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- The United States Constitution requires Senators to be at least 30 years of age. Age does not determine seniority in the Senate. As of October 18, 2015, 5 senators are in their 80s, 18 are in their 70s, 32 are in their 60s, 30 are in their 50s, 14 are in their 40s, and 1 is in his 30s. 1  The median age of currently serving Senators is 7009195864480000000♠ 62 years, 24 days.
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Just what is the median age of the Senate, anyway? Eighteen of the 26 senators who are currently 55 or younger were elected or appointed since 2010. We didn’t calculate medians for prior years, but according to a piece earlier this year in Slate, the Senate’s average age at the beginning of the 111th Congress in 2009 was 63; it edged down to 62 by 2011.
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What are the formal and informal qualifications for members of each house? 1) each senator must be at least 30 years old 2) must have been a citizen of the United States for at least the past nine years 3) must be (at the time of the election) an inhabitant of the state they seek/want to represent.
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- Source(s): Article I, Section 3 of U.S. 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..
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Democracy or Gerontocracy In the record-breaking 111th Congress, for example, Robert Byrd began the term as Senate president pro tempore at the age of 91. When Byrd died, Daniel Inouye, then 85, assumed the office. Americans used to be more inclined toward youthful representation.
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Democracy or Gerontocracy Yes. The 111 th Congress, which took office in 2009, was the oldest in U.S. history, with an average age of 57 in the House and 63 in the Senate.
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Requirements to be a US Senator Interestingly, English law at the time set the minimum age for members of the House of Commons, the lower chamber of Parliament, at 21, and at 25 for members of the upper house, the House of Lords. Citizenship
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United States Senate Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution sets three qualifications for senators: 1) they must be at least 30 years old, 2) they must have been citizens of the United States for at least the past 9 years, and 3) they must be inhabitants of the states they seek to represent at the time of their election.
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United States Senate Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution sets three qualifications for senators: (1) they must be at least 30 years old; (2) they must have been citizens of the United States for the past 9 years or longer; and (3) they must be inhabitants of the states they seek to represent at the time of their election.
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Constitution of Maryland Alabama State Senate. Under Article IV, Section 47, of the Alabama Constitution, senators must be at least 25 years of age at the time of their election, must be citizens and residents of the State of Alabama for at least 3 years and residents of their district at least one year prior to election.
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Age Requirement for Holding Office With respect to the states, the minimum age required to serve as a house representative ranges from 18 to 25, with about half the states requiring a minimum age of 21. Only about a third of the states allow 18-year-olds to serve in the state senate, and 20 have set a minimum age of 25. In five states, the minimum age required to serve as a state senator is 30. For governor, most states require a minimum age of 30. Oklahoma has a minimum age of 31, six states have no age qualification, three allow a minimum age of 18, and six specify a minimum age of 25.Although many states, over the years, have voluntarily changed their age qualification laws to allow more people to run for elective office, court challenges to these statutes have largely failed.
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- Answered By: hummer-ga on 02 Dec 2005 09:39 PST. Hi generic230, The answer to all of your question is age 18 (voting age). >> California State Senate and California State Representative: The minimum age requirement for representatives to sit in both houses (Senate and Assembly) of the California Legislature is 18 years. The federal government and all states except Nebraska have a bicameral legislature, a legislature divided into two houses; in California these are the state Senate and the state Assembly.
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Senate of Canada However, to be appointed to the Senate, one must be at least 30 years of age, must possess land worth at least $4,000 in the province for which he or she is appointed, and must own real and personal property worth at least $4,000, above his or her debts and liabilities.n Chile the minimum age required to be elected President of the Republic is 35 years on the day of the election. Before the 2005 reforms the requirement was 40 years, and from 1925 to 1981 it was 30 years.
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How to Become a Senator There are only three eligibility requirements for a United States senator. 1  You must be at least 30 years old. 2  You must have been a United States citizen for at least nine years. 3  You must live in the state you want to represent.
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Article III, Missouri Constitution Each senator must be at least 30 years of age; a qualified voter of the state for three years; and of the district he represents for one year. The Lieutenant Governor is president and presiding officer of the Senate. In his absence, the President Pro Tem, who is elected by the Senate members, presides.
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United States 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 113th Congress was 57.0 years; of Senators, 62.0 years. The overwhelming majority of Members of Congress have a college. education. The dominant professions of Members are public service/politics, business, and law.
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- The qualifications for becoming a member of the senate are that they must be 30 years old, have been a US citizen for 9 years, and they must live in the state they are representing. So, after either 7 or 9 years, depending on which part of congress they wish to run for, they can become a member of congress.
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For members of Congress without college degrees,experience brings insight Senators must be at least 30 years old,a U.S. citizen for nine years and a resident of the state they are running in. House members must be at least 25 years old,a U.S. citizen for seven years and a resident of the state they are running in. Ritchie said that as more Americans continue to seek higher education members of Congress will continue to reflect their educated constituencies.
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Who rights must be protected in order for democracy to exist? How old must a citizen be in order to be a senator? Article 1 section 3 of the US Constitution stipulates that a person must be 30 years of age to be a senator. It also states that person must be a US citizen for at least nine … years.
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United States Congress To be eligible for election, a candidate must be aged at least 25 (House) or 30 (Senate), have been a citizen of the United States for seven (House) or nine (Senate) years, and be an inhabitant of the electing state when elected.
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- Answer: The Constitution lists three requirements for any individual wishing to become a US Senator. A Senator must: 1  be a US citizen for at least nine years when elected to the Senate. 2  be at least 30 years of age. 3  be a resident of the state that the Senator represents.
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Elections in the United States Senators must be at least 30 years old, a citizen of the United States for at least nine years, and be a (legal) inhabitant of the state they represent. The President must be at least 35 years old, a natural born citizen of the United States and a resident in the United States for at least fourteen years.he constitution states that members of the United States House of Representatives must be at least 25 years old, a citizen of the United States for at least seven years, and be a (legal) inhabitant of the state they represent.
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-   For a US senator   1. at least 30 years old   2. has been a citizen of the US for the past 9 years.   3. and must live in the state they seek to represent.
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Arkansas State Senate elections, 2010 Sec. 47. Senators shall be at least twenty-five years of age, and representatives twenty-one years of age at the time of their election.
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- representative:   1. term: 2 years   2. minimum age:25   3. residency: state in which elected   4. citizenship: 7 years   Senate:   1. term: 6 years   2.m … inimum age:30   3.redidency: state in which elected   4.citizen ship: 9 years. 24 people found this useful.
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Just what is the median age of the Senate, anyway? Well, not quite. We figured out the ages of all 100 sitting senators as of Thursday (Colorado Sen. Mark Udall’s 63rd birthday, incidentally), and calculated their median age at 62 years, 2 months. (The average age, as of Thursday, was 61 years, 9 months.).