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The Constitution sets three qualifications for service in the U.S. Senate: age (at least thirty years of age); U.S. citizenship (at least nine years); and residency in the state a senator represents at time of election. The details of these qualifications were hammered out by the Constitution's framers during the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
Under the Senate Qualifications Clause set forth at Article I, Section 3, Clause 3, Senators must be at least thirty years of age, a citizen for at least nine years, and an inhabitant of the state from which he or she is elected.
In The Federalist, No. 62, Madison justified the higher age requirement for senators. By its deliberative nature, the “senatorial trust,” called for a “greater extent of information and stability of character,” than would be needed in the more democratic House of Representatives.
In The Federalist, No. 62, Madison justified the higher age requirement for senators. By its deliberative nature, he contended, the "senatorial trust" called for a "greater extent of information and stability of character" than would be needed in the more democratic House of Representatives.
Consequently, the Senate has allowed Senators to be seated once they meet age and citizenship qualification requirements rather than requiring them to have met those requirements at the time of the election or at the beginning of the session of Congress for which they were elected.
Exploring drafting history of the requirement that Senators be nine years a citizen of the United States. Mark R. Brown, Ballot Fees as Impermissible Qualifications for Federal Office, 54 Am. U. L. Rev. 1283 (2005).
In the United States, a person must be aged 35 or over to serve as president. To be a senator, a person must be aged 30 or over. To be a Representative, a person must be aged 25 or older. This is specified in the U.S. Constitution.
Similar to those for being a U.S. Representative, the Constitutional requirements for being a Senator focus on age, U.S. citizenship, and residency.
Under the Senate Qualifications Clause set forth at Article I, Section 3, Clause 3, Senators must be at least thirty years of age, a citizen for at least nine years, and an inhabitant of the state from which he or she is elected.
The Constitution says to become a senator, an individual must be at least 30 years old, at least nine years a U.S. citizen and a resident of the state they are wishing to represent in the...