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The Oldest (and Youngest) US House Delegations in the 113th Congress The other youngest House delegations in the country are Arkansas at 45 years, Oklahoma, Indiana, and Hawaii at 46, Nebraska at 48, Rhode Island at 49, and the single-member state of Montana at 50. Overall, the average age of the 433 U.S. Representatives currently serving in the House is 57 years old. The average aggregated state delegation age for the nine Northeastern states is 58 years old, with the 16 Southern states and 13 Western states at 55 and the dozen Midwestern states at 52. Average Age and Birth Year of U.S. House Delegations by State, 113th Congress
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congress Membership in the House is capped at 435. To keep them responsive to the people, House members face reelection every two years, and the entire body is elected at the same time. A person must be twenty-five years old and a resident of the state he or she represents in order to run for a seat in the House.
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- Since most b-day cards take one first class stamp, they weigh 1 ounce or less. Anything weighing more than 1 ounce would cost more than .42 cents to mail.
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Both Republicans And Democrats Have an Age Problem New members of Congress are typically younger than the incumbents they replace. Those serving for the first time in the 113th Congress were an average of 50.5 years old on Jan. 3, 2013, less than the average of 59.2 years for those members who also served in the previous Congress.
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What is the minium age requirement for a member of the US Congress? No person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the age of twenty five years, and been seven years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state in which he shall be chosen.
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Directory of Representatives Directory of Representatives. Also referred to as a congressman or congresswoman, each representative is elected to a two-year term serving the people of a specific congressional district. The number of voting representatives in the House is fixed by law at no more than 435, proportionally representing the population of the 50 states. Currently, there are five delegates representing the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. A resident commissioner represents Puerto Rico. Learn more about representatives at The House Explained.
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What is the average age of gang members? the average age of Senators at the beginning of the 110 th Congress was 61.73. years.
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- Congress has 535 voting members: 435 Representatives and 100 Senators. The members of the House of Representatives serve two-year terms representing the people of a single constituency, known as a district. Congressional districts are apportioned to states by population using the United States Census results, provided that each state has at least one congressional representative.
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Qualifications of Members of Congress Members of the House of Representatives must be at least 21 years of age, registered voters, legal residents of the state for at least two years, and residents of the districts from which they are elected for at least one year.
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Sign In Register Now Subscribe Mobile Multimedia Today's PaperGoing Out Guide Jobs Cars Real Estate Rentals ClassifiedsNews LOCAL POLITICS OPINIONS SPORTS Business Arts & LivingThe Washington Post There should be a term limit of 10 years for Congress and 12 for Senators or when someone reaches the age of seventy, they should be dropped from being a candidate again.
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ABOUT The House of Representatives of Congress number 435 (435 of them from districts of roughly equal population) are elected for terms of two years. Senators (100 of them, two f…rom each State) are elected to six year terms.
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Can members of Congress retire with full pay after just one term? The key provision: no member of Congress is eligible for any pension unless he or she has served in Congress for at least five years. To collect, a congressman or senator must be age 62, or be at least age 50 with 20 years of service, or be any age with 25 years of service.
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Democracy or Gerontocracy In 1797, Congress seated its youngest-ever member, 22-year-old William Charles Cole Claiborne of Tennessee, even though he didn’t meet the constitutional age minimum. In 1869, the average age of members of Congress was just 45, far younger than any Congress of the 20 th century. Life expectancy likely had something to do with the 19 th-century preponderance of younger men: The average American born in 1900 expected to live only 49 years, compared to more than 78 today.
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- The House of Representatives. 1  440 members. 2  198 Democratic members. 3  242 Republican members. 4  58: average age of members. 5  8: average number of years of service for members. 6  8 members have been registered lobbyists. 7  42 members have family connections to current or former registered lobbyists.
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US Congress Each district holds elections for its Representative every two years. In order to run for election to the U.S. House of Representatives, a candidate must be at least 25 years old, have lived in the United States for at least seven years, and live in the state they would represent.
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- The House Chamber. The House of Representatives has 435 voting Members and five Delegates, each serving a two year term, and one Resident Commissioner who serves for four years. The House of Representatives is referred to as the lower house of the United States Congress, because it has more Members than the Senate.
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Sign In Register Now Subscribe Mobile Multimedia Today's PaperGoing Out Guide Jobs Cars Real Estate Rentals ClassifiedsNews LOCAL POLITICS OPINIONS SPORTS Business Arts & LivingThe Washington Post This is not healthy for a democracy. There should be a term limit of 10 years for Congress and 12 for Senators or when someone reaches the age of seventy, they should be dropped from being a candidate again.
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Fourth Periodic Report of the United States of America to the United Nations Committee on Human Rights Concerning the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Members of the House of Representatives serve 2-year terms, and the  entire membership stands for reelection every second year. To serve  in the House of Representatives, a …person must be at least 25 years  old, a U.S. citizen for at least 7 years, and, at the time of  election, a resident of the state in which he or she is chosen.  There is no limit to reelection.
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United States The Senate has 45 Republicans, 53 Democrats, and 2 Independents, who caucus with the Democrats. The average age of Members of the House at the beginning of the 113 th Congress was 57.0 years; of Senators, 62.0 years. The overwhelming majority of Members of Congress have a college education.
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- The youngest Representative at the beginning of the 113th Congress was 29-year-old Patrick. Murphy (D-FL), born March 30, 1983. The oldest Representative in U.S. history, as well as the. oldest current Member of Congress, is Ralph Hall (R-TX), born May 3, 1923, who was 89 at the. beginning of the 113 th Congress.
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- Nor is the presidency the only important American office with an age requirement. To become a Representative in the US House, you have to be 25. To become a Senator, you must be 30. Various states set minimum age(s) for holding important office. This highlights what people believe about the importance of certain offices. In modern times, it's less about the age, than sending a message: this is important stuff.
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- “No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.”. — U.S. Constitution, Article I, section 2, clause 2.
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- While the members of the House of Representatives tend to be younger than those of the Senate, 80 percent were at least forty years old in the 2003-2004 legislature, and 44 percent were at least fifty years old. Some 77 percent of the Senate in the same session were at least fifty years old.
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The Age of Tea Party Members in Congress Of the 60 members of congress listed on the tea party caucus official website at any point during the 112th Congress, 17 were newly elected members. The average age of these new members was 50.6, again older than the 48.5-year-old average for a newly elected Republican.
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Article One of the United States Constitution The delegates and resident commissioner possess the same powers as other members of the House, except that they may not vote when the House is meeting as the House of Representatives. To be elected, a representative must be at least 25 years old, a United States citizen for at least seven years and an inhabitant of the state he or she represents.
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Democracy or Gerontocracy The average age in Congress has remained within a rather small range since World War II. The average age in the Senate was 59 in 1945, compared to 62 in 2011. The House has aged more substantially, with the average rising from 53 in 1945 to 57 in 2011.