S. statewide elected executive officials.These state constitutional officers have their duties and qualifications mandated in state constitutions. This list does not include those elected to serve in non-executive branches of government, such as justices or clerks of the state supreme courts or at-large members of the state legislatures.
Only two senators have represented more than one state. [1] James Shields uniquely served terms in the U.S. Senate for three states; representing Illinois (1849–1855), Minnesota (1858–1859), and 20 years later he was appointed by the State of Missouri for a term expiring in just six weeks (1879). He was a Democrat.